stars professional astronomers
study.’’ The learning is fun, too:
there’s so much to know about
the stars and planets, you can
never learn everything. A num-
ber of publications are available,
one of the best being that of the
Canadian Royal Astronomical
Society, and they have an annual
yearbook, due out in October,
which -acts as an excellent
resource, Also available locally
are Sky and Telescope and

There was a good turn-out of
stargazers at the founding meet-.
ing of the Terrace Astronomical
Society last week. Allen Woot-

ton said 19 people attended, and
a number of others had express-
ed interest. What draws people
to study and enjoy astronomy?
‘It’s fascinating. We looked at
the rings of Saturn that night.
They’re beautiful in photo-
graphs, but there’s nothing like
through a

seeing them
telescope,’’ Wooton said.

One person in attendance was
interested in building a tele-
scope, others there had ex-
perience in the craft; some came
to learn about astronomy, and
others to share what they know.
There’s a nice mix of ages, too, -
with about half being secondary

students and half: adults,

Astronomy is an inexpensive
hobby, Wooton says. ‘You
don’t need really expensive
equipment. For moderate ex-
pense, you can look at the same

Astronomy. ;

the club’s'use.- -

The principals at both
Skeena and Caledonia secon-
dary schools have been very sup-
portive; Wootton said, adding
their telescopes to Wooton’s for

The Terrace” Astronomica
Society may’ become an affiliate.

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compiled by. Tom Taggart

: _ocal astronomical Historical events in October
society founded with

INDEPENDENCE DAY, PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA (1949),
Birth of the pacifist, Mohandas K. Gandhi (1869). |

Birth of actress, Eleanora Duse (1859).

USSR launches Sputnik 11, first man-made eart
Death by neglect of the blues singer, Janis Joplin, age 27 (1970).
Chief Tecumseh killed by Yanks at Battle of Thames in Canada

Death by drink of the poet, Edgar Allan Poe (1849).

Fire destroys Chicago (3 dead) and Peshtigo, Wisconsin (1,150 dead) (1871).

h satellite (1957)...

(1814). | tees

Japanese Navy annihilates Russian Navy at Tsushima Strait. (1905).
“Che” Guevara, Argentine doctor-revolutionary executed in Bolivia (1967). -
THANKSGIVING DAY, CANADA

‘“‘Nattering Nabobs of Negativism’’ force resignat

Birth of the social-activist, Eleanor Roosevelt (1884).
Christopher Columbus and crew of 88 drop anchor in New World (1903).
Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. accepts Nobel Peace Prize (1964). .

ion of Spiro Agnew (1973).

‘Birth of the.poet, Publius Vergil Mara aka Virgil (70 BC).

Birth of the philosopher, Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844).
Marie Antoinette loses head at age 38, eats no more cake (1793).
Long march of the Chinese Red Army begins (1934). - ok
People’s Republic of China becomes the fifth nuclear power (1964). errr
New York Times publishes monstrous 946 page, 7/4 pound Sunday edition (1965).
Black Monday: Wall Street stocks crash 508 points (1987). 7

Birth: of the poet, Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772).
Thomas Alva Edison turns on the lights (1879). (E
Joan Baez gets jail for disturbing the (Vietnam) War (1967).

VENT OF THE

MONTH)

9-00 a.m.: God creates World (4004 BC) sez Archbishop James Usher in 1658,
Birth of the actress, Sarah Bernhardt (1845). . Forge
241 U.S, Marines and numerous Frenchmen find Allah in Beirut (1983).

Charge of the Light Brigade repulsed by heavyweights (1854).

Birth of the artist, Pablo Picasso (1881).
U.S. crushes its tiniest neighbor, Grenada (1983).

FULL MOON, 1988 .

Irishman Terrence MacSwiney, Mayor of Cor
Wall Street takes the Big Dive (1929), $26,000,000,000 in losses.

Scotsman John Baird invents television (1925).

Giant asteroid Hermes nearly hits Earth (1937), almost no survivors.

HALLOWE’EN (Druid Autumn Festival)

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