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Thursday, April 16 at 7:30 PM
In the T.C. Hooper Planetarium at Roper Mountain Science Center
Topic: Quasars and Pulsars
Speaker: Dave Adams
We will discuss the strange behavior of Active Galactic Nuclei or Quasars and the stranger behavior of neutron stars that are pulsars providing up to date information seen by Fermi, Hubble, Swift and the HMM Newton space telelscopes.
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Roper Mountain Astronomers has an outreach program to educate people with an interest in learning about the sky.
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6:15 pm - before regular meeting on April 16th
The Astronomy Classes are held before each RMA Club Meeting on
the third Thursday of each month.
Topic: The Primordial Age (taught by Gil Knight and Dave Adams)
Understanding the Big Bang and what occurred from a Cosmological perspective prior to the formation of stars. Gill will discuss energy and matter, dark energy, dark matter, and the importance of the Hadrian Collider at Cern.
Location: Computer Lab at Roper Mountain
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Get up-to-date weather information
• Live Weather Clock Interactive Chart
• Current Local Weather information
• Live US Infrared Satellite Image with animation
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Come to the RMA Star Parties |
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Get involve with the DSOG! |
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Deep Sky Observers Group The Deep Sky Observers Group which observes at the discretion of the DSOG members. The group has been formed to promote regular observing outside of the public star party. |
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Read our Past Newsletters |
"The Spectrum"
Browse PDF versions of our RMA Newsletter title "The Spectrum." You can view them by downloading the free Acrobat Reader. |
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Joining the RMA is easy and affordable with memberships ranging $12 and up. Benefits include the monthly newsletter, (The Spectrum), meetings & star parties, special events, and discounts on merchandise sold to support the club. |
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