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Attached is the cropped radio show.  Here are my quick notes on what was discussed:

0:00.000  AU coming in need to select music
0:53.162  Earth Sky Cassini mission shallow lakes on Titan, methane, poles and tropics, 1M deep, methane cycle, not methane rainfall, but methane aquifers for tropical lakes.
2:23.493  music, Totton, dew
2:44.802  cut off donny a little early, gasoline octane, Jerry, Tom comments, Bruce ping detection, retarding spark, percentage of cost, oct meeting omer blaes, oct 7, waiting for TomW, associate prof?  [Adjunct Prof]
7:53.407  AU hour coming up
8:28.050  1.  Big Bang Theory music by Bare Naked Ladies, recap Wed, Las Cumbres Obs, Center Stage theater, B612, asteroid name from Little Prince book, TomT NASA to find 140M asteroids, new telescopes, Synoptic LSST, NeoWise, BruceM training, Q'd "do smaller telescopes work to find asteroids", need to be outside atmosphere; ChuckMcP occultations of stars by asteroids; Dr. Ed Lu, get them early enough to deflect them.  B-little asteroid around Earth?  CM-appears to wobble around earth.  B-dangerous?  TT- insects of StormTroopers could deflect into Earth.  2013 Chebylinisk, 1908 Siberia damages.  JerryW-studies done, CM-just bits left.  CM-meteorite from Australia.  Lowdermilk asteroids.  JW-some fall into dust.  Amino acids on some.  JW-right/left twisted molecules. BM-mars meteorites, CM-antarctica found, Mars uphill, JW-upcoming speaker project to find life on earth.  B-Mars Opportunity and Spirit finding theses?  JW-part of the spectra of things found.
20:16.521  2.  JW-offline, that was my best stuff!  Stayed in Dormy, England, like to hike w/ wife.  Chuck wife could do Mission impossible talk.  Cezanne is TT wife.  BM has Bonnie supporting him.  B-NASA news conference on TT-Europa.  BM-radiation 25K times earth.  B-getting Juno right orbit?  JW-math to get Juno into orbit around Jupiter discovered in 1600's.  BM talked to Ed Lu about orbits and Nasa uses more details like Sun heat on Earth.  Mercury resonance 3:2.  B-tidally locked is facing planet.  CM-moon libration.  B-losing sec every year?  CM-angular momentum transfer to moon and slows down earth rotation rate and eventually both will be tidally locked. JW-Moon moving away from Earth; if perfect spheres, would not happen.  B-initial dust cloud that formed planets all within ecliptic, wonder if strange asteroids in that ecliptic?  JW-Oort cloud not, Kuiper belt is mostly in ecliptic.  CM-some inclined orbits.  TT-planet nine may be odd orbit? CM-the Kuiper object are, but not that far off for IX.   [Pluto 17deg, IX~30deg from ecliptic]  .  JW-Milky way has halo of globular clusters.  BM-light from cluster never have night. JW-would make people cranky. B-MW galaxy is bigger?  CM-measuring better. JW-I was feeling constrained.  B-Proxima Centauri planet?  TT-grew up w/ only Alpha Centauri, now three stars.  B-star dims? {See http://lcogt.net/blog/proxima-centauri-b/ for details] CM-planet in liquid water range.  B-spectral to detect water? Not in line with Proxima.  JW-Proxima does not dim.  [TT-Doppler shift of color, not occultation].  JW-orbit long term stability.
34:01.062  3.  JW returned from Cotswald.  B-I want to see Sherwood Forest and Nottingham... TT-there is a Totton village. BM-map shows Sherwood and Nottingham.  B-Robin Hood? JW-debated. Was a King Arthur.  B-Julian Nott British?  At B612 talk. TT-Oct 7 talk SBAU 1st Friday Omer Blaes Dark Energy and Supernovas. JW-"Physics is the science of everything, and everything else is just stamp collecting".  Sept 29 JW going to CalStars JW-Whisper campground, used to be at Lake San Antonio.  Lake Lopez.  TT-Also Wed Oct 5 LCO putting on a talk at M8RX bar.  Oct 16, LCO talk Robert Kirshner  CM-great speaker, announced new discovery found, was Dark Energy 1998 at SBAU meeting.  TT-see SBAU.org for events.  CM-October quiet, a couple of schools. JW-order of science in high school physics, chem, bio different...nonsense!
42:12.632  4.  Thus spoke Zara...Strauss  TT-Second Tuesday, BM-telescope workshops. B-aluminum on mirror, why glass?  CM-thermal properties, JW-support.  Mt wilson scope French wine glass. B-no bulging lenses? TT-reflectors vs. refractors.  JW-telescope workshop mirrors can be better than professional units.  BM-Foucault test.  CM-old 10" attempt
48:13.424  5.  B-phone buttons  Tim Crawford call in...getting to be an expert on scratching mirrors.  May take up stamp collecting.  The right way is to grind your own mirror.  B-aluminum coating?  JW-not in town.  B-stuck on side watching at Tues night workshop?  TC-no you can see testing going on.  B-what screwed up Hubble?  CM-1st mirror perfect, set aside, and second one had a pin wrongly inserted, so spherical abberation and that is the one they sent up.  TC-I heard different version.  JW-Hubble takes hours/days to send a picture sometimes.  TomT-"we are not passengers on Spaceship Earth, we are the Crew!" a quote from Rusty Schweickart, B612 Foundation co-founder.
54:25.558

download and play attached audio file from 8-14 Sunday 3pm replay of the 8-8 Monday 9am show, 1290AM, KZSB

Notes on show topics.
00:00  Baron -intros, Tyson flying thru universe, LCOGT Todd Boroson talk, JW-previously on radio.  Where do they put the telescopes?  CM-if you were on high mountain on equator, you could see everything.  B-do you all have telescopes?  Yes.  What is coming up?  TT-2nd Sat. Star Party SBMNH Palmer Observatory, 3rd Fri..Westmont  CM-plus Tue Telescopes, Wed, Thur, Fri...
B-T-Rex?  TT-$10 SBAU memb fee if Museum member.  Griffith trip was great.  JW-article in Astro News.  Richard Dupree call in about not seeing the Milky Way from the harbor.  Camino Cielo better. B-dark areas in Milky Way, we are in CM-Orion Spur, JW-glob star cluster would be really bright.  B-if two stars collide or around/around, but Nova? CM/JW-depends on size CM-Blue stragglers in Globular Clusters made from old stars coming together.  B-multiple star systems TT-call Jup/Saturn failed stars.  CM-Juno orbiting Jupiter.  New Horizons past Pluto.  B-comet fell into Sun? CM- Kreutz sungrazer 

10:10  B-planet dream, just plannt life?  CM-sounds like New Zealand.
B-Bennu asteroid? CM-Near Earth Object.  B-what is it?  CM-carbon rich, so NASA picked it to visit.
B-next speaker? TT-McPartlin Asteroid occultations. 
B-JW orbits of 2 golf balls article in SBAU newsletter.  17K mph, B reads article.  JW-if tethered, they would act like one.  Hard to shoot ball down to earth, must shoot backward to slow it down.  Astronaut could not throw hard enough to escape Earth, just goes to another orbit.  B-limit of distance between 2 objects that are tethered?  JW-space elevator is tether.  But no material will work yet, maybe Graphene.  B-Arthur C Clarke proposed? 23K miles up geosync orbit? (~22,236mi up).  What else is graphene used for?...gap in radio....B-golf ball on moon, how far did it go? TW-6 times as far (1/6 gravity of earth) 

22:42  B-Starman music, Jeff Bridges waking up.  TW-story of alien taking on body of deceased husband of widow (Karen Allen), Lazarus story comparison.  T-last speaker was Todd Boroson, LCOGT.net, about telescopes around the world and remote data collection. TW-interesting that are non typical proposals for study time on the telescopes.  CM-Goleta Valley Junior High locally. B-locations?  Australia, Chile, Texas, etc.  B-why these locations?  TW-usually established sites, good weather.  B-sizes? 2M, 1M, .4M.  CM-looks like one big telescope to observer from around the world.  TW-70 projects at once going on. JW-fogged over last night after 90min for me.  B-Starman, like Naked and Afraid.   

30:42  CM-asteroid occultation, star winks out, asteroid shadow left on earth so size shape can be determined. 
Star types, smallest one, life of star.  B-conservation of energy, where will energy go?  CM-expanding universe, material spread apart.  B-solar wind at speed of light? No, particles vs. photons.  B-steve martin said he is getting smoke detector when Sun expands towards earth. 

37:41  B-barely hanging on w/ tomT.  Exoplanets? detecting by spectrum the atmospheres?  CM-star spectrum vs. added/subtracted planet spectrum.  CM-fiber optics to match each star viewed its spectra.  JW-set of lines.  B-how many elements? 92 reg, but 118 total, short half lives.  B-we are made of CM-Star barf.  TW-spectra of hot sun, exoplanets cool atmosphere absorb.
3489 exoplanets confirmed. B-gas bag planet JW-takeaway light of star.  CM-close planets might reflect light from the star.  B-track dimming of light?  CM-maybe even moons of exoplanets.  JW-flower disk in space to block star light to directly see exoplanet.  45:16 end

160711 KZSB SBAU radio program...listen to attached...download file and play 57min w/o commercials!
0.000 mention of sbau guys entering studio
11.485  disco sucks etc, JW and TT talk w/ B
5.08.579 Earth Sky fireball above Siberia Tunguska event
6.38.379 B talk w/ JW, TT, mention BruceM, Arlington organ, Hal Conklin, CM enters
9.24.662 JW bubble lady
9.54.473  TT elections Dec members ph# 564-1290
11.06.028 Start 9am show:  Strauss, stratosphere, intros, telescope workshop discussion, making mirrors, JW explains telescopes to get light into the eye, Broder building, Sue the Dino, we help folks with their telescopes. B-telesopes w/o tubes?  CM-truss structure. $167 telescope?  CM-probably flimsy telscope, maybe ok optics.  JW-telescope not needed to join the SBAU.  B-binocs, CM see Andronmeda.
20.03.444 2nd Section: B-Milt Larson, Magic Castle Founder Buys Former Cafe del Sol, 4 horsemen of the asteroid belt, SB Star Cluster, B-update books all the time for astronomy?  Science in general?  JW-all the time.  B-Arlington organ w/ BM.  Conklin announcement run for mayor.  lady police chief bet w/ John Palminteri.  Griffith trip, James Dean movie there.  B-Pluto flyby  TT-described some discoveries Tholins, speed of Juno vs. New Horizons; CM-Pluto king of Kuiper Belt, B-discovery of Pluto?  CM- Clyde Tombaugh, Percival Lowell calculations of large planet; so found by accident.  Other dwarf planets?  Ceres + others in Kuiper Belt.  CM-1850's 18 planets, like rats out there, so demoted to minor planets.  B-Pluto has moons, Charon.  CM- 1 million miles ave distance between asteroids.  B-Comets from Oort Cloud?  JW-comets from other areas as well, Kuiper, outer solar system.  Harry Hausen did T-Rex stop motion and asteroid.  1 atom per cubic meter.  JW-It Doesn't Matter.  B-out to reach us TT-564-1290, become a member? wwwwwww.sbau.Org. B-AU? JW- Earth to Sun
33.19.102 Strauss...3rd Section: Hindmann Collating machine for comparing documents.  B-parallax view  CM-using triganometry, Hubble can go out 300M Light Years;  Kepler?  smaller (55" mirror) to find exoplanets.  CM-solar psi to stabilize failed reaction motors on Kepler.  B-most stars are binaries? CM-yes.  B-go to google news, technology section, free, found gas planet going around 3 stars.  CM-naming
of Pluto, by Virginia, but include Percival Lovell initials.  B-dogs all fours, upright? CM- Disney cosmology.  B-Jupiter, Juno? CM-Juno can look thru clouds.  Moons? Io, closest?  Galilean moons. BM-97% of the mass of Jupiter moons.  67 moons around Jupiter.  Moon descriptions. Sci-Fi fans, did Arthur C Clarke write 2010?  "Something wonderful" "stay away from Europa"  CM-icy crust, liquid salt water underneath.  B-recap when we come back, Pluto discoveries.  CM-drive by shooting.  Pluto diet.
42.54.433 4th Section: B-dancing in space, prof haywood floyd, 2001, scientists coop, except HAL. BM-Jupiter moons cutaways Az site.  Size of moons, Pluto.  B-exoplanets wobble around their suns.  our sun also wobbles. BM shift in spectrums. B-why Oort cloud not flat in the solar system disk?  CM-far away.  B-Uranus on side?  CM-possibly hit.  B-our Moon is heavier on Earth side?
50.50.679 5th section: B-who? Richard: do all countries agree on names of solar system stuff?  CM-IAU has naming committee. B-BM, could have come in.  Tablet takes pictures?  BM-no downloaded to it.  B-new Jupiter info not in yet? CM-right.  TT-30-50AU.  Planet Nine objects...CM-calculating.  Icy.  TNOs, B-finding more?  yes.  B-how to planets get moons?  CM-collisions and initial eddies.  JW-the big Splat.  B-more rogue planets... BM-9-11 at arlington, B-see you at telescope workshop
57.05.722 stop

"Subject: Griffith Observatory SBAU Member trip, July 26, 2016 Tuesday, 12 noon - 10pm

7/24/16:  Total so far signed up:  40; +1 maybe,  total paid/rec'd: 35 as of 7-23-2016.
Reservations: date, names, seats, paid x $20 (28.50)?  *=member
--6/27/2016, *Tom & CezanneTotton, 2, paid cash $40 to TT
--6/29/2016, *IbrahimKhogeer, 1, paid w/ check
--6/29/2016, *RubenGutierrez, 1, paid w/ check
--6/29/2016, *Bruce & BonnieMurdock, 2, paid cash to TT
--6/29/2016, *EldonChapman + GF, 2, paid w/ check
--6/30/2016, *Chuck & PatMcPartlin, 2, paid cash $40 to TT
--6/30/2016, *JimWilliams, 1, paid w/ check
--6/30/2016, *AdrianConrad, 1, paid cash to TT
--6/30/2016, *AdrianLopez, 1, paid cash to TT
--6/30/2016, *Chris & GrettaUlivo, 2, Check $40 rec'd
--6/30/2016, *Eugene (Rick) Hibbs, 1, paid w/ check
--7/1/2016, *RonHerron, 1, paid cash to TT
--7/2/2016, *Richard (Dick) Tracey, 1, paid w/ check
--7/3/2016, *TomWhittemore, 1, paid cash to TT
--7/5/2016, *Janet & MartinMeza, 2, Check $40 rec'd
--7/5/2016, *Joan & JohnJamieson, 2, paid w/ check
--7/8/2016,    *MichelleProfant, 1, paid cash to TT
--7/8/2016,    *JohnEdkins & SusanJackson, 2, paid cash to TT
--7/8/2016, *AlanPiltz, 1, paid w/ check
--7/8/2016,    *BobBrown & nephew, 2, paid w/ check
--7/13/2016, *ChrisDavis, 1, $atMuseum? see Javier?____
--7/14/2016, DougGalati (carpinteria), 1, paid w/ check
--7/15/2016, RogerLagerquist (BruceM friend), 1, chk to TT soon
--7/18/2016, *DavidSalvia, 1, paid w/ check
--7/18/2016, LindaMelsher (docent), 1, paid w/ check
--7/19/2016, *MikeDilley & Pamela, 2, paid w/ check to TT
--7/22/2016, *AlecSherwin +?, 1 + 1 maybe, cash at bus
--7/23/2016, AidanBarbieux (AdrianC friend), 1, cash+membership at bus
--7/24/2016, *WarrenBitters, 1, cash at bus
--7/24/2016, Chonnie (Chapman friend), 1, cash at bus

Update 7/24/16:
Hello all SBAU Griffith Observatory & Museum trippers!
Thoughts and considerations:
-Aim to arrive early, about 1130am, at the Museum of Natural History, 2559 Puesta del Sol.  This will give you a chance to use the restroom at the museum or buy a drink or snack from the machines there.  Visit the Museum store if you have an early minute.  By arriving early, this should eliminate any fear of being left behind.  We need to leave at 12 noon sharp to get in a full day at the Griffith and get back to Santa Barbara by 10pm before the museum parking lot needs to close at 1030pm.  We can lift the chains to get out if we need to, but late evenings at the museum are frowned on by the neighbors.  Please keep the noise down (no tire burnouts or honking or that type of thing!).
-Park in handicapped spots if you need to, otherwise for the shortest walk to the bus, park in front of the museum on either side of the one-way street.  Parking in the Museum main lot may be a bit filled with lots of summer museum visitors and kids camp related folks, but hopefully between that area and the nearby streets our cars should have a spot near the museum.
-Leaving extra bags or jackets on the bus while we visit the Griffith should be OK, the bus driver will lock up the bus if he is not there, but valuable items left there would not be wise.  The driver will probably be parking just down the hill and I hope the driver walks up to get a look at the Griffith displays.
-Eat lunch before getting on the bus?  That is something to consider.  Yes you can bring snacks and drinks on the bus, but be responsible for cleaning up any crumbs or mess.  Bring napkins to wipe up with.  If you need to use the bus restroom, leave it clean.  No alcohol on board unless you pay the $500 security deposit!  https://www.sbairbus.com/page/display/charter_FAQ  .
-There is Wi-Fi on the bus for an internet connection.  If so, consider using a Virtual Private Network like PrivateInternetAccess or some free one on the Google Chrome browser for a more secure connection.
-Ear plugs might be a good idea to cut out excessive noise, or an mp3 music/news player with earphones might your thing if a few hours of conversation is not.  Perhaps you will need to catch up on some sleep.  However, I hope you consider taking some time reach out to those you may not know and talk to fellow SBAU members and friends.  Everyone on this trip has an interest in the sciences!
-The weather in Hollywood will be quite warm (94F? at 2pm) but we will be in an air-conditioned bus and inside an air-conditioned building most of the time.  Maybe a very light jacket, if the a/c gets to you, over a light shirt will be enough?  Wear some pants, too!  Wide brimmed hat or sun umbrella for wandering about the outside of the building for some great views?
-Review the Griffith Observatory web pages for more on its history.  Evidently it was renovated from 2002-2006 using a $93Milion Los Angeles bond issue.  http://www.griffithobservatory.org/visiting/faq.html  .
-Do not forget your charged camera, lens, and extra batteries, cell phone and extra power, binoculars perhaps, and cash/credit for food/drink/shows at the Observatory.
-Plan your time at the Griffith Observatory...or play it by ear.  I am going to try to watch all three planetarium shows, at $5/ea for seniors, because I have seen the exhibits and outer areas before and the presentations are very professional, unlike mine.  I will need to take a break in-between for food and to catch a bit of everything again.  However, will tickets still be available for the show at 245pm?  The tickets start selling at 12 Noon and we do not get there until 2pm.   Here is a page with planetarium shows and times:  http://www.griffithobservatory.org/programs/soplanetarium.html#buyticket  .  Maybe I will see you around the displays or at the cafe, but feel free to do what you want until we board the bus at 8pm in front of the Observatory.  They might have a couple of telescopes out front by that time, but sunset is not until 8pm as well.  Also, I am not sure if the 12 inch refractor on the roof will be available for a quick view.
-If you do not see a friend who is going email address above, please forward this message on to them.

Guaranteed to be a great time, and you will be leaving with a tired smile on your face...but no refunds!  Please let me know if you cannot make it to the bus so we will not worry about you.

Tom Totton, President, Santa Barbara Astronomical Unit
562-8795, home;  805-980-7832, cell

Update 7/22/16:
On 7/22/2016 6:31 PM, Secretary Adrian Lopez wrote:
> A last-minute message regarding the upcoming SBAU trip to Griffith Observatory:
>
> Dear SBAU members,
> re: Griffith Observatory Trip, Tuesday, July 26, 2016, leaving at noon sharp from Museum Natural History
> To those who are going on the trip (and for consideration of those who are not), we still have a few seats available on the SB Airbus.  We have 36 folks signed up (incl. 9 couples) with a goal of having 40 on board.  The bus can handle 47 max.  So if you want to convince a friend to come along, we should have the room unless there is a last minute rush!  Please contact me, Tom Totton (562-8795 or email), to reserve a seat and I can collect your check or cash at the time of boarding on the bus.  Returning by 10 PM, SBAU Members will pay only $20 each.  Non-members are at $28.50 each (immediately join to save $?...especially a family membership if two).  Checks will need to be made out to the SBMNH, noting the Griffith SBAU trip below.  Last chance to leave the driving to someone else to a great museum of exhibits, etc. etc.  http://sbau.org/sbauforum/index.php?topic=223.0
> Thanks for considering,
> Tom, President, Santa Barbara Astronomical Unit

6/29/16:
Hello SBAU members:
Thanks to Past President Ruben Gutierrez, the Santa Barbara Astronomical Unit has scheduled a bus trip to the fantastic Griffith Observatory on Tuesday, July 26, 2016.  The club's last visit was four years ago and there was barely enough time to visit all the exhibits, see a planetarium show, and enjoy the area with us arriving at about 2pm and staying for about 6 hours.  Check out the possibilities here: http://griffithobservatory.org/  .  There is a lot of walking that can be done, so prepare yourself for that.  They have a food service there (see the Wolfgang Puck Cafe at the End of the Universe webpage), but you may wish to bring your own lunch/dinner/snacks.  The bus will drop us off at the front of the Observatory, but it will not be available again until we are picked up at 8pm to go home.  It is great to have someone else doing the driving and for a very reasonable price, although planetarium shows, food, and gifts are not included!

We will leave the Museum of Natural History front bus stop at 12 Noon Sharp and return by 10pm.  The 47 passenger Santa Barbara Airbus has a great price of $28.50 per person based on 40 passengers signing up, including a tip.  However, SBAU Members (as determined by latest member list maintained by the Secretary) will pay only $20 each!!, as a benefit from your dues and some successful donation sales boosting our treasury.  Non-members may be considered at $28.50 each after the July 8th meeting (2nd Friday! latest JPL on Pluto!) if space is still available, so please email me (President@sbau.org) or call me & leave a message (Tom, 562-8795) on or before July 8 if you plan on going to reserve your spot(s).  I will then need cash or a check made out to the SB Museum of Natural History, by July 15 (snail mail to: Astronomical Unit, c/o SBMNH, 2559 Puesta Del Sol Road,Santa Barbara, CA 93105-2998) to guarantee your seats.

I will notify you back (make sure I have your email address) that I have received your reservation & money.  I think I will limit the bus to 45 passengers to leave a couple of seats open for flexibility.  If less than 40 SBAU members reserve by July 8, we will open seats up to other Museum members & the SBCC Astronomy Club.  I may list the names of those who have reservations and those who have paid in a topic on the SBAU Forum, Outreach & Events:  http://sbau.org/sbauforum/index.php?PHPSESSID=08ed705197149fc8cc3ddc08d9e2e835&board=4.0 as another form of confirmation.

This will be first come, first served, with any ties or miscommunication or confusion (based on date of notification) to the last seat available decided by a flip of the coin or random number generator or personal bias by your President.  Hey, we do not claim to be perfect so help me out with early reservations and early payment.

This may be the trip of a lifetime for some of us who rarely get down to Los Angeles.  This may be a yearly adventure for others, because it is such a great place.  I hope you get a chance to join your fellow astronomy buffs to enjoy this trip to the Griffith Observatory.  Please notify me soon and I will see you there for sure!  SB Airbus charter contract #45611 $1140, incl $100 tip.

Tom Totton, President, Santa Barbara Astronomical Unit

Please review the attached June 2016 planning meeting notes Word doc and comment.  Let us know how you can help the club!
Thanks, Tom Totton

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June 11, 2016 SBAU Planning Meeting (2nd Sat) NOTES 6-730pm by TT [new information in red]
Attendees:  Pres:TomT, AstroMan:JavierR, VP:JerryW, Treas:ColinT, Sec:Adrians:Lopez/Conrad PastP:MikeF,RubenG,PatM,JimW,TimW Newsletter:TomW, Webmaster:PaulW, Equip:ArtH, Outr/PastP:ChuckM, TeleW:TimC, PastO:EdgarO, Refreshments:Martin/JanetM;Other:BruceM ChrisL, Victoria, ZakD, BobR,; Facebook: Sonja Rodriquez; Twitter:TomT. "Astronomy Service club" Please join Forum! ---Museum CEO: keep noise down for neighbors…out of parking lot by 10:30pm (11pm May-Aug?). 

Past Major Events review since last Planning Meeting:
(2nd/4th Mon) KZSB Show http://morenews.newspress.com/kzsb/radio.html CM,JW,TW (TT Forum notes)
-April 16, 2016, Sat 11a-7p: SB Earth Day $150 10x10 awning (or RG) Solar scopes (CM,TT). 400 folks!
-April 23, 2016, Sat 11a-2p: Earth Day Santa Maria Solar scopes (JW,CM,TT). 80 folks?
-May 6, 2016, 1st Friday: Karl Blasius, retired SBRS, Mars Rover missions.
-May 9, 2016, Monday, Transit of Mercury across Sun, Camino Real, Shoreline? 8-11am? (KZSB). Fog!
-May 14, 2016, Saturday, Astro Day @ Camino w/ raffle? 3p Plan Meet. Eve Star Party session at Museum.
Did not use all 60 prizes, cloudy day to start, good used telescope had 108 sign ups.
-Jun 10, 2016, 1st Friday: 630p: Potluck-34+? ~8p: Planetarium-15?, ~9p: Palmer Observatory-10?

Upcoming Major Events (see Outreach calendars, website, google, NightSkyNetwork, SBMNH):
-July 1, 2016, 1st Friday: Stephen J. Edberg, JPL, Pluto.
-July 26, 2016, Tues. RubenG planning trip Griffith Obs, SB Airbus, Quick: open immed. to Museum, SBCC.
-Aug 5, 2016, 1st Friday:  Todd Boroson, LCOGT network of telescopes.
-Sept. 2, 2016, 1st Friday:
-Sept 17, 2016: Sat Astrovaganza at Museum.
-Oct 7, 2016, 1st Friday:
Oct 28,29, 2016: SBAU campout at Cachuma, new moon.
-Nov 3, 2016, 1st Friday:
-Nov, 2016, Los Prietos Boys Camp, organized by RubenG
--Aug 21, 2017: Total Solar Eclipse; 10:20am E.Oregon? SB: start 9a, 0%,12deg; 10a max. 80%,45deg.

Past Presidents’ (MF,RG,TW,CM,PM,GB,TG,WB,CM,BB,JW):
MF-How to encourage more membership, more to outreaches, and more to volunteer as officers?
MF-Working on club promo video: Chuck and UFO’s. Logo Video done?  TT-see Minnesota club video.

President (TomT):  Retiring after 2016…plan 2017 officers!  Future Q: 7p meet; 9p planetarium or Obs?
TT-SBAU-mission statement?  “Service Club for Astronomy SB”? MM-“Entertain, Inform, Inspire all ages”
TT-Any contracts w/ SBMNH?  See past constitutions, MOU. Share $ w/ museum? Liability insurance?
TT-review officer/appointee duties, update/organize w/ current person, make monthly duty check/lists.
CM-Museum provides rooms, accting, and insurance while club provides volunteers. Other clubs pay $X?

Astronomy Manager (JavierR):  TT-JR to update AU summer monthly meetings for SBNature.org.
-SBAU shed removal by Oct 1 YES. JR-CRC area for rolling units only (4+UC2) was promised to him. 
-Obs status? JR- Rosing 100mm solar donation-not yet. JR to list equip & donor names; JW-Sky Model needed after lower shutter opening.  ADA=cameras only? JR-2 teles, 1 w/ camera will work.
-Javier says CEO-LukeS wants Astronomy to be poster child of the museum.  Need MOU w/ SBAU w/ insurance issues, background checks covered, certification on new obs & telescopes, etc. Q’s: AH-what if SBMNH gets bossy? PM-bad AstroMan? TT-Equip. donations? CM-bad SBAU Pres? TT-Vote 1/yr, recall?  JR-give him call and we can start working on it.
-Astrophoto class planned w/ JerryW, need T-rings. SBAU: make T-scope use proposals, any time.
-Planetarium show w/ Star Party $6/$3? Website says Free? JR-future pay at door.  CT-put out donation box.
JR-Near future: Daily Obs visits 2pm w/ Solar or CM-bright planets.
JR-MOXI thinking Star Party (but bouncy roof area); Museum partnership?, partial solar eclipse?.

VP-Programs (JerryW):  -see spreadsheet for upcoming speakers and honorarium gifts to be given.
-speaker bio/topic advertising to webmaster, newsletter, no later than 20th of month, but earlier better.
JW-several requests for speakers, but “No” from JHJones, Polchinsky, Howell, Todd Hurt
Possible Speakers: JR-Mike Bennett, PhD A-P.  CM-Dr. Rus Belikov, Moffitt SF, past SBAU member.  TT-RTMC speakers?  [Board OK’d up to $200/speaker (depends on factors). TT-offer tax write-off receipt?]

Secretarys (Adrian: Conrad&Lopez):  TT-Facebook access? Contact w/ JR-will provide pw.
JimW- https://www.facebook.com/Wheelchair-Accessible-Telescope-207735975936051/
-number of members & paid?  AL-159 members CT-(31 free), +2life +4 comp. 4-5 do not have email. 20 free outreachers, ~30 due, review periodically. 50 friends/past speakers get meeting notifications only. 
MM-Have club issue Year (5,10, etc.) pins? Need cost estimate. $3ea? Maybe modify existing SBAU pin? CT-will ask / determine “join” date first (see old lists?).  May add special interest column for members (photo, etc)
TT- Historian events/meetings? Who can add to history of club? CM-past newsletters—who has <2007?
TT-SBAU Lanyard w/ 2-sided nametags instead of monthly sticker printing?  JR-$ Museum?, see photo.

Treasurer (ColinT):  Fed Grand Jury duty 1/wk next 6 months
Acct:  $2600, 4/1/16 per museum sheet.  --Are we 501(C)3 w/ Museum?  JW-SBAU budget worksheet?
TT-monthly spreadsheet? SBMNH bookkeeper, 24th of month. copy to President. JR- ask Pam Beckely.
TW-will see if Museum can reduce number of acct #s from 3 to 2 or 1.  Is Bacara money being rec’d?
TT-need Treasurer to pass on SBAU Store item request sheet w/ stuff to sell at meetings?
TT-need to do monthly Store inventory.  Get costs and Offer other color clothing items, long sleeve shirts, polos, etc.  15oz Coffee mugs; 3”&1” Color logo Stickers (give to members), Patches, Pins?
TT-Museum membership# ($65, incl: 25 CA museums free) =$10 disc for SBAU 2017. Approved!
TT-Astro Day dinner receipt $227 OK?

Outreach (ChuckM): 
-Set monthly dark sky get-togethers?  Gun Club#changes, call CMcP; Figueroa?  TT>google SBAU calendar.
-Astro on Tap SB, usually 1st Wed 409 State M8RX, LCOGT per Iair Arcavi. July 27 next one.
CM-June-Sept Thur(Bacara), Fri(Westmont+Refugio), Sat(Parks) all taken.    CM-Audubon raffle winner has not claimed a $300 outreach yet.

Webmaster (PaulW) issues (pages, forum, email):  PW-teach VP/Pres how to modify webpages using the free MS Expression Web 4.
TT-see telescope articles http://www.centralcoastastronomy.org/catagory/ourmembers/ .
TT-SBAU Forum can be used for articles like this.  We should write ourselves up and post there.

Newsletter (TomW/Chuck):  newsletters out before 1st of month for Secretary copying/ addressing/ mailing.
TT-need other writers: constellation of month, star hopping, meeting summaries.
PW: use forum to post longer versions of articles that do not fit newsletter! 
42 32 mailed = $21 16/mo, + 100 printed (b/w) = $30/mo. 4 members w/o email. Rest > outreaches.
TT-Add telescope workshop, TimC contact info to newsletter and calendar.

Equipment manager (ArtH) & Sales Coordinator (PaulW):  Need more shed large telescope operators!
TT-Shed must be cleared by OCT 1; start ASAP to clear unused items; make list w/ AH. Broken C8?
PW-donated stuff usually has 2wk leeway for >1yr members, 10-20% off est. street $s. 
-What is sold, for sale, & prices?  Meade 2080? 2120? Eyepieces? Big Red Odessey 13” Dobsonian? JW friend, George Chapman, C8 and SBIG ST-7 camera donation?  TT will ask Paul for pricing & sales status.
JR-Shipman 29” mirror. TT-SBAU Facebook inquiry 6-11-16.  Is museum putting $ into SBAU accts?
-UC2/NexStar 8SE: needs levelers w/ tires.  Check if Cig lighter cord & A/C adapter? JimW made h/c signs.
JR-Celestron 11” w/ Museum sticker by Steve Schmidt but donated to SBAU. Museum does not use.

Telescope (& Astrophoto, etc.) workshop (TimC,TomW,JerryW):
-Nearly every Tuesday 730-9p, Broder Building.  Future: Obs practice & using large SBAU rolling telescopes?

Refreshment Coord (Janet/MartinM): retiring from duty by Jan, 2017
Providers= July: PatMcP?  Aug:___?  Janet wants rest of year..NO!  Please ask for volunteers!
TT-Suggested snack list (cookies, cake, etc.) for providers? Remind of $25 refund. Museum kitchen is off-limits, snacks must be easy to clean up.  -JM/MM listed Holiday Dinner venues, prices:  High Sierra Grill chosen for Dec 8, 6pm open menu, seating, no advance$.  TT-no gift exchange: Astro gifts (or +$20?) to Unity House, Toys for Tots? Recognition of community service?                             Excellent work by everyone!

00:00 Baron comments "role in the Universe is to Q the universe"; 01:38 news: Shuttle External tank; 02:42 Earth-Sky on Mars beat up 635K impact craters; 04:17 SBAU guys in talk to Donny; 04:49 gabbing; 06:49   ; 06:55 names; 07:24 AU day; 07:32 KZSB;
07:41 Start SBAU show, TomW B-does Westmont have pastors from physics classes?; JerryW SBRS history; TomT SBAU potluck, NEO asteroid 2016 HO;
16:51 Earth orbiting asteroid, Mars retrograde, Antares, Jupiter, red, TW double stars, TT-if Jupiter bigger, B-see 2010 movie; 2016 HO asteroid, Nemesis legend, orbits, Kuiper belt, Pluto, Saturn rings, shepard moons;
29:26 NASA flight to Mars, soil on Mars for growing?, Mars tsunami, land spacecraft on Mars, Karl Blasius (teaches biology of aging), frozen water on Mars.
38:42 Twitter for SBAU @SantaBarbaraAU, TW-astrophysics background on detectors, sounding rockets, JW-preferred applied research, SBRS, Cyan Systems, clean room.
46:38 Richard Dupree, what was HAL's first song? [maybe Happy Birthday?] SBAU outreaches reviewed by ChuckMcP, 2nd Sat at Museum, 3rd Fri at Westmont, Bacara; Potluck with planetarium show; Mercury transit.
53:38 finish

I hope you enjoy the attached file that has been cropped of commercials

00:00 Baron welcomes JW and TT and comments on the SBAU bookmark
00:52 Earth/Sky program discusses the interstellar medium
03:18 BruceM's milky way picture on the SBAU bookmark is discussed; where is the black hole?
04:19 SBAU at Earth Day, Tesla cars, gamma rays wiggle more like they are on caffeine
06:21 Strass's 2001 movie theme music; B-are people more interested in astronomy now compared to the past?  Endeavor [down at Calif Science Center] will be getting its fuel tank (filled? soda dispenser? restaurant inside?); Earth Day started after 1969 oil spill; TomW doing make-up lab classes this week, got free Orcad software for lab to work with before actually breadboarding electronics; Sam Goodwin made a Theremin [patented in 1928 by Russian Leon T] in one lab class, Bernard Herman made some movie music [1951 in his score for The Day the Earth Stood Still] using that electronic instrument.  TT-400 bookmarks given out at Earth Day.
16:34 B-Meteor showers listed on SBAU bookmark, from comets? TW-we are all made from dirty comets, or CM-sky barf.  92 natural elements plus Unobtainium [see http://neoencyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/List_of_fictional_elements,_materials,_isotopes_and_atomic_particles for references to Bullwinkle, Avatar, The Core].  B-electrons spin around an atom like a pea compared to size of Texas?  Standard Model, Higgs, Anti-matter discussed.  25:00 Gravitational waves at sound wave frequency; recently [Fermi satellite] found gamma rays that may be associated with that event, possibly from accretion disks surrounding them.  No escape vs. Hawking radiation like astronaut fingernail dirt?
29:22 B-why not circular space stations like 2001?  JW says idea from Willy Ley book [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy_Ley] but too expensive. Russia added Zvezda (TW=star) module to ISS [http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/elements/sm.html#.Vx6JLXqlcVQ].  B-AU distances on bookmark used for exo-planets?  Recent discovery 16LY away Gliese 832C earth size? (CM-Gliese was nearby star cataloger https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Gliese.)  B-Hawking dinky satellites? JW-solar sails and laser communication.  Voyager 1 RTG, radioisotope thermal generator, power fading.  B-Pink Moon?  TT-read list of full moon names from http://www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/moon/full-moon-names.html.  Peter Olmos wrote book explaining Chumash calendar.
37:42 Shostakovitch Ballet suite used with 2001 movie? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWKN98cNDxo  TW-Alfred North walked out after his music would not be used [see explanation http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062622/trivia].  Phone call from Barbara asking about the Blue Moon.  B-moon height in sky vs. Sun?  Moon phases discussed [http://www.moonconnection.com/moon_phases.phtml].  Sun, moon, planets and gods...CM-7 planets account for days of week.  564-1290...remember to call in. 
45:04 CM-Transit of Mercury May 9, Camino Real Marketplace.  Life on other planets? JW-Carl Sagan complex life was difficult 2nd step.  TW-Tim Ferris, book Life Beyond Earth, Fermi question, lobster video on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TK0vmOCHiDs .  B-Four Forces?  Gravity, E-M, Strong, & Weak nuclear forces; isotope decay...
52:22 end

Treasurer, Equipment Manager, Outreach Coordinator, and all,

Do we raffle anything off for Astronomy Day at Camino Real Marketplace?  Or just have handouts?
Raffling usually involves handing out tickets and having a 3pm prize announcement gathering for those present.

I think we could do this "drawing" style, where we have a fixed number (what total $$ value?) of small giveaways, SBAU patches, shirts, and ?, and assign raffle ticket numbers to them (need to get raffle tickets...maybe Javier still has some?), then let folks grab from a bucket of 300 to see if they win anything on the spot so early folks are treated as well as those who come by at the end.  Everyone wins a 4cent bookmark! We just need to put the effort in to tear up the tickets ahead of time and assign numbers to prizes.

How does this sound?
TomT


On 4/12/2016 3:28 PM, Paul Winn wrote:
> Also I need a listing of any the raffle items for Astronomy day

>     From: President SBAU [mailto:president@sbau.org]
>     Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2016 2:35 PM
>     Subject: SBAU planning meeting notes April 9, 2016
>     Upcoming Major Events (see Outreach calendars, website, google, NightSkyNetwork, SBMNH):
>     -May 14, 2016, Saturday, Astro Day @ Camino w/ raffle? 3p Plan Meet. Eve Star Party session at Museum.
>     Excellent work by everyone!

Did you ever see this Dob setup of a C11 that Gail Massey has?
http://astronomy-mall.com/regular/products/eq_platforms/dobsonians.on.platforms.shtml

more fun on the radio...see attached file to play back the conversations

Rationally discussing the irrational number Pi, outreaches, telescopes, Westmont labs taught by TomW, science fair projects, Astronomy on Tap at Blind Tiger, vernal equinox, call from New Jersey and northern lights, gravitational waves (not gravity waves), solar telescopes, and space-time and dimensions.

Attached is the commercial cropped audio file from the show replay on Sunday, Feb 14th, 3am, of the 2nd Monday KZSB SBAU Astronomical Unit radio program with Chuck, TomT, and JerryW, who has quite a bit of time explaining his work history to the Baron Ron Herron.  This is a Sunday replay as my Monday live recording stopped early on for some reason.  Here are some quick notes about the show, but download the file and listen in for the entertaining science discussions (easier than reading these notes?):

00:00 Star trek music this session, TomW did not show due to locked shoulder pain, B gets J to talk about his work history again, who mentions one of the satellites he worked on "sleeps with the fishes" and that "physicists look at how the world as it is, engineers trying to remake the world as they want it".  TT got to mention the last meeting about exoplanets and C explains.

10:35 J-talks about his consulting work and Cyan Systems cameras with smart focal planes.  B gets lost with all the new concepts in astronomy and J paraphrases Shakespeare "there are stranger things under the sun than are dreamt of by man's philosophy" [“There are more things in Heaven and Earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.” ] and brings in the subject of near earth objects, asteroids, 90% found larger than 1km, but of those >40m only 1% found.  J says "as someone pointed out, we are here because the dinosaurs did not have a space program"

21:30 Richard Dupree calls in to ask about Bose Condensates, which J explains.  He also asks about the Antikythera mechanism, and C says they are still looking for more.  Chumash guy Peter Olmos calls in to welcome back Baron and says that the Chumash really love cosmology. And what is latest on Planet X and C explains that they are looking for it, T says 10x farther out than Pluto.  Still trying to start topic of LCOGT C-"keeping you in the dark 24hrs a day".

30:20 C friend Denise calls in from Germany, B says this is the farthest call he has every gotten, and she asks how often the "moon in seventh house and Jupiter align w/ Mars"? and C says often planets are in the same part of the sky.  TT wants to know if snow in Berlin, and Denise says only a few weeks ago, but not now [TT-i thot germany would be snowy this time of year].  Denise keeps looking at the stars and constellations and thinking of Chuck.  B asks about the constellations of the ecliptic and C explains that pre-astronomy science people trying to make sense of the universe.  B wonders about the view from the southern hemisphere and toilet water spin, but C says Coriolis force is only about large scales.

39:30 B-stars bend when traveling at speed of light? J says that the light would look like bending all the way around you.  LCOGT network, C explains that they have telescopes around the world gathering data, J-professionals doing research and SBAU has them for meeting talks. B asks about use for interferometry, but C says that is for radio telescopes.  T-mentions that LCOGT looks for Supernovas, B asks how many, C says 100's each night if big enough telescopes.  T mentions sbau.org and that Museum will have Valentines Day planetarium show this Saturday with chocolats for $10.  46:00 end

Radio show for 4th Tuesday of January 2016

00:00--starting with some pre-show clips with the Baron.

4:00--TomW explains his current Westmont physics laboratory classes he is teaching.  JerryW has to explain again that he was mostly involved with SBRC applied research with the his last project there on the Japanese weather satellite to 2005.  Baron always interested in geosynchronous orbits and space elevators.  New planet Nine brought up sounds like "Plan Nine from Outer Space" the movie by Ed Wood where aliens land wearing capes bringing up zombies to stop humans from destroying the universe.

12:50--Morning planet line up discussed, the Richard Dupree calls in asking about "Henderson points", and is corrected by ChuckM who points out that the gravity balance points between Earth and the Sun are called Lagrangian points.  BruceM calls in to explain the points further. JerryW brings up the James Webb telescope will be placed at L2 far away from the Earth's large infrared signal.  Baron asks why Planet Nine has not been found, and Chuck points out that it is very faint and up against billions of background stars.  Bruce adds that it is a doubly tough problem due to the faint light of the sun and JW points out it may be as far at 1000AU away.  CM & TW mention the planet was found by watching orbits of other Kuiper area objects.  Baron hopes we can figure this out before he succumbs to depression.

28:20--Morning planets again, Bruce points out if Earth a tennis ball, Sun is 25' sphere, 1/2 mile away and Pluto a 1/2" sphere, 20-1/4 miles away; and space is spacious, Chuck says asteroid belt is not like dodging rocks as shown by Hollywood.  Bruce says Lagrange points  have asteroids caught, with the Greeks at L4, Trojans at L5, and ? at L3 which on the opposite side of the Sun.  Baron asks if asteroids are between the Earth and Sun and Jerry mentions Near Earth Objects.  Chuck mentions Centaurs as another type of object between asteroids and comets.  Jerry says only 50% of stuff have been found.   TomW explains that his laboratory classes can use computer simulation or he likes making sure students understand the basic tools of multimeters and oscilloscopes.  Jerry tries to explain why the electron does not fall into the proton and probability functions of quantum mechanics, except for crashing together in the Large Hadron Collider.  [I think I saw that the proton and electron could touch each other if at Absolute Zero.]

37:54--Baron has TimC on the line, and Tim asks what is the connection between the Kuiper Belt and the Oort Cloud?  How far out will can planets be detected?  Baron wonders if we will ever spot the Planet Nine.  Chuck says that Neptune was found by calculating its orbit by noting changes in Uranus' orbit.  Jerry mentions that even larger telescopes are being made.  Chuck explains that the Kuiper Belt is more disk like whereas the Oort Cloud is  theorized to be a spherical cloud around the solar system.  Tim wonders if more Lagrange points are out further in the solar system and Jerry says they are out to the limits of gravitational attraction of the Sun, but complications if other objects around.  Tim is concerned if the Andromeda Galaxy will mess with us, but Chuck says we will have to wait for a few billion years to find out.

Attached is the audio file minus the commercials and news for your entertainment and it is much better than reading my notes!  Enjoy!

Attached is the Monday, 9am, January 11, 2016 KZSB SBAU Hour (cropped out commercials/news to make it 47minutes) radio show with the Baron Ron Herron talking with ChuckM, JerryW, and TomW.  Starts with (Stars Wars music) the Baron asking about the great Sean Kelly SBAU meeting on Comets that he missed; TomW and Westmont; JerryW background; other Astro clubs; Chuck explains the latest USPS stamps to be issued on planets, ringed planets, Pluto's active geology. 

Then JerryW refuses to give spoilers on the new Star Wars movie; Chuck brings up the topic of UCSB discovery of magnetic fields around red giant stars; Baron asks tough questions on the 4 forces and why the electron seems to never fall into the proton, but Chuck says supernova collapse can create neutron stars; TomW brings up a show called "Particle Fever" ( http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/seven-years-500-hours-footage-capture-particle-fever/ ) that explains the Higgs boson and the Std Model; Baron brings up black holes, photons sticking inside atoms; the solar sail is mentioned; and the electro-magnetic spectrum is touched. 

Part 3 starts with more Storm Trooper music; CM mentions the article on particles being larger than expected in forming solar systems; 3 star systems can be found to be 6 with major telescope advances; Richard Dupree calls in and mentions the Harold Gatty book, "Raft Book Lore of the Sea and Sky". 

Part 4 of the show has CM talking about constellations; Baron mentions non-euclidian geometry of the earth; black hole barf and event horizons, and TW teaches BH math; JW talks 4 dimensions and string theory might have 23 per CM. 

Finally, the last few minutes has TimC calling in to ask JW about multisegmented mirror construction; and CM tells Baron about the 100th anniversary of the Museum of Natural History.

Hope you can download and play back the attached file successfully!

https://www.quantamagazine.org/20151216-physicists-and-philosophers-debate-the-boundaries-of-science/

Interesting article from Quanta magazine with detailed Venn? diagram showing how theories may overlap.  Our July 2015 speaker David Gross is quoted.

fill for the newsletter:

"I just had a nice evening visit to the Cranbrook Institute of Science Center near Detroit.  It is bit larger than our Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History with a nice Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton and life size mammoth covered in some sort of woolly stuff that felt like Angora.  It has a huge collection of minerals and even numerous meteorites.  Modern collections of various tribal artifacts with 3D narrators and virtual books.  Lots of interactive exhibits for the curious kid inside us (see https://www.flickr.com/photos/27241501@N03/albums/72157662453094692 ).

Best of all it has a 75 seat planetarium with an high resolution display system (using a Digistar 5 system like ours).  The programs were a bit weird:   "Mystery of the Christmas Star" proving Jesus was born 4BC; "Michigan Sky Tonight" where the presenter's jokes were followed by the Ta-Dum sound; and the final show was "Let it Snow", a psychedelic 30min 3D demo of xmas theme fractals and such.  Where is the medical marijuana when you need it?  The presenter did mention that the great square of Pegasus can be looked at as a baseball diamond with Pisces in the outfield, something I had not heard of before.  Folks in Michigan rarely see the stars so planetariums are great around here.

The attached observatory was very similar to the updated SBMNH Palmer with a 20" CDK, etc. ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qg9XuLNM-Bk ).  The astronomer there was hoping for clear skies to confirm exoplanets found with the Kepler mission, actually the continuing K2 mission, in the area he had studied at Kitt Peak.  Unfortunately, typical for Michigan, the sky barely let the Moon show for a moment and then clouded over.  Thank your lucky stars that you live in Southern California for the number of days with a clear sky!

On other notes, our December Member's Meeting was terrific with presentations by Chuck McPartlin, Art Harris, Bob Richard, and Jerry Wilson.  The Holiday Dinner had a few misunderstandings about what would be considered an astronomical related gift (USC Tennis shirt?) to exchange, but the conversations and food were wonderful.  https://www.flickr.com/photos/sbaushots/albums

Until we meet again in January, and I hope to see a full Farrand Hall audience for Sean Kelly, have an even better New Year!"