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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Johnson Space Center Astronomy Society Meeting</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <br><br></span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Our August meeting <span style='color:#1F497D'>is </span>this Friday, August 9, should prove to be interesting as it will feature Paul Maley, our Scientific Expedition officer, discussing a recent <b><i>Asteroid Occultation Event</i></b> and how it was planned, measured, the participants involved and results. </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>(Regarding our <i>JSC Today</i> ad; Dr. Tim Giblin will now be our presenter at the September meeting about the biggest energy events known to man…<i>Gamma Ray Bursts</i>.)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> </span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Have you noticed the bright ‘star’ high in the SW sky at sunset? Did you know that it’s actually Saturn? It is an easy but beautiful target through a small telescope. We’ll provide you additional suggestions in our “<b>What’s up in the sky this Month?</b>” talk. Other informative talks include “<b>Astro Oddities</b>”, the <b>Member’s Minute</b>, and we encourage our guests to come up with their own questions for our <b>Novice Q & A</b> <b>Session</b>. We’ll also discuss our <b>Fall Star Parties</b>. </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>(…and the discussions continue at Double Daves Pizza after the meeting!)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> </span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>JSCAS is open to anyone <u>who wants to learn about astronomy</u> and membership is <b>FREE!</b> After joining, you’ll have access to our <b>Loaner Telescopes</b> and our amazing <b>DVD Library</b> with 100’s of choices to learn from. Our meetings are held on the 2nd Friday of each month at 7:30 pm in the lecture hall of the USRA Bldg. (3600 Bay Area Blvd. at Middlebrook Dr.) For more info, see our website at <b><a href="http://jscas.net">http://jscas.net</a><span style='color:#1F497D'>. </span></b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> </span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Note</span></u></b><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>:<i> </i></span></b><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>All those who have borrowed DVDs from the JSCAS Media Library are reminded to please <u>bring in their educational materials</u> to the next JSCAS meeting…and feel free to borrow additional materials.<b> </b></span></i><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>