Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 18, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba Al saturday free october society has Star gazes at heavens science reporter s autumn advances and brings cold groups Winni Eggers will once again get out of town to Gaffe at the Many of them go into the darkness of night under the guidance of the Royal astronomical society of Cana whose members Best know How to find the wonders of the heavens and explain them to Jay president of the organizations Winnipeg says Public interest in astronomy is definitely on the last the male Opp co net definitely helped we went to 82 members from 68 a year it made people realize just How exciting the heavens Anderson said this the Winnipeg Centre holds about half dozen Public and members Only Star parties each when Comet Hayak take appeared in the heavens Over North America More than a year the society scheduled an observation in Kildonan Park and More than people a 50yearold meteorologist with environment Canada in said his local group was recently approached by a few Stu dents from Viscount Alexander mid dle school who wanted to learn More about finding stars and planets in the by the time Anderson had set up a he found two entire including the parents of most of a sett aft Cage to see what he had to show Anderson showed them Jupiter and its Moons and Saturn and its studying the heavens is easier than most people think and fax furore exciting the Amateur astronomer sure its confusing at first the average person looking up if to the Clear sky at flight sees about if you dont know your Way around its like Landing in a for eign country and being taken to your next morning you look around the place and its could be could be All you know is youre pretty Well lost in what you need is a Road once you identify the first few land Marks on it things become easier by the before very Long you recognize major eventually you know your Way those who know where to look can see dozens of fascinating objects both inside and outside our own the Milky Anderson it Doest take a very Large Tele scope to watch the Moons of Jupiter and see their shadows on the surface of the planet and How they move from Side to some people can see the Moons with the unaided the rings of Saturn Are very easy to see with a simple once youve found that one of the More spectacular i 1890 aswr8fnieil society a was formed in 1890 and be Titre of fhe in Gam 82 it meets at every Sec Phil free press Anderson shows students How to find stars and such Fps University of to Fife is no admission visitors membership in the Fias is a objects visible outside the Milky Way is the Andromeda million Light years away from us and considerably bigger than the Milky just compare the Milky ways spiral disk mean sures Light years across and consists of about 100 billion stars such As our Sun or nobody knows How Many stars have planets and therefore How Many planets there Are in this also a spiral is Light years from one end to the it is believed to contain at least 200 billion with an unknown number of planets rotating around the Way the astronomers measure it takes a Flash of Light years to Cross the Milky Way from one end to the years to Cross humans looking at the sky from Earth can see the Andromeda Galaxy in its entirety and with the naked to the viewer first looks for the big then traces due South to the cassiopeia Constellation with its characteristic formation of the Point of the second Down stroke in the w forms the Arrow pointing to the fuzzy Light visible is the Neighbour r r Astre raffia journal and a local both mailed six v the Winnipeg Centre holds regu Lar Star parties in various parts of foe seme far 166 Kilor Fleties from tie City to assure All flights depart Early evening returns great Low hotel prices too pick up sunflightsneu210 Page brochure today weve got great discovery lifestyle and the most competitive air Only prices exclusive nonstop and direct flights from Winnipeg air 7 nights from Cancun saturday 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