Prime
Focus is the monthly publication of the Kalamazoo Astronomical
Society. Most issues contain an event calendar, meeting minutes,
sky highlights, all-sky star map, and articles by guest authors and KAS
members. The latest issue is available to current KAS members
only, but past issues are made available to everyone as a
courtesy. If you would like to receive the latest issue then
please consider becoming a KAS member. All issues below are in
PDF format, so you'll need Adobe
Acrobat Reader (version 5.0 or later is recommended).
2008
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| January |
1.88
MB
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December
Meeting Minutes, Board Meeting Minutes, Full Moon Theater Preview,
Final Observations, So, Where Did All of This Come From, 'Death Star'
Galaxy, NASA Space Place, January Night Sky.
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| February |
2.16
MB
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January
Meeting Minutes, Board Meeting Minutes, Perpetual Plant Sale Report,
Price Check, WMU Seminar, Eclipse of the Snow Moon, The Harmonic Drive,
Where Did All of This Come Form, NASA Space Place, MESSENGER Meets
Mercury, Star Parties in 2008, February Night Sky.
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| March |
1.56 MB |
| February
Meeting Minutes, Board Meeting Minutes, Harlow Shapely Lecture, Full
Moon Theater Preview, Lunar Eclipse Captured, Charles Messier, Guide to
the Messier Marathon, Messier Marathon Search List, NASA Space Place,
March Night Sky. |
| April |
1.28 MB |
| March
Meeting Minutes, Board Meeting Minutes, Astronomy Day 2008, KAS Online
Redesign Underway, Turtles and the Speed of Light, Rhea Also May Have
Rings, NASA Space Place, Membership of the KAS,April Night Sky. |
| May (members only) |
1.37 MB |
| April
Meeting Minutes, Board Meeting Minutes, Worthwhile Web Sites,
Astrophotography Workshop, Astronomy Day 2008 Report, Phobos in 3D,
NASA Space Place, May Night Sky. |
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2007
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| January |
1.55
MB
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December
Meeting Minutes, Board Meeting Minutes, Full Moon Theater Preview,
Observations, Notre Dame Field Trip Report, Water May Still Flow on
Mars, Massive Mountain Range on Titan, NASA Space Place, January Night
Sky.
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February
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1.45
MB
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General
Meeting Preview, January
Meeting Minutes, Board Meeting Minutes, Twelve Commandments for Amateur
Astronomers, Observations, Great Comet of 2007, The Owl Observatory
Project, Spitzer Peeks
at the Pillars, NASA Space Place, Star Parties of 2007, February Night
Sky.
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March
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1.21
MB
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February
Meeting Minutes, Board Meeting Minutes, Observations, Starbooks, What's
for Dinner? A Lunar Eclipse!, Observing Saturn, NASA Space Place,
March Night Sky.
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| April |
1.47
MB
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March
Meeting Minutes, Board Meeting Minutes, Observations, Astronomy Day
2007, Observing Clubs, 2007 Winter Star Party Report, New Horizons
Swings by
Jupiter, April Night Sky.
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May
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1.37
MB
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April
Meeting Minutes, Board Meeting Minutes, Observations, KAS Seeks Grant
Funding, Astronomy Day 2007 Report, 2007 KAS Messier Marathon Report,
First 3-D Images of the Sun, May Night Sky.
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| June |
1.42
MB
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May
Meeting Minutes, Complete the KAS S&T Collection, Board Meeting
Minutes, Observations, Starbooks, HST Finds Dark Matter Ring, NASA
Space Place, Membership of the KAS, June Night Sky.
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July
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1.07
MB
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June
Meeting Minutes, Observations, KAS Red Ball Express, Astrophotography
Workshop, NASA Space Place, Mars Rover Ready for Crater Descent, July
Night Sky.
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| August |
1.30
MB
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July
Meeting Minutes, Observations, Perseid Potluck Picnic, Albion College
Field Trip, 2007 Astrophotography Contest Rules, Return of the
Perseids, NASA Space Place, August Night Sky.
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| September |
1.27
MB
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Perseid
Potluck Picnic Report, Prime Time Astronomy, Observations, An Evening
in Albion, Lots of Pretty Colors, NASA Space Place, September Night Sky.
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October
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1.46
MB
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September
Meeting Minutes, Board Meeting Minutes, Observations, 2007
Astrophotography Contest Rules, Dark Sky Musings, Illinois Dark Skies
Star Party, Cassini Visits Saturn's Yin-Yang Moon, NASA Space Place,
Membership of the KAS, October Night Sky.
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| November |
1.49
MB
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October
Meeting Minutes, Board Meeting Minutes, Nigg Notes, Observations, Field
Trip to Adler Planetarium, 2007 Black Forest Star Party, NASA Space
Place, Hubble Finds "Dorian Gray" Galaxy, November Night Sky.
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| December |
1.99
MB
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November
Meeting Minutes, Board Meeting Minutes, Holiday Party, A Supernova
& Christmas, Observations, A Day at Adler Planetarium, Building A
Vision: Going Big to Go Deep, The Odd Comet Holmes, NASA Space
Place, The Star-Splitter, Mars Map, December Night Sky.
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2006
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January
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982
KB
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December
Meeting Minutes, Board Meeting Minutes, Observations, Full Moon Theater
Preview, Hands on the Sun Conference, Challenger Disaster: 20 Years
Later, Cassini Reveals An Active Moon, January Night Sky.
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| February |
978
KB
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January
Meeting Minutes, Board Meeting Minutes, Observations, Young Astronomer
Minutes, Starbooks, The Rise and Fall of Lunar Observing, NASA Space
Place, Hubble Reveals the Orion Nebula, Star Parties in 2006, February
Night Sky.
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March
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894
KB
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February
Meeting Minutes, Board Meeting Minutes, Observations, Starbooks, KAS
Radio Astronomy Project, Unbroken Chain Reviewed,
NASA Space Place, Messier Marathon Search List, The Messier Objects,
March Night Sky.
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| April |
1.22
MB
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March
Meeting Minutes, Board Meeting Minutes, Observations, February Freeze
Out Report, 2006 Winter Star Party Report, Starbooks, NASA Space Place,
Intro to Amateur Astronomy, April Night Sky.
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| May |
1.62
MB
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April
Meeting Minutes, Board Meeting Minutes, Observations, Astronomy Day
2006 Report, How Stable is My Telescope?, "Pretty Good Comets of 2006,
May Night Sky.
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| June |
1.10
MB
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May
Meeting Minutes, Board Meeting Minutes, Observations, Return of the
Perpetual Plant Sale, Astrophotography Workshop, Astrophotography
Contest Rules, Owl Observatory Benched, NASA Space Place, Membership of
the KAS, June Night Sky.
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July
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1.27
MB
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June
Meeting Minutes, Board Meeting Minutes, Observations, The Amateur
Astronomers Introduction to the Celestial Sphere, Return of the
Perpetual Plant Sale, Huge Storms
Converge, New Names for Pluto's Old Moons, 2006 RTMC Report, Learn
About the Astronomical League, NASA
Space Place, July Night Sky.
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| August |
985
KB
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July
Meeting Minutes (Gadget Night Report), Observations, Perseid Potluck
Picnic, NASA Space Place, August Night Sky.
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| September |
1.33
MB
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Perseid
Potluck Picnic Report, Observations, Great Lakes Star Gaze Trip,
Spitzer Digs Up Troves of Solar Systems in Orion, And Then There Were
Eight: The New Solar System, James Van
Allen: U.S. Space Pioneer, NASA Space Place, September Night Sky.
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| October |
1.27
MB
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September
Meeting Minutes, Board Meeting Minutes, Observations, Astrophotography
Contest Rules, Look Ma - No Tracking!, Starfest 2006 Report, NASA Space
Place, October Night Sky.
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| November |
1.21
MB
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October
Meeting Minutes, Board Meeting Minutes, Nigg Notes, Observations,
Observing the Mercury Transit, Transit of Mercury Figures, NASA Space
Place, November Night Sky.
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| December |
1.20
MB
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November
Meeting Minutes, Board Meeting Minutes, Observations, Field Trip
Itinerary, Perpetual Plant Sale Surpasses Goal, Holiday Party, Carl
Sagan: The People's Astronomer, Mercury Transit Report &
Images, NASA Space Place, Membership of the KAS, December Night Sky.
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2005
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| February
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1.16
MB |
| January
Meeting Minutes, Board
Meeting Minutes, Observations, NASA Space Place, Young Astronomer
Minutes, The
Book Corner, February Calendar. |
| March |
1.15
MB |
February
Meeting Minutes, Board Meeting Minutes, Observations, NASA Space Place,
Young Astronomer Minutes, March Sky Calendar.
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| April |
1.09
MB |
Board
Meeting Minutes, Observations, WSP Perspectives, Young Astronomer
Minutes, April Sky Calendar.
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| May |
814
KB |
April
Meeting Recap, Board Meeting Minutes, Observations, NASA Space Place,
Young Astronomer Minutes, May Sky Calendar.
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| June |
628
KB |
May
Meeting Recap, Board Meeting Minutes, Observations, NASA Space Place,
Astrophotography Contest.
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| July |
633
KB |
Board
Meeting Minutes, Observations, Who Are We?, June Meeting Recap, An
Organizational Proposal.
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| August |
519
KB |
Board
Meeting Minutes, Observations, July Meeting Recap, Perseid Potluck
Picnic, Observing Mars, A Planet By Any Other Name.
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| September
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503
KB |
Observations,
NASA Space Place, What's Doing at Manitoulin?
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| October |
741
KB |
Astro
Quiz, Board Meeting Minutes, Observations, NASA Space Place,
Astrophotography Contest.
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| November
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646
KB |
October
Meeting Minutes, Board Meeting Minutes, Observations, Semi-Annual Field
Trip, NASA Space Place, Great Lakes Star Gaze 2005, Membership of the
KAS.
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| December
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1.17
MB |
November
Meeting Minutes, Board Meeting Minutes, Observations, Holiday Party,
Young Astronomer Minutes, East Lansing Field Trip Report, Black Forest
Star Party Report, December Night Sky.
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2004
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| July |
553
KB |
June
Meeting Minutes, NASA Space Place, Observations, Astrophotography
Workshop, Astronomy Day 2004 Report, Abrams Sky Calendar, July Evening
Skies.
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| August |
839
KB |
July
Meeting Minutes, Board Meeting Minutes, Observations (of the Transit of
Venus), Perseid Potluck Picnic, NASA Space Place, KAS Member Transit of
Venus Reports, The "SOURCE" of Earth-Sun Blockers, Abrams Sky Calendar,
August Evening Skies.
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1976
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July
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2.60
MB
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The
Minutes of the KAS, Occultations, Club News, The Trails of a Beginner
in Astronomy, What the Astronomical League Can Do for You, Lunar and
Planetary Events for July.
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