GLPA Newsletter
Volume 54, Number 3
Autumnal Equinox, 2019
Bart Benjamin, Editor
Emily Hromi, Cover
Articles
President’s Message
– Geoff Holt
Editor’s Message
– Bart Benjamin
A Wonderful Experience in the U.S.
– Guilherme Marranghello
The Wonderful Experience of Hosting
– Michele Wistisen
Another Very Successful Rocket Camp
– Kris McCall
By-laws amendment proposals
– Dan Tell
Total Solar Eclipse montage photo
– Eric Schreur
Transit of Mercury observing page
– Bart Benjamin
Columns
State News
– Illinois (Renae Kerrigan)
– Indiana (Barbara Williams)
– Michigan (Shannon Schmoll)
– Ohio (Dale Smith)
– Wisconsin/Minnesota (Jean Creighton)
– Beyond the Lakes (Mary Holt)
Bulletin Board
News from NISE
State Chair elections
Absentee Ballot for Elections
IPS Update
– Mike Smail
40 Years & 20 Years Ago
Image Credits
NGC 2074 in the Large Magellanic Cloud
Credit: NASA, ESA, and M. Livio (STScI)
M96: A Galactic Maelstrom
Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA and LEGUS Team
Young stars in the “wing” of the Small Magellanic Cloud
Credit: NASA, ESA, CXC and University of Potsdam, JPL-Caltech, and STScI
M13: A Celestial Snow Globe of Stars
Credit: NASA, ESA, and Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
Newborn stars within the Prawn Nebula
Credit: European Southern Observatory
Big Blue Marble Earth
Credit: R. Stockli, A. Nelson, F. Hasler, NASA/ GSFC/ NOAA/ USGS
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