GLPA Newsletter
Volume 54, Number 4
Winter Solstice, 2019
Bart Benjamin, Editor
Emily Hromi, Cover
Articles
President’s Message
– Geoff Holt
Editor’s Message
– Bart Benjamin
The Guts of a Spacesuit
– Kara Burgdorf
Conference Reflections
Christmas Tree cluster greeting
– Bart Benjamin
Minutes from the Fall 2019 GLPA Executive Committee Meeting
– prepared by Dan Tell
Minutes from the 2019 GLPA Annual Business Meeting
– prepared by Dan Tell
Columns
State News
– Illinois (Tom Willmitch)
– Indiana (Melinda O’Malley)
– Michigan (Paulette Epstein)
– Ohio (Dale Smith)
– Wisconsin/Minnesota (Jean Creighton)
– Beyond the Lakes (Mary Holt)
Bulletin Board
Jeff Potter Obituary
Documentary Film to Feature Ohio Planetarium
– Kris McCall
IPS Update
– Mike Smail
40 Years & 20 Years Ago
Image Credits
Cover Photographs: Gregg Williams and Bart Benjamin
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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