GLPA Newsletter
Volume 55, Number 4
Winter Solstice, 2020
Bart Benjamin, Editor
Jackie Baughman, Cover
Articles
President’s Message
– Waylena McCully
Editor’s Message
– Bart Benjamin
Jupiter – Saturn Conjunction and Postcard from Saturn diagrams
– Bart Benjamin
Conference Reflections
2020 Virtual Conference Group Photograph
Minutes from the Fall 2020 GLPA Executive Committee Meeting
– prepared by Tiffany Stone Wolbrecht
Minutes from the 2020 GLPA Annual Business Meeting
– prepared by Tiffany Stone Wolbrecht
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
Special Thanks
– Kris McCall
“Train the Trainer” workshops begin next issue
– Jean Creighton
IPS Update
– Mike Smail
40 Years & 20 Years Ago
Image Credits
Cover Credits: In a year when we’ve all been told to “keep our distance,” the planets Jupiter and Saturn are having a very close encounter with one another in late-December. This great conjunction will bring the two largest planets of our solar system closer than they’ve appeared to be since 1623. On the evening of December 21st, the two planets will be separated by only 6 arc-minutes, easily fitting within the field of a telescope’s medium-power eyepiece. To celebrate this rare celestial event, Jackie Baughman created original artwork for our cover, and Bart Benjamin created a simulated telescopic view on page 38. We wish you all clear skies on those important evenings near this year’s winter solstice. It will be quite a show!
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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