GLPA Newsletter
Volume 59, Number 1
Vernal Equinox, 2024
Bart Benjamin, Editor
Jackie Baughman, Cover
Articles
2024 GLPA Conference Update
– Renae Kerrigan
LIPS 2024 Details Announced
– Mark Webb
Columns
President’s Message
– Mark Percy
Editor’s Message
– Bart Benjamin
State News
– Illinois (Tom Willmitch)
– Indiana (Sara Vise)
– Michigan (Buddy Stark)
– Ohio (Heidi Westrick)
– Wisconsin/Minnesota (Sally Brummel)
– Beyond the Lakes (Michael Schian)
Bulletin Board
GLPA Curated Eclipse Resources
– Peggy Hernandez
Eclipse Resources at Nightwise.org
GLPA Website Now Hosts a New and Improved Digital Archive for GLPA Publications
– Bart Benjamin
GLPA Workshop Coordinator Needed
– Renae Kerrigan
Education Committee Updates
– Peggy Hernandez
GLPA Conference Scholarship
40 Years & 20 Years Ago (Bart Benjamin)
Image Credits
Cover Photograph: Ken Wilson
Cover Caption: Ken Wilson of Mechanicsville, Virginia took this image of the 2019 total solar eclipse in Chile with a Canon EOS Rebel T3i camera and a 500 mm f/8 mirror telephoto lens. A few more of Ken’s astrophotos can be found on page 25 of this issue.
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)
Supernova remnant E0102 explodes within the Small Magellanic Cloud
Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
M106: Composite of Amateur and Professional Astronomer Images
Credit: NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA), and R. Gendler (Hubble Heritage Team)
Supernova remnant E0102 explodes within the Small Magellanic Cloud
Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
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