GLPA Newsletter
Volume 59, Number 4
Winter Solstice, 2024
Bart Benjamin, Editor
Jackie Baughman, Cover
Articles
Celebrating the 100th Anniversary at the Williamsville Space Lab Planetarium
– Mark Percy
Minutes of the Autumn Executive Committee Meeting
– Sally Brummel, GLPA Secretary
News related to the GLPA Annual Business Meeting
– Sally Brummel, GLPA Secretary
Conference Reflections page
– Bart Benjamin
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
State Chair Electoral Process Update
– Mike Smail
News about the printed GLPA Newsletter
40 Years & 20 Years Ago (Bart Benjamin)
Image Credits
Cover Design: Jackie Baughman (qnbaughman@gmail.com) combined elements from both versions of the official conference group photograph to create the winter cover.
The GLPA/WAC Conference was held at the Peoria Riverfront Museum in Peoria, Illinois from October 22 – 26, 2024. Read and watch more about the conference on page 21.
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)
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)
Advertisers
Bowen Technovation
Cosm
Digitalis
GOTO Inc.
Seiler Instrument
SSIA SCS
Ash Enterprises
Bays Mountain Production
ChromaCove
CosmicBagStudio
