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SUMMARY:GAC October meeting - by Howard J Simkover
DESCRIPTION:  \nGalway Astronomy Club are pleased to announce details of our October club meeting\, which will take place at 7.30 pm on Monday the 7th October in the Menlo Park Hotel\, Terryland\, Galway. \n  \n Talk: ‘Celestial Shadows – Eclipses of the Sun’ \nEvery couple of years\, somewhere on the Earth\, the Moon’s shadow touches down and sweeps\nat supersonic speed across oceans and continents. People situated in the path of this celestial\nshadow experience the unforgettable sight of a total eclipse of the Sun. While some ancient\ncivilizations had a good understanding of solar eclipses\, it was not until the early 18th Century\nthat the date\, time and trajectory of an eclipse could be calculated with reasonable precision.\nThis presentation is about the various types of solar eclipses – what they are\, when they\nhappen\, the underlying geometry that causes them\, why they are perceived to be rare events\,\nand the spectacular beauty that they offer to us.\nOn Monday\, April 8\, 2024 a total solar eclipse occurred in Mexico\, the US and Canada. Public\nawareness was handled extremely well by the astronomical community and the media. While\nparts of the eclipse track experienced clouds\, huge numbers of people were able to view this\nstunning celestial alignment safely in clear skies\, and to stand within the shadow of the Moon. \nSpeaker: Howard J Simkover \nHoward Simkover was born in Montreal\, Canada and obtained his education\nthere. He graduated as the leading student in McGill University’s Faculty of\nElectrical Engineering\, and was awarded the British Association Medal for Great\nDistinction. He is a Professional Engineer\, Ontario\, and currently works as a\nconsultant in policy and governance with Health Canada (federal government\ndepartment). \nHoward’s lifelong interest in astronomy began at age 7\, when he obtained his first\ntelescope and used it to observe the planet Mars. Later\, he became active in the\nRoyal Astronomical Society of Canada\, where he served on the Observation\nCommittee and the Board of Directors of the Montreal Centre. \nFor more than two decades\, Howard produced numerous shows and lectured on\nastronomy at the Montreal Planetarium. Some of his shows played at other\nplanetaria in Canada and the United States. He has also lectured about\nastronomy at the Canada Science & Technology Museum and Carleton\nUniversity. He continues to speak to audiences in Canada’s National Capital\nRegion and to groups elsewhere in the world via online technology. He owns and\nregularly uses several telescopes to observe the sky. One of his passions is\neclipses of the sun\, which he has “chased” over two dozen times all over the World. \n  \nHoward will be joining us via video link from Canada.
URL:https://www.galwayastronomyclub.ie/event/gac-october-meeting-by-howard-j-simkover/
LOCATION:Menlo Park Hotel\, Terryland\, Galway\, Ireland
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