[NatureNS] BNS January meeting: Monday, January 16 @ 7:30 PM

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The January meeting of the Blomidon Naturalists Society will be held:

Monday, January 16 at 7:30 P.M. in Room BAC241, Beveridge Arts Centre, Acad=
ia University, Wolfville.

The meeting is open to the public.

The main presentation will be:
Sky Perspectives: Notes from a 77-orbit Visit to the Third Planet by Dr. Ro=
y Bishop

Canada=92s pre-eminent popularizer of astronomy, Terence Dickinson, refers =
to amateur astronomers as the =93naturalists of the night=94. I count mysel=
f among them. One of the reasons the Blomidon Naturalists Society is now in=
 its fifth decade is that its founders cast a wide net when they wrote: =93=
For the purpose of the Society, the word =91nature=92 will be interpreted b=
roadly and shall include the rocks, plants, animals, water, air, and stars.=
=94 Addressing stars, I shall describe some of my own encounters with the m=
ystery and beauty of the sky, followed by a summary of some of the unpreced=
ented advances that have occurred in astronomy within my lifetime.

Roy Bishop was one of the founding members of the Blomidon Naturalists Soci=
ety 42 years ago. He is a past-president and an honorary member of our Soci=
ety, and has served on the Natural History Calendar committee for the past =
20 years. Dr. Bishop is Emeritus Professor of Physics at Acadia, and a past=
-president of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada. He has been honored=
 by the International Astronomical Union with the naming of asteroid 6901 =
=93Roybishop=94, and by induction into Nova Scotia=92s Discovery Centre Sci=
ence Hall of Fame.

For more information about the Society: visit: http://blomidonnaturalists.c=
a<http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/>

Patrick Kelly
159 Town Road
Falmouth NS  B0P 1L0
Canada

(902) 472-2322


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Canada=92s pre-eminent popularizer of astronomy, Terence Dickinson, refers =
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