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and awe-inspiring than anyone ever imagined. Yet, paradoxically, most =20= people today are probably less familiar with the night sky than were =20 our remote ancestors. Roy Bishop is a retired physics professor from Acadia University. He =20 served a 3-year term as the BNS president from 1994=961997) and, over 35 = =20 years ago, was one of the founding members of the Society, co-=20 authoring the constitution with Larry Bogan. He has been both =20 president and honorary president of the Royal Astronomical Society of =20= Canada, as well as being the honorary president of the Halifax Centre =20= of that Society. He was the editor of the Society=92sObserver=92s = Handbook =20 from 1982=962000. Asteroid 6901 was named =93roybishop=94 in his honour. =3D=20 =3D=20 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Patrick Kelly Director of Computer Facilities =3D=20 =3D=20 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Faculty of Architecture and Planning Dalhousie University =3D=20 =3D=20 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D PO Box 1000 Stn Central 5410 Spring Garden Road Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 2X4 Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 2X4 Canada Canada =3D=20 =3D=20 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Phone:(902) 494-3294 FAX:(902) 423-6672 E-mail:patrick.kelly@dal.ca =3D=20 =3D=20 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D --Apple-Mail-2-350069442 Content-Type: text/html; charset=WINDOWS-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Monday, December 14, = 2009 =97 Galileo, the IYA, and Our Place in the = Universe by Roy Bishop. To commemorate the 400th anniversary of the = first use of a telescope in astronomy, the International Astronomical = Union and the United Nations have designated 2009 as the International = Year of Astronomy (IYA). The central figure in this story is Galileo = Galilei, renaissance physicist and the founder of modern experimental = physical science. Galileo initiated telescopic astronomy, a quest that = from his time to ours has revealed the universe to be far more strange = and awe-inspiring than anyone ever imagined. Yet, paradoxically, most = people today are probably less familiar with the night sky than were our = remote ancestors.</div><p align=3D"">Roy Bishop is a retired physics = professor from Acadia University. He served a 3-year term as the BNS = president from 1994=961997) and, over 35 years ago, was one of the = founding members of the Society, co-authoring the constitution with = Larry Bogan. He has been both president and honorary president of the = Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, as well as being the honorary = president of the Halifax Centre of that Society. He was the editor of = the Society=92sObserver=92s Handbook from 1982=962000. Asteroid = 6901 was named =93roybishop=94 in his honour.</p><div = apple-content-edited=3D"true"> <div><p style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px = 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Courier; min-height: 14.0px"><br></p> <p = style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face=3D"Courier" = size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Courier">=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D</font></p> <p style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font = face=3D"Courier" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Courier">Patrick = Kelly</font></p> <p style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font = face=3D"Courier" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Courier">Director of = Computer Facilities</font></p> <p style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px = 0.0px"><font face=3D"Courier" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Courier">=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D</font></p> <p style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font = face=3D"Courier" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Courier">Faculty of = Architecture and Planning</font></p> <p style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px = 0.0px 0.0px"><font face=3D"Courier" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Courier">Dalhousie University</font></p> <p style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px = 0.0px 0.0px"><font face=3D"Courier" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Courier">=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D</font></p> <p style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font = face=3D"Courier" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Courier">PO Box 1000 = Stn Central<span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> = </span>5410 Spring Garden = Road</font></p> <p style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font = face=3D"Courier" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Courier">Halifax, Nova = Scotia B3J 2X4 <span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> = </span>Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 2X4</font></p> <p = style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face=3D"Courier" = size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Courier">Canada <span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> = = </span>Canada</font></p> <p style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px = 0.0px"><font face=3D"Courier" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Courier">=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D</font></p> <p style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font = face=3D"Courier" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Courier">Phone:(902) = 494-3294<span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> = </span>FAX:(902) 423-6672 <span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> = </span>E-mail:<a = href=3D"mailto:patrick.kelly@dal.ca">patrick.kelly@dal.ca</a></font></p> = <p style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face=3D"Courier" = size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Courier">=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D</font></p> </div> </div><br></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-2-350069442--
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