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--_000_DDD6C35B0A9844F3B8630D48CA12C317dalca_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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 --_000_DDD6C35B0A9844F3B8630D48CA12C317dalca_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="Windows-1252" Content-ID: <0ECAF78468BB4046B0EDBFAD083B3037@namprd03.prod.outlook.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html> <head> <meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3DWindows-1= 252"> </head> <body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-lin= e-break: after-white-space; "> <span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 12px; ">The January me= eting of the Blomidon Naturalists Society will be held:</span> <div style=3D"font-size: 12px; "><br> Monday, January 16 at 7:30 P.M. in Room BAC241, Beveridge Arts Centre, Acad= ia University, Wolfville.<br> <br> </div> <div style=3D"font-size: 12px; ">The meeting is open to the public. </= div> <div style=3D"font-size: 12px; "><br> </div> <div style=3D"font-size: 12px; ">The main presentation will be:</div> <div style=3D"font-size: 12px; "><b>Sky Perspectives: Notes from a 77-orbit= Visit to the Third Planet by Dr. Roy Bishop</b><br> <br> 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 n= ow in its fifth decade is that its founders cast a wide net when they wrote: =93For the purpose of the Socie= ty, the word =91nature=92 will be interpreted broadly and shall include the= rocks, plants, animals, water, air, and stars.=94 Addressing sta= rs, I shall describe some of my own encounters with the mystery and beauty of the sky, followed by a summary of some of the unprecedented&= nbsp;advances that have occurred in astronomy within my lifetime.<br> <br> <i>Roy Bishop was one of the founding members of the Blomidon Naturalists S= ociety 42 years ago. He is a past-president and an honorary member of = our Society, and has served on the Natural History Calendar committee for t= he past 20 years. Dr. Bishop is Emeritus Professor of Physics at Acadia, and a past-president of the Royal Ast= ronomical Society of Canada. 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