Astronomy Club!

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Finally, I have gotten my act together! Well that meaning my RL has settled down and I don't have to worry about AP tests anymore. Whew! Okay now to the fun part.

Welcome to Astronomy Club! I'm Aurora (aurora_borialis) your club leader! In this club we will vote on a topic for each term. Mostly considering constellations, planets, nebulas, and the like. Any and all suggestions are definately welcome! You can e-mail me at Newbiegurli[at]comcast.net any time. We will, of course, be doing contests and the like. Well before all of that fun we need to get a roster going. The application is under the cut. Please leave it in a comment to this post.



Here is a sample application:

Name: Aurora
House: Hufflepuff
Reason you are joining Astronomy club: I absolutely adore the stars. I'm a sucker for nebulas. I have maybe about 12522 saved on my computer. I've always been fascinated with the subject of Astronomy. I love just looking out at the stars on a clear night. It's a great feeling.
Favorite star/constellation/planet/and/or nebula: My favorite star would have to be Betelgeuse (Alpha Orionis). It's the big, orange star in the corner in the constellation Orion during the Winter Solstice. I also love the Orion nebula. (The club banner is made with this nebula as its background)
Any subject of Astronomy you'd like to see covered?: Nebulae

And the one for you to copy and paste:

Name:
House:
Reason you are joining Astronomy club:
Favorite star/constellation/planet/and/or nebula:
Any subject of Astronomy you'd like to see covered?:



Thank you!

Cheers,
Aurora

Comments

[wondergal23.livejournal.com]

Name: Jill
House: Hufflepuff
Reason you are joining Astronomy club: I have always been facinated with stars and the galaxy. i had wanted to be an astronaut for the longest time until my mom squashed that dream because of my asthma
Favorite star/constellation/planet/and/or nebula: I think I'm going to go with Cassiopeia because i like the story behind it and im the only person among my group of friends who can find it, so i get much joy out of pointing it out to them.
Any subject of Astronomy you'd like to see covered?:Messier Objects, i know some information but i would always love to learn more.

[shimmertwist.livejournal.com]

Name: Danielle
House: Hufflepuff
Reason you are joining Astronomy club: have always had an interest in the stars and planets.
Favorite star/constellation/planet/and/or nebula: i love the horsehead nebula as well as the helix nebula. but i think that the fairy eagle nebula is my absolute favorite, at the moment anyway. :)
Any subject of Astronomy you'd like to see covered?: all of them. :) i'm really interested in star formation, so that's something i'd definitely like to see covered.

[aurora-borialis.livejournal.com]

I hear ya on the Helix nebula. It's gorgeous!

Re: Eh, I'll be the Snake among the Badgers...

[aurora-borialis.livejournal.com]

Yes, I too can always find Orion. As long as you see the belt your good. hehe. I took a Natural Science class my Freshamn year and I absolutely loved it! Next year, instead of Physics, I'm going for Enviornmental Science. Maybe geology in college. I dunno... I have a thing for nature, I guess.

Glad you joined us!

[imafairbeater.livejournal.com]

Name: Anna
House: Hufflepuff
Reason you are joining Astronomy club: I've always been interested in the sky...and the stars. Next semester I'm taking Astronomy as my lab science :)
Favorite star/constellation/planet/and/or nebula: I don't really have a favorite. But it's the coolest thing to be walking across my campus at night and be able to see Orion's Belt clear as day!
Any subject of Astronomy you'd like to see covered?: anything really...I'd like to further my knowledge of the subject. :)

[intotheheart.livejournal.com]

Name: Laura
House: Gryffindor
Reason you are joining Astronomy club: I love Astronomy till the ends of the earth.
Favorite star/constellation/planet/and/or nebula: Bootes. Because that name is just AWESOME.
Any subject of Astronomy you'd like to see covered?: Everything, really. I'm such a sucker for all things Astronomy.

[alonelymiracle.livejournal.com]

Name: Courtney
House: Ravenclaw
Reason you are joining Astronomy club: I have always had a deep fascination in Astronomy. The billions of other things space contains can be beautiful yet deadly.
Favorite star/constellation/planet/and/or nebula: The Fairy Eagle Nebula and several of the Reflection Nebulas.
Any subject of Astronomy you'd like to see covered?: Any and all topics are fine with me.

[liddow.livejournal.com]

Name: Paula
House: Slytherin
Reason you are joining Astronomy club: When I was younger I wanted to be an astronomer more than anything... Then I hit grade 11, realized how much physics would be involved, and ran the other way. ;) I still love astronomy though.
Favorite star/constellation/planet/and/or nebula: I've been camping at a local lake for anywhere from 2 weeks to 2 months every summer for as long as I can remember. Every night I would stare at Cassiopea before I even knew what it was called, so that one is by far my favorite. We go way back. ;)
Any subject of Astronomy you'd like to see covered?: I'll take whatever's put in front of me.

PS... Members might like this site if they haven't seen it alread...
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html

[hope-guides-me.livejournal.com]

Name: Crystal
House: Gryffindor
Reason you are joining Astronomy club: I've always been interested in the stars.
Favorite star/constellation/planet/and/or nebula: It may sound lame but it will always be Orion... I can still remember the first time I saw it... amazing.
Any subject of Astronomy you'd like to see covered?: I'm fascinated with the constellations... so of course I would like that covered.

[dear-prudence.livejournal.com]

Name: esso (esther)
House: Hufflepuff
Reason you are joining Astronomy club: I love stars and it looks like a fun club where I will learn a lot
Favorite star/constellation/planet/and/or nebula: I think Venus is a beautiful planet. Also I'm a Scorpio so that's my favourite constellation ;)
Any subject of Astronomy you'd like to see covered?: Anything. It's all interesting!

[thespyglass.livejournal.com]

Name: Anna
House: Ravenclaw
Reason you are joining Astronomy club: I've always loved the sky at night - I watch Patrick Moore's programme of the same name! [/geek] - and actually considered doing astrophysics at university. I'm just fascinated by the universe in general and atrsonomy is one really cool way to get into it.
Favorite star/constellation/planet/and/or nebula: I was really excited by the recent Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn and the landing on Titan because I think that moon is fascinating. Further out, I love the Eskimo Nebula, and the Crab Nebula because of the stories it inspired when it was viewed on earth as the star went Super Nova.
Any subject of Astronomy you'd like to see covered?: I'd also like to do something on the loose objects in space, the occurances of meteors and comets, and the smaller bodies at the edge of our solar system.

[sarahgonecrazy.livejournal.com]

Name: Sarah
House: Hufflepuff
Reason you are joining Astronomy club: well, a certain someone has been badgering me into joining for like 5000 years...jk jk. no the stars are soo cool! and to think that people drew designs in them a long time ago to get constellations...now that's pretty spiffy.
Favorite star/constellation/planet/and/or nebula: i love orion. cuz i always know how to find it. yay!!
Any subject of Astronomy you'd like to see covered?: um...i dunno...

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Name: Ashley
House: Hufflepuff
Reason you are joining Astronomy club: I love Astronomy. The universe is a very captivating thing. It is so interesting.
Favorite star/constellation/planet/and/or nebula: Honestly, this will sound blunt, but I like the Big Dipper. Or, Ursa Major. It is so easy to find, and it looks cool.
Any subject of Astronomy you'd like to see covered?: Ooh, anything. It is all very fascinating.

[britin.livejournal.com]

Name: Britin
House: Hufflepuff
Reason you are joining Astronomy club: I’ve loved the stars since I was little and it was one of my favorite classes in college.
Favorite star/constellation/planet/and/or nebula: I’d have to say that the Cat’s Eye nebula is one of my favorites and as far as planets go I’ve always been partial to Pluto, and I also like The Pleiades.
Any subject of Astronomy you'd like to see covered?: Main sequence stars, The Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram, comets

[aurora-borialis.livejournal.com]

Oh then you MUST see our discussion post that is up! It has lots of info on the Cat's Eye and Pleiades Nebulas!

[canarycream.livejournal.com]

Name: Chas
House: Slytherin
Reason you are joining Astronomy club: I love stars and galaxies, and the entire idea is fascinating.
Favorite star/constellation/planet/and/or nebula: Sirius! Or Draco. : P
Any subject of Astronomy you'd like to see covered?: Eh, whatever you want is fine. I'm not very educated in the astronomy department, other than what I learned in science class.

[betta329.livejournal.com]

Name: ELizabeth
House: Hufflepuff
Reason you are joining Astronomy club: I love astronomy so so much!
Favorite star/constellation/planet/and/or nebula: I love the Orion constellation, my favorite planet is Jupiter, My favorite galaxy is the Cartwheel galaxy, and I love all the nebulae, though one of my favorites is the egg nebula.
Any subject of Astronomy you'd like to see covered?: Pulars, nebula (specifically from exploded stars, although planetary nubela are cool too), and galaxies

[ib-bucky.livejournal.com]

Name: Erin
House: Gryffindor
Reason you are joining Astronomy club: I have always been interested in the stars and planets, but I don't know a lot about Astronomy. I would like to learn more.
Favorite star/constellation/planet/and/or nebula: My favorite planet is Uranus due to its unique rotation on its axis.
Any subject of Astronomy you'd like to see covered?: I would like to see the idea of navigation by the stars covered.

[lookslikelove]

Name: Lina
House: Slytherin
Reason you are joining Astronomy club: I grew up looking at the night sky and researching astronomy, so being able to talk about it with people really excites me.
Favorite star/constellation/planet/and/or nebula: The Pleides, because they've fascinated astronomers for years, have an interesting backstory and you have to be able to really know where they are to see them, and even then you might not be able to find them.
Any subject of Astronomy you'd like to see covered?: Constellations or the search for new extrasolar planets.

[katherynne.livejournal.com]

Name: Katherine
House: Ravenclaw
Reason you are joining Astronomy club: I just took a general science class in uni and the Astronomy section was the most enticing. Consequently, as soon as Astronomy is offered in the spring, I'm taking it! It's so incredibly fascinating; I love looking at up at the sky and being able to recognize things.
Favorite star/constellation/planet/and/or nebula: My favourite planet is Neptune. Basically, it's just beautiful and remote and interesting.
Any subject of Astronomy you'd like to see covered?: I find the concept of liquid metallic hydrogen - the cores of the Jovian planets - to be amazing. I was ridiculously full of questions about it in class, and my curiosity about it is piqued! However, I realize that's a limited subject ;)

[mandagemini.livejournal.com]

Name: Manda
House: Slytherin
Reason you are joining Astronomy club: We studied astrophysics as one of our elective topics in IB Physics and it was so cool! I loved it! Also, when I was little I used to read books about the planets (Isaac Asimov..w00t!)
Favorite star/constellation/planet/and/or nebula: Hmm...I like Orion because it reminds me of my childhood, when my mother and father would point it out to me. ^_^;
Any subject of Astronomy you'd like to see covered?: Anything dealing with star life cycles and/or black holes.

[meow-wow.livejournal.com]

Name: Katy
House: Hufflepuff
Reason you are joining Astronomy club: I am a sucker for looking at the stars. And now that I am older then I was, I realize there are many things about the stars and I want to know what they are.
Favorite star/constellation/planet/and/or nebula: I like the big dipper. Then again that's the only constellation I've seen but it's still a constellation!
Any subject of Astronomy you'd like to see covered?: I'm not a wiz at Astronomy so anything new is good for me!

[urebriviel.livejournal.com]

Name: Anne
House: Hufflepuff
Reason you are joining Astronomy club: I adore the stars, im forever caught stargazing on a cloud free night and i hope to share this fascination with others.
Favorite star/constellation/planet/and/or nebula: Has to be the southern cross. Ever since i was a child i've always been able to locate it and this has continued ever since. I think it's a unique constellation.
Any subject of Astronomy you'd like to see covered?: Black holes and Red Dwarfs, although all Astronomy is wonderful.

[some-hp-name.livejournal.com]

Name: Andrea
House: Ravenclaw
Reason you are joining Astronomy club: I've always liked astronomy, and I want to learn more about it while earning points for my house! ^_^
Favorite star/constellation/planet/and/or nebula: Um... hard to pick. I like them all. I guess for constellation I'll go with Draco and Orion, and for planet I'll pick... Neptune.
Any subject of Astronomy you'd like to see covered?: Yes! Black holes! I'm very obsessed with them. Also, since it kind of ties in with black holes, it would be cool if we covered space-time and light (waves and particles), oh and possibly some discussions about anti-matter and chances of alternate universe(s).

[therandomjester.livejournal.com]

Name: Jose
House: Gryffindor
Reason you are joining Astronomy club: I've loved Astronomy ever since I was Kindergarten and I'd like to get some points for my house!
Favorite star/constellation/planet/and/or nebula: Polaris because its always there. And Beteleguese because it has a funny name :)
Any subject of Astronomy you'd like to see covered?: The life of stars, otherwise I'm up for anything.

[lariren-shadow.livejournal.com]

Name: Jenny/Lariren
House: Gryffindor
Reason you are joining Astronomy club: I love stars and astronomy in general.
Favorite star/consellation/planet/and/or nebula: I have always liked the moon. I know that is a little cliqued, but I do. I think the nebula that I like is the Eagle one, but I'm not sure. And I have Sagittarius(my sign), Pegasus(not spelled right...), Cancer, and the phoenix on my ceiling.
Any subject of Astronomy you'd like to see covered?: Black holes.

[cetacea.livejournal.com]

Name: Laurie
House: Ravenclaw
Reason you are joining Astronomy club: I'm obsessed with the stars. Next year I'm starting my major in Astronomy. Here's a little blurb on why I love the stars: I find it mesmerizing and alarming at the same time that the Earth is such a miniscule part of a gigantic universe. I feel that it would be a disservice to myself if I did not make my field of study the universe at large, and learn all I can about it. I would feel incomplete if I passed up the chance of making my life’s work the study of stars, and planets, and mysteries of the universe. I have a passion for the stars, and everything they signify. I am a dreamer, but also a lover of logic, and I feel that Astronomy is the perfect balance between these two extremes that I harbor in my heart.
Favorite star/constellation/planet/and/or nebula: That's a hard question. It's probably the Orion nebula. I like the colors, and everything. So pretty. But I'm also quite partial to Neptune, for reasons unknown to me.
Any subject of Astronomy you'd like to see covered?: Aurora Borealis? It's one of my favorites. Or the beginning of the universe. Black holes, dark matter, etc., etc. Everything and anything that has to do with Astronomy, we should discuss.

[beccastareyes]

Name: Rebecca
House: Hufflepuff
Reason you are joining Astronomy club: I adore astronomy -- so much so that I'm making it my career (First year astronomy grad student at Cornell). I love learning about it, and I love teaching it, and I love looking at the pretty pictures.
Favorite star/constellation/planet/and/or nebula: My favorite star is Albiero, which looks awesome through the telescope (it's a binary star). Favorite constelaltion -- probably Scorpius, since it both looks like what it's supposed to, and has lots of pretty things in it. Favorite planet is... well, I want to be unique and say 51 Pegasi b (an extrasolar planet) because I did a paper on extrasolar planet detection for a class once, but it's probably actually Mars. My favorite nebula is the Ring Nebula (M57) in Lyra, as it's the first thing I found in a telescope by starhopping.
Any subject of Astronomy you'd like to see covered?: Anything. With pretty pictures.

[beanpop.livejournal.com]

Name: Karen

House: Hufflepuff

Reason you are joining Astronomy club: I've always loved Astonomy since me and my dad used to go out and look at the stars when I was kid =)

Favorite star/constellation/planet/and/or nebula: Alpha Centauri. A double star system with planets that is only 4 or so light years away. Any life on one of the planets would probably look to Sol (the name of our sun) to find other life.

Any subject of Astronomy you'd like to see covered?: How far away planets are! Like how many years it would take to get to the different ones at light speed, etc.

[keristars.livejournal.com]

Name: Keri
House: Hufflepuff
Reason you are joining Astronomy club: Took Astronomy for 2 semesters at uni, LOVE it.
Favorite star/constellation/planet/and/or nebula: I'm fond of Bernard's Star because of its movement and whatnot for studying, but I am really interested in how stars are formed, grow, and become Red Giants (Betelgeuse) or White Dwarfs (Sirius), then either do the whole Nova thing and collapse and do it over again or become shells and whatnot. It's pretty cool stuff. OH! Giants like Jupiter are really cool, too, just thinking about the atmostphere and the liquid-metal-hydrogen. Imean, it's hard to even contemplate. I'm also pretty interested in Titan and ..I forget the other moon, but the moons of Saturn and Uranus and then Neptune, because those planets and the moons haven't been studied much up close (so to speak), but are fascinating environments.
Any subject of Astronomy you'd like to see covered?: Talking about constellations is always fun. I did a project for one of my classes (actually, I dropped out of one uni before finishing the class) where I took all the constellations currently visible in the early evening sky and made a booklet describing them, their position, what the major stars are, and the importance of the folklore to past tribes and things. (I'm a wannabe folklorist)