Astronomy Club!

[aurora-borialis.livejournal.com]

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

[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)