The first of three presenters was
Nicholas Rodrigues of Printmakers
Inc. Nicholas’s company is starting
a new type of photo printing on
metallic paper. He had several
astronomical pictures provided by
Bob Horton to display. One a 24”
x 32” shot of the Milky Way and
Bob’s famous Eclipse composite.
Needless to say both were stunning,
perhaps the best astro photo that I
have ever seen. We look forward to
Nicholas attending AstroAssembly
with more details and more astro
photography. • The second
presenter was Gerry Dyck who
presented “Cosmological Motifs
in Southeast Asian Bronze Drums”
Gerry described the various styles
of drum and the many symbols
on each drum. The theme of the
drums was that the center of the
drums represented a rain drop,
followed by fish and ducks, ending
with frogs at the rim. Frogs equal
rain and rain equals frogs. Gerry
also had several different drum
rubbings on display. • The third
presenter was Nathan Pelletier, a
student from Tiverton High School
whom Gerry Dyck mentored for
his senior project. His project was
the Sun which he presented in a
power point presentation. Also on
display was a solar spectrograph which
he constructed. Congratulations on a
project well done.
