Comet SECTION A HERALD Wednesday December A IMS Page Cloudy skies frustrate amateur skywatchers Herald Staff If you con find the square of Pegasus the mythological flying horse constellation you ve found the key to rinding Comet this month The best viewing lime is to from now until mid December before the moon spoils the viewing loo much light Amateur astronomer Norman been looking forward to lighting for a long time The Acton man already saw Comet several weeks ago when it was close to the star cluster of the Pleiades Anybody watching since Nov would have been skunked Mr Elliott said There have been only two nights Ballinafad News of George town Cub Pack Is seen here pounding lit bis Jungle animal plaque Cubs ere treated to a variety crafts they mid make thanks to the skillful help instructors The annual craft work was held Saturday at St John 1 lied Church Photo Cubs making birch bark Cubs were surrounded by marsh mellow snowballs magnetic dogs and jungle animals Saturday St Johns United Church was the site of the annual north Hal ton district craft workshop for first year One of the crafts made was a animal plaque under Ihe supervision of instructors Ross and Terry Colter Instructor Elaine Hannah taught the children how to make the wise men Peter showed the cubs how lo make a birch bark Del Wood handled while Donna Thompson assisted in the construction of nurshmellow snowballs The magnetic dogs were built thanks to the skills of Evelyn Owen District Commissioner Sandy Booth brought greetings from the district Doreen on the move Some members from Ballinafad were present at the Grin Horticulture Society annual pot luck supper held at Erin Oddfcll Hall Nov Doreen Burt was given a parting gilt as she has sold her home in Erin and is moving to Kitchener The district president and were also and gave Certificate of Merit Alma does devotional The November meeting of Ihe C was held at the church Nov 19 Barbara Monro presided while Alma Sinclair took the devotional Joyce Clark had the second part on Story of Korea As this is the year of the youth cash donations were voted to be given to a few youth organizations Final arrangements were made Senior choir staging cantata By SMITH Herald Special DA I INAtAD We welcome the young couple and their two small children who have moved into the McLean home on the Eighth Line They met quite a few of their neighbors after the church services Sunday Church attendance was good Sun day The junior choir sang an anthem partly in French Gloria Roberts d reeled the French part Pat Kerr accompanied them on piano The senior choir hove been practls for a cantata for several weeks now They intend lo present It Sunday evening Dec at m Being the first Sunday in Advent there were quite a few people The senior choir sang a beautiful where the skies have been clear Of 32 days there have been very few clear skies The bane of the amateur astrono mer is cloudy skies Although for the last week and a half the comet has been Norm advantageously situated near the cloud cover tuts prevented sky watchers from seeing It With a pair of 11 by 80 binoculars with three inch lenses Mr Elliott will be gazing upwards tonight Wednes day and tomorrow night along with Royal Astronomical Society of Canada members who are coming to Acton and Georgetown thanks to the library board lo talk about Comet they have some fancy equip ment with them to give you a closer look at the skies However Mr Elliott says you can still spot the comet without an cxpens telescope The best thing for observing for new converts to the subject is a good solar winds are expected to blow off pair of 7 by binoculars You can see vapors from the nucleus of the comet the moons of Jupiter with them and the heating up the comet Mr Elliott constellations he Bald explained He doesn recommend amateurs The effect of that should be a more running out to buy a telescope unless visible tall to Ihe comet Three space you have or more lo spend Under probes by the Europeans Japanese that you re not getting a quality and Russians are investigating the Instrument but junk Mr Elliott comet and even flying through the tall warned of the comet Choose a dark location to do your There no doubt about It The spoiling away from the town lights he comet has caused more public interest sold than anything in recent memory Mr From his Nov M sightings of Elliott said Everybody talking Cornel Mr Elliott said the about Comet comet t developed much of a tall Astronomy Is fascinating and Mr It more of a smudge Back In Elliott said he like to see an the last time the comet passed by astronomy club started up locally the earth It had a long tail that People interested In It are almost stretched across the sky like recluses he said Most of them A cloud of gas and dust the comet know about one another began to pull away from the earth last But for now Mr Elliott biggest week after months of rapid approach nobody can see the damn Swinging closer to the sun now ihe B 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