‘ ' Planet 
     
    
   
   
    
     If recently you 
     
    

    
     ' have scanned the western 
     
     sky in the early evening, 
     
     7 you probably have noticed 
     
     two brightly glowing _ 
     
     points of light plainly 
     
     visible before the other 
     
     stars have  _ For 
     
     the majority of us these 
     
     bright-lights will never 
     
    

    
     . be anything nore'than a 
     
    

    
     ‘ just Stars; for those 
     
     interestedin astrormy. 
     
     tmse are:  fact!  
     
     stars butlthe planets ' 
     
     Venus and Jupiter. ' 
     
    

    
     _ _ For cenmries early 5‘ 
     
     astronomers gazed at _ 
     
    

    
     ‘ these and otherwonders 
     
     and speculated about 
     
     their origins and , 
     
     composition. In the 
     
     centuries following _ ‘ I 
     
     "scientists made great , 
     
     progress in their studies 
     
     ‘ * of the .heavens. One Of 
     
    

    
     ° the tools that has ' 
     
    
   
   
    
     BY:hugh Johnston - 
     
    

    
     In the fall of the 
     
     year the geese come to 
     
     P.E.I. by the thousands. 
     
     This is; the time 'that all 
     
    
   
   
    
     take their trusty shot. 
     
     guns out of the closet 
     
     and oil them up for'the 
     
     hunt. There are always 
     
     beginrersin every- 
     
     group, and a fewof 
     
     these beleive that all 
     
     they have to do is fill 
     
      the little buggers with 
     
     -'twelve guage Shot.*_-' ‘ ' 
     
    
   
   
    
     j  from  
     
    
   
   
    
     'Ihere is a well-planned 
     
     ritual that one must 
     
    
   
   
    
     I ~ .. fqllav, at, least to some 
     
    
   
   
    
     t degree, before he can 
     
     ever expect to dine, on; 
     
     goose. If it is'not‘ 
     
    

    
     ‘ . followed, theonly thing 
     
     bewill shoot is the 
     
     breeze. 
     
    

    
     » The first think 
     
    

    
     ,. that you have to do it 
     
     to obtain two hunting 
     
     licences, one provincial, 
     
     and one federal. On 
     
     these is stated all of 
     
     the information you need 
     
     to legally go out and 
     
     gét—‘em. Now if you 
     
    

    
     * derive great joy from 
     
     blowing the feathers off‘ 
     
     pin—tailed ducks with 
     
     deer slugs, that is fine 
     
     with me. _ ' But just 
     
     remember that the 
     
     remnants of nothingness 
     
     which are left behind 
     
     are considered part of 
     
     your limit. So if you 
     
     have the overwhelming 
     
     urge to kill, go out and 
     
    
   
   
    
      
     
    
   
   
    
     i  a. 
     
    
   
   
    
     evolved for the trans- 
     
     mission of this lcnmledge 
     
     is the modern day * 
     
     planetarium. A planet- 
     
     arium is essentially a 
     
     theatre which enables the 
     
     public to View simulated 
     
     images of the stars, 
     
     planets and other 
     
    
   
   
    
     phenomena projected on a 
     
    
   
   
    
     screen-lined dare. 
     
    
   
   
    
     "Ih'rough the'use of 
     
    
   
   
    
     special projectors ‘ 
     
     augmented by narration, 
     
     which includes explanations 
     
     of scientific fact, ' 
     
     planetaria are able to 
     
     offer a variety of 
     
    
   
   
    
     ., educational and" enter- 
     
    
   
   
    
     taining, astronmzy-oriented 
     
     Is are indeed 
     
    
   
   
    
     “ fortunate .to boast  
     
    
   
   
    
     presence of the: only" 
     
    
   
   
    
     , major planetarium east of 
     
    
   
   
    
      - The 0.9.13.1. 
     
    
   
   
    
     .  :a’ couple »of  
     
    
   
   
    
     1  ’l-‘or illegal immigrants 
     
     ' - Forthe more serious 
     
    
   
   
    
     . hunter who really loves 
     
    
   
   
    
      ,  the Sporting“ life, the 
     
     yougeeseandduckhunters" 
     
    
   
   
    
     7 "Great One" has supplied 
     
     . thousands of geese just ‘ 
     
     ‘ sitting there saying 
     
     "Shoot me, shoot me!‘ 
     
     ‘Ihe first step towards 
     
     actually bagging the 
     
     geese is .to go out and 
     
     find them. This may   
     
     sound redundant, but it 
     
     is ‘ just a simple matter 
     
    
   
   
    
     ‘~' of going for a'drive a few 
     
    
   
   
    
     ' I days before you go  
     
     hunting. ' "Seek and ye- 
     
     shall find." Then when 
     
     you do find them you 
     
    

    
     must ask permission to 
     
     use the, grain field 
     
    
   
   
    
     I mismanagemth 
     
    
   
   
    
     find your, behind, fill of 
     
     buckshot. However most 
     
     farmers are usually 
     
     pretty Twopemtive as , 
     
     long as you clean up 
     
     your mess. (Rule 1:, Do 
     
     not act like a city ' 
     
     . slicker.) 
     
     The next think that 
     
    

    
     you must do is dig a 
     
     blind;.preferably the 
     
     sane day you hunt, unless 
     
     you are the magical 
     
     genie and can predict 
     
     where thewind will be. 
     
     Youmust diga pit on 
     
     the lee side of the 
     
     grain field for your 
     
     blind, and cover it with 
     
     branches. You can also 
     
     setup branches on the 
     
     lee fence of the field 
     
     for your blind. Then 
     
     cover the area with 
     
     straw and set up yOur 
     
    
   
   
    
     . persons. 
     
    
   
   
    
     . two new straws. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Osing  ' in  RE.‘ I. 
     
    
   
   
    
         
     
    
   
   
    
     'Ihe UPEI SUN, Thursday, September 24, 1981, page 9 
     
    
   
   
    
     News 
     
    
   
   
    
     Planetarium, now entering 
     
     its third month of 
     
     operation, is housed . . 
     
     within a geodesic done 37 
     
     feet high, 50 feet in 
     
     diameter and has a 
     
     seating capacity of 61 
     
     Since its 
     
     inception the Planetarium 
     
     has been offering a 50 
     
    
   
   
    
     , minute presentation 
     
    
   
   
    
     entitled "Springtime of 
     
     the Universe." This show, 
     
    
   
   
    
     p which has been well 
     
    
   
   
    
     received by its viewers, 
     
     deals with the creation 
     
     of the universe conc- 
     
    

    
     centrating on the birth 
     
    
   
   
    
     ' and death of stars and 
     
    
   
   
    
     their role in the eventual 
     
     demise of the universe. 
     
     By mid to late ' 
     
     September the Planetarium 
     
     hopes to be able to offer» 
     
     The first 
     
     will be a children's show 
     
     entitled "'Ihe skyTonight’" 
     
    
   
   
    
     dozen decoys will do, 
     
     and believe you me, they 
     
     are emnsive. The jist 
     
     of the whOle operation 
     
     is to  geese 
     
     cone in close enough, 
     
     before theysee you, so 
     
     that you, Can pot 'a few. 
     
    
   
   
    
     . ~ Many aday the hunter ' 
     
     has sat in his blind with « 
     
    
   
   
    
     'the geese right in 
     
     front‘of him; out of 
     
     range. Many a day has 
     
     the hunter sat in his 
     
     blind only to find that 
     
     some imbecile has taken 
     
     a couple of pot shots 
     
     at your geese and scared 
     
     them away. 
     
     ' day that you have a good 
     
     one. 
     
     It is three—thirty 
     
     in the afternoon, you 
     
    
   
   
    
     and your two buddies have 
     
    
   
   
    
     been sitting in your 
     
     blind since just past 
     
     daylight. You decide 
     
     that there would be no 
     
     harmxin pouring yourself 
     
     a cup of coffee to warm 
     
     your bones; but as soon 
     
     as you do you see the 
     
     geese coming. 
     
     good wind but there is 
     
     another blind set up in 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     It is the odd 
     
    
   
   
    
     There is a 
     
    
   
   
    
     a 30 minute presentation 
     
     giving children a basic 
     
     overview of what they can 
     
     see in the night sky. The 
     
     other presentation will be 
     
     a star recognition show 
     
     also 30 minutes in length 
     
     which identifies major 
     
     constellations in the fall 
     
     sky. 
     
    

    
     Supplementing the 
     
     Planetarium presentations 
     
     is the U.P.E.I. Observatory. 
     
     Equipped with a 14 " 
     
     reflecting telescope, 
     
     the observatory enables 
     
     visitors to View the 
     
     actual night sky. 'Ihis 
     
     additional service is 
     
     available to the public 
     
     on an appointment basis. 
     
    

    
     Further information 
     
     regarding the U.P.E.I. 
     
     Planetarium and 
     
     Observatory may be 
     
     obtained by calling 
     
     892—4121, Ext. 383. r 
     
    
   
   
    
     the next field. You pray 
     
     that the geese come to 
     
    
   
   
    
     your decoys. 
     
     a sound but that of the 
     
     geese. They are coming 
     
     .. over tOp and circling. 
     
     You crouch down low and 
     
     wait for them to decoy. 
     
     Itis time! ,‘fou rise 
     
     and let one rip at the , 
     
     front of the flock. The 
     
     geese are retreating 
     
    

    
     as you get your second 
     
     shot off. Just as they 
     
     are about to go out 
     
    

    
     Of range you get your 
     
     third shot off. 
     
    

    
     It has been a fine 
     
     day. , for when you look 
     
     you” find fourteen geese 
     
     down, one less than a 
     
     three man limit! You 
     
     collect your geese, fill 
     
     in your blind and head 
     
     for home. Now you may 
     
     think that this is just 
     
     great: well it is° But 
     
     the real fun part is the 
     
     hours and hours you will 
     
     spend cleaning the 
     
     buggers. Everything 
     
     takes its final revenge, 
     
     and such “are the toils of 
     
     those of us who love 
     
     that sporting life. 
     
    

    
     Season opens 
     
     October 5. 
     
    
   
   
    
     There is not