Potpourri Evening
Talks on the following topics: This year's Centre's Astrophotograhy contest, Galileo's Italy (a travelogue), the first pictures from the James Webb Space Telescope, Taking astrophotos on Point Pelle, tesing a new narrowband filter from a light polluted site
An evening of observing the Moon, Jupiter and Saturn from the Riverwood Conservancy
Potpourri Meeting – several short talks by members.
Prof. John Percy: Misconceptions about the Universe: From Everyday Life to the Big Bang
Potpourri Meeting – various talks by members
Talk information to come
ZOOM link to come
Chris will discuss his experiences while observing the moon: for fun, for outreach, and for completing RASC's lunar observing programs. He'll share observing tips and target suggestions, and highlight some of the best books, apps, and web tools for exploring the moon from your driveway.
Potpourri Meeting – several short talks by members.
Potpourri Meeting – several short talks by members.
Talks on Observing Mars, the recent Lunar Eclipse, some telescope reviews and adventures in nightscaping
Speaker: Max King
Talk title: Space Exploration and Spacecraft Design
Potpourri Meeting – talks on Gravity and Halley's Comet, Remembering Terence Dickinson and choosing a first telescope.
Speaker presentation - An Antarctic Adventure 8:00 pm
Annual General Meeting 9:00 pm
Potpourri Meeting – various talks by members
NOTE: THIS MEETING WILL BE ZOOM ONLY DUE TO WEATHER
Host: Allan Connery
Presentations
Dr. Lea Hirsch: "The most distant galaxies ever discovered?" A discussion about the high-redshift galaxies newly discovered by JWST
Kirby Alguire: “Astronomy Travelogue: Lick Observatory in California" … and some shots of the recent Jupiter-Venus conjunction.
Randy Attwood: "Chasing Solar Eclipses"
Dr. Robin Metcalfe: Book Recommendation for Historical Sci-Fi Fans: Galileo’s Dream, by Kim Stanley Robinson
Jake Benbihy: “Capturing Sunrises and Sunsets“ Photographing sunsets and sunrises with polarizers and filters.
