April 4, 2023 Mark Johnston NASA Solar System Ambassador
Topic: NASA Ambassador and other Recent Activities. Mark discussed his experience with Electronically Assisted Astronomy (EAA) and Night Vision enhanced astronomy.
April 4, 2023 Mark Johnston NASA Solar System Ambassador
Topic: NASA Ambassador and other Recent Activities. Mark discussed his experience with Electronically Assisted Astronomy (EAA) and Night Vision enhanced astronomy.
March 7, 2023 Dr. David Williams – Research Professor School of Earth and Space Exploration Arizona State University
Topic: Psyche: Journey to a Metal World. The Psyche mission is a journey to a unique metal-rich asteroid orbiting the sun between Mars and Jupiter. What makes the asteroid Psyche unique is that it appears to be the exposed nickel-iron core of an early planet, one of the building blocks of our solar system. Psyche offers a unique window into the violent history of collisions and accretion that created terrestrial planets.
February 7, 2023 Dr. Steve Desch professor of astrophysics in the School of Earth and Space Exploration at ASU
Topic: Omuamua extra solar system object. The first confirmed object from another star to visit our solar system, this interstellar interloper appears to be a rocky, cigar-shaped object with a somewhat reddish hue. The object, named ‘Oumuamua by its discoverers, is up to one-quarter mile (400 meters) long and highly-elongated—perhaps 10 times as long as it is wide. That aspect ratio is greater than that of any asteroid or comet observed in our solar system to date. While its elongated shape is quite surprising, and unlike objects seen in our solar system, it may provide new clues into how other solar systems formed.
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January 3, 2023. Kevin Schindler Historian/PIO Lowell Observatory
Topic: Robert Burnham, Jr. and His Celestial Handbook. Robert Burnham, Jr. compiled one of the most popular astronomy books ever—the three-volume observing bible, Burnham’s Celestial Handbook—while working at Lowell Observatory in the mid-20th century. Yet Burnham’s life was enigmatic. In this program, Kevin Schindler will take a look at this complicated man who brought the wonders of space to people around the world.
Dr. Danielle Adams, Lowell Observatory Topic: Arabian cultural astronomy and the heritage of Arabic star names