Speaker: Kevin Schindler Lowell Observatory
Topic: Edwin Hubble
Abstract: The presentation will cover the life of Edwin Hubble and his contributions to astronomy.
Bio: Kevin Schindler is the Public Information Officer and Historian at the Lowell
Observatory. Kevin has recently completed an Astronomer in residency at the
Grand Canyon. Kevin is also an author and has written not only about the
Lowell Observatory and it accomplishments but the history of Flagstaff and the
Grand Canyon. Kevin has presented to our club before.

New Room:  Agave (down the hall from old location)

5:30 Astro Imaging Meeting

7:00 General Meeting

March 4, 2025  

Astro Imaging speaker presentation begins at 5:30 pm

Speaker: Chris Mahar

Topic: “Smart Telescopes: Revolutionizing Amateur Astronomy”

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General Meeting speaker presentation begins at 7:00 pm

Speaker: Ardis Herrold, Senior Education Specialist, NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory

Topic: Rubin’s Revolution: From Data to Discovery

Abstract: The NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory will begin operations late this year. The observatory will employ a number of innovative technologies while conducting a ten-year survey of the southern sky, providing access to a vast data set that will enable an unprecedented number of discoveries. Learn more about this amazing new observatory and the types of science it will support.

Bio: Ardis Herrold is the Senior Education Specialist for Rubin Observatory. She oversees the Rubin Observatory Education program, which includes creation of classroom investigations using authentic data, teacher support materials, and teacher professional development. Prior to joining Rubin Observatory, Ardis taught physical, Earth, and space sciences at the high school and college level, as well as working in planetariums and observatories. Ardis is a Past President of the National Earth Science Teachers Association and twice Past President of the Michigan Earth Science Teachers Association. A lifelong amateur astronomer, she has a personal observatory near Tucson, AZ, where she enjoys imaging deep sky objects, comets and supernovae.

Speaker: Kevin Schindler Lowell Observatory’s

Topic: V.M. Slipher

Abstract: Vesto Melvin Slipher was an American astronomer who performed the
first measurements of radial velocities for galaxies. He was the first to discover
that distant galaxies are redshifted , thus providing the first empirical basis for the
expansion of the universe. He was also the first to relate these redshifts to
velocity . He spent the next 53 years of his life working at Lowell Observatory as
an assistant and then the director of the observatory until his retirement in 1954.
Slipher lived until age 93 and died in Flagstaff in 1969. He is buried at Citizens
Cemetery in Flagstaff.

Bio: Kevin Schindler is the Public Information Officer and Historian at the Lowell
Observatory. Kevin has recently completed an Astronomer in residency at the
Grand Canyon. Kevin is also an author and has written not only about the
Lowell Observatory and it accopmlishments but the history of Flagstaff and the
Grand Canyon. Kevin has presented to our club before.

New Room:  Agave (down the hall from old location)

5:30 Astro Imaging Meeting

7:00 General Meeting

Speaker:  Bob Colvert

Topic:  Sun Like Stars

Abstract:  How many of the stars we see, without a telescope,  in the night sky and constellations are sun like stars.  You will be surprised.

New Room:  Agave (down the hall from old location)

Normal Format:

5:30 Astro Imaging Meeting

7:00 General Meeting

Due to the cancelation of our speaker (Who will return in April) the club watch Smithsonian Great Courses: Two of Jupiter’s moons, Europa and Enceladus.