EDUCATION/EXPLORATION/RECREATION

December 5th WVAC Holiday Party

WVAC Holiday Party

Where: Beardsley Recreation Center
               12755 W Beardsley Rd

                Sun City West, AZ 85375
               #1 Chicory Room

                Click Here for Directions

When: December 5th 2023

Time:  6:00pm – 8:00pm

Members only plus guests (Not open to the public)

Food and Refreshments:

This year we’re asking members to bring an Appetizer and/or Desserts.

Club will provide Coffee, Tea, Water, plates and plasticware.    

                                                               

Activities:

Membership RENEWAL

Election

Website Presentation

Solar Telescope Proposal  <<- Approved for purchase by the membership at large

Swap Meet/Yard Sale

                (Only Astronomy related items, No Weed-eaters)

                 Sellers please donate $5.00 to the club to sell their wares

September 5th “Astroimages”

Sept 5th

Speaker: Tom Polakis

Topic: Astroimages: More Than Just Pretty Pictures

Description: Astronomical imaging has made great strides in the past decade alone. Often, the emphasis is placed on the sharpness of stars and the trueness of colors. But is that all there is to see? In his presentation, Tom dug deeper into his images and videos to show such features as the influence of the earth’s atmosphere, effects of geometry and perspective, and distances and velocities, typically using no more than high school-level math. Pictures really are worth a thousand words.

Bio: Tom Polakis has been an active amateur astronomer for 45 years, during which has seen Saturn circle the sun 1 1/2 times. His main interests involve visual observing of all astronomical phenomena, and imaging of the same with equipment ranging from a phone to a backyard observatory. He has a particular interest in describing the universe as an ever-changing entity. His writing and photography have regularly appeared in magazines such as “Astronomy” and “Sky & Telescope,” and more recently has been an author or co-author in refereed astronomical publications.

Click Here for a recording of the same presentation at the East Valley Astronomy Club.

The links below are refereed to by Tom in his presentation:

Past Meeting Presentations

Listed below are many of the outstanding presentations made by experts in the field at our past club meetings. Some of these were recorded; the video links to the presentations are provided, Where available, links are provided to the bios of the presenters.

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Psyche: Journey to a Metal World. Dr. David Williams, ASU

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.