Third Thursday Talks

Oct 20, 2016

“Moondance” plus an update in OsirisRx

Rik showed us how you can get very detailed images of the Mountains on the Moon Rik also discussed considerations needed in taking and processing high resolution images of the moon with easily available freeware and relatively inexpensive cameras. Dolores brought the group up to date on the launch, current status and future of the recently launched spacecraft.

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Sep 15, 2016

What Have We Learned About Earth’s Neighbor, Mars?

On this tour of the exploration our solar system, we’ll focus on recent findings from Mars due to the wealth and diversity of data returned from spacecraft in the past two decades. New and exciting discoveries paint Mars as an active and potentially habitable world, which we are just beginning to understand.

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Jun 16, 2016

Deep-Sky Observing: The Astronomical Tourist

Steve has been observing the deep sky from locations near his home in Arizona and around the world for more than 40 years, and he shared his accumulated wealth of knowledge, observations, hints and tips to help every deep sky observer, regardless of experience, enhance their viewing.

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