Our speaker this month is Prof. Guy Worthey from WSU’s Physics and Astronomy Program. Dr. Worthey will speak about stellar populations, galaxy evolution and more. He’s also one of the principal organizers of the Palouse Divide Lodge Star Party, happening in early July 2019.
Peter Balholm of Spokane will tell an inspirational and cautionary tale about his 12-year project building a spectrohelioscope. The SHS is a specialized telescope for viewing the sun in any visible wavelength, showing not just sunspots but solar prominences and flares. He has only begun to tap the instrument's potential, but they can be used […]
Dr Greg Mendell will talk about all of LIGO's exciting discoveries, including the observation of ten binary black hole mergers and one binary neutron star collision. The latter occurred in NGC 4993, and produced a gamma-ray burst and fireball that was followed up by over 70 telescopes around the world and in space. Dr Mendell received a PhD from Montana […]
Midsummer is a tricky time to schedule speakers, so this month we’re going to leave the topic open. We can have a general Q&A about astronomical or observing topics, astrophotography or whatever you as members want to talk about. Maybe a video or two about upcoming NASA missions and discussion around that. If you’re new […]
This month at the SFCC Planetarium, local astronomer and educator John Benham takes on a journey of astro-hypotheticals: what if the Earth had two moons? What if our solar system were closer to the center of the Milky Way, or what if we lived in a binary star system? Get some answers on October 4th, […]
Our December speaker beams in remotely to SFCC this month. The topic is to-be-determined, but given that Ken works on a flying telescope I’d say we’re in for a treat. Ken Bower has worked on NASA astrophysics projects at Stanford University and the NASA Ames Research Center for more than 20 years. On the side, […]
Tonight, December 4th at 7:30 pm to 8:30 pm (and maybe later). Club updates General discussion by members to collaborate on what we have been doing Suggested observing ideas and events Please join us at 7:30 at: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83652274908?pwd=ZHhkdnJRaWprSGZGWUkwb0huOGl0UT09 Zoom Meeting ID: 836 5227 4908 Passcode: 754069 One tap mobile +12532158782,,83652274908#,,,,,,0#,,754069# Dial in by phone: +1 […]