[AZ-Observing] presentations for Astronomy Weekend
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- Date: Wed, 01 May 2002 12:20:28 +0000
Howdy, everyone!
We've had a few changes in the presentation schedule for Astronomy Weekend;
I just wanted to send this out to everyone so that you have a better idea of
who else is talking (and for those who might want to come hear them.) :-)
This may still not be final, but it's getting close.
Kudos to Terri Finch and Howard Israel for all of their work encouraging and
organizing speakers and volunteers for this event.
The presentations are all free with the price of admission to the Arizona
Science Center (members get in free, adults $8). There will be solar
telescopes set up on Saturday and Sunday in Heritage Square, and an evening
observing session in Heritage Square on Sunday (roughly 7pm to 9 pm).
There will also be a large number of exhibits set up by individuals, clubs,
observatories, and companies, and many handouts.
Volunteers and speakers, please let me know if you have any questions that
haven't been answered yet.
Here it is:
Astronomy Weekend Schedule of Presentations
Saturday - May 4th, 2002
FLINN THEATER
4:00 Dr. Peter Wehinger, Steward Observatory
The World's Most Powerful Telescope and the Search for E.T.
LIGHT & COLOR STAGE
11:00 Dan Heim, PAS member Why Solar Eclipses are not the Same
11:30 Kitt Peak Observatory Public Viewing Programs on Kitt Peak
12:00 Dan Heim, PAS member Why Solar Eclipses are not the Same
12:30 Dennis Young, Sedona by Starlight Astro-Scenic-Photograph Made
Simple
1:30 Dr. Trevor Weekes, Whipple Observatory & Harvard-Smithsonian Center for
Astrophysics, Using Elephants to Study Cosmic Crabs:
Using Exotic
Telescopes to Study the Most Violent Events in the Universe
2:30 Minor Planet Research Inc., James Ashley Near-Earth Objects and the
Impact Hazard
3:30 Kevin Healy, ASU Star Formation: Large and Small
4:30 Kitt Peak Observatory Public Viewing Programs on Kitt Peak
ALL ABOUT YOU THEATER
11:00 Win Pendleton, EVAC member The Universe through the Eyes of Hubble
12:00 Lowell Observatory Cosmic Cart
2:00 Robin Fergason, Mars Space Flight Facility Exploring Mars - Hands On!
3:00 Dennis Young, Sedona by Starlight Astro-Scenic-Photography Made Simple
4:30 Lowell Observatory Cosmic Cart
Sunday - May 5th, 2002
FLINN THEATER
4:00 Robin Fergason , Mars Space Flight Facility, ASU Exploring Mars:
The Red Planet
5:00 Dr. Peter Wehinger, Steward Observatory The World's Most
Powerful Telescope and the Search for E.T.
LIGHT & COLOR STAGE
11:00 Kitt Peak Observatory Public Viewing Programs on Kitt Peak
11:30 Ross Tucker, JPL Solar System Ambassador Solar System Exploration
12:00 Tony La Conte, Stargazing for Everyone Where Did Orion Go?
12:30 Warren Kutok, Photon Instruments How to Buy a Telescope
1:30 Kitt Peak Observatory Public Viewing Programs on Kitt Peak
2:30 Warren Kutok, Photon Intruments How to Buy a Telescope
3:30 Steve Coe, Author & SAC member Getting Started in Astrophotography
4:30 John Reiss Jr, JPL Solar System Ambassador Cassini Mission to Saturn
5:30 Leah Sapir, PAS member Finding the Constellations
6:30 Ross Tucker, JPL Solar System Ambassador Solar System Exploration
ALL ABOUT YOU THEATER
11:00 Win Pendleton, EVAC member The Universe through the Eyes of Hubble
12:00 Leah Sapir, PAS member Finding the Constellations
1:00 Ross Tucker, JPL Solar System Ambassador Solar System Exploration
1:30 Robin Fergason, Mars Space Flight Facility Exploring Mars Hands-on!
3:30 Dennis Young, Sedona by Starlight Astro-Scenic- Photography made simple
4:30 Kevin Healy, ASU Star Formation: Large and Small
5:30 Tony Le Conte, Stargazing for Everyone Backyard Stargazing
Exploring Mars: The Red Planet (Sunday at 4pm in the Flinn Theater)
A pictoral presentation providing background information on Mars and
discussing Arizona State University's role in exploring the red planet.
Robin Fergason, Research Assistant, Mars Space Flight Facility, Department
of Geological Sciences, Arizona State University
Using Elephants to Study Cosmic Crabs:
Using Exotic Telescopes to Study the Most Violent Events in the Universe
(Saturday at 1:30 p.m. in the Light & Color Gallery)
The most dynamic astrophysical phenomena are best observed by the new
astronomies at X-ray and gamma-ray wavelengths. The sources that exhibit
these properties are some of the most exciting members of the cosmic zoo:
stars that explode catastrophically, supermassive black holes at the centers
of galaxies, jets of relativistic particles from stars and galaxies that are
pointed in the direction of the Solar System. They constitute cosmic
laboratories where the normal laws of physics are tested in their extremes.
The classic example of such objects is the Crab Nebula. Recently it has
become possible to observe cosmic catastrophes in which very high energy
gamma rays, some million million times the energy of a photon of light, are
emitted. It is almost impossible to create such gamma rays here on earth yet
they are apparently created with ease in the chaos of these cosmic sources.
This extreme form of astronomy is pursued with a strange technique that uses
unusual ground-based telescopes. These observations give new insights into
particle acceleration and may ultimately supply the answer to one of the
most perplexing puzzles in astrophysics, the origin of the cosmic radiation.
Dr. Trevor Weekes, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Dr. Weekes is a high energy gamma ray astronomer, and has been an
astrophysicist at the Whipple Observatory, Smithsonian Astrophysical
Observatory since 1967
The World's Most Powerful Telescope and the Search for ET
(Saturday at 4 p.m. and Sunday at 5 p.m. in the Flinn Theater)
In the next three years, the Large Binocular Telescope (LBT) will go into
operation on Mt. Graham near Safford, Arizona. This telescope has two giant
mirrors, each 28 ft in diameter, with the light collecting power of a single
mirror or 39 ft. Utilizing state-of-the-art adaptive optics, the LBT will
acquire images that are ten times sharper than Hubble. With these optics
and other techniques, University of Arizona astronomers expect to be able to
directly image (or see) planets orbiting nearby stars. This talk is aimed
popular audiences and will describe the work in progress on the LBT and the
search for planets around other stars.
Dr. Peter Wehinger is a Staff Astronomer at the Steward Observatory, of the
University of Arizona. He is involved in the development of the LBT and the
Mirror Lab were the world's largest mirrors are being spun cast.
Christine Shupla
Planetarium Director
Arizona Science Center
(602) 716-2078
shuplac@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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