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| December 7 | LHAG
Holiday Party at Kilaga Springs Lodge This party was well attended by Astronomy Group members and guests who enjoyed an excellent hot buffet with dessert. A challenging Astronomy Photo Contest, a display of telescopes, binoculars and astronomy magazines, a solar video presentation, and a raffle provided challenging and interesting activities for the guests. |
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| November 5 | GM | "Exploring the Solar
System" by Anthony Oreglia These and other questions concerning currently active exploratory missions to the planets, moons, and other objects in our solar system were answered in this presentation. A survey of the key characteristics of these missions and a summary of the most interesting findings was discussed along with many stunning images of the objects under exploration. - How many spacecraft are currently exploring our solar system? - What types of spacecraft are being used and which objects are they exploring? - Which spacecraft have arrived at their targets objects in just the past couple of months? - Which objects are receiving the most attention and which ones are not being explored? - What are the major findings of these exploratory missions? |
| October 21 | TIG | Members enjoyed clear, dark skies and a great night of observing through binoculars and telescopes up at Blue Canyon. |
| October 20 | CIG | DVD Lecture Series
"Cosmology - The History and Nature of our Universe"
by Professor Mark Whittle Lecture 19 - Primordial Roughness - Seeding Structure Lecture 20 - The Dark Age - From Sound to the First Stars Lecture Discussion and Q & A |
| October 18 | Lincoln Hills 15 Year
Anniversary Parade This event celebrated Lincoln Hills 15th anniversary started from the Orchard Creek lodge and proceeded to Kilaga Springs Lodge. The LHAG will had two entries in this parade plus our banner. The Lincoln Hills Astronomy Group Lunar Rover was covered with photos of planets and deep sky objects, with stars flying above. Following this was our mobile telescope with an astronomer viewing these stars through a telescope. |
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| October 1 | GM | "The Search for
Finding Earth-like Planets - Exoplanets Update" by
Dave Wood Dave's presentation reviewed the various techniques used to search for exoplanets. There have been more than 2000 exoplanets identified. He showed recent results, with a focus on the observations from the Kepler Mission. Dave also discussed the criteria for "Earth like" planets. What's New in Astronomy - Nina Mazzo informed us about solar sail technology and its implications for interstellar exploration. |
| September 30 | BIG | The first observing night at Rossi Lane of the "re-incarnated" Binocular Interest Group (BIG) was very successful, with a good turnout of astronomers and excellent weather. If you are interested in joining this group, please contact Bob Collins 253-9890 bobpcoll@community.net. |
| September 15 | CIG | DVD Lecture
Series "Cosmology - The History and Nature of
our Universe" by Professor Mark Whittle Lecture 15 - Primordial Sound - Big Bang Acoustics Lecture 16 - Using Sound as Cosmic Diagnostic Lecture Discussion and Q & A |
| September 3 | GM | Video: The Final
Frontier This BBC video described Man's journey to understand the Universe, highlighting some of the scientific milestones along the way and explaining them in layman's terms. The video started with the discoveries of Newton and Einstein and ends with today's search for what took place before the Big Bang. What's New in Astronomy - Ron Olson presented a short summary of the Rosetta Mission which had just arrived at the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko and is the first mission to orbit a comet and land a rover on the comet. |
| August 20 | Presentation - "Saturn's Rings" and Planetarium show at Sierra College by Prof. David Dunn | |
| August 18 | CIG | DVD Lecture Series
"Cosmology - The History and Nature of our Universe"
by Professor Mark Whittle Lecture 13 - The Cosmic Microwave Background Lecture 14 - Conditions During the First Million Years Lecture Discussion and Q & A |
| July 21 | CIG | DVD Lecture Series
"Cosmology - The History and Nature of our Universe"
by Professor Mark Whittle. Morey Lewis reviewed the lecture series "Cosmology - The History and Nature of our Universe" |
| June 16 | CIG | DVD Lecture Series
"Cosmology - The History and Nature of our Universe"
by Professor Mark Whittle. Morey Lewis continued his review of previous lectures from the DVD series “Cosmology – The History and Nature of our Universe." He will also updated some of the data presented in the lectures with newer data discovered since the lectures were made. |
| June 5 | TIG | Community Star Party behind OC
Lodge LHAG members welcomed a large number of observers to view the Moon, and the planets Jupiter, Mars and Saturn. |
| June 4 | GM | Community Forum - "Life -
Here, There and Everywhere?" in the Orchard
Creek Lodge Ballroom. Speakers were: John Neil - "Searching for Life on Mars," John Combes - "The Search for Exoplanets around Red Dwarf Stars," and Morey Lewis - "The Multiverse." A large crowd enjoyed these excellent presentations. |
| May 22 | TIG |
Blue Canyon Star Party - Many LHAG members enjoyed the dark skies of Blue Canyon to view planets, stars, and deep sky objects. |
| May 19 | CIG | DVD Lecture Series
"Cosmology - The History and Nature of our Universe"
by Professor Mark Whittle Morey Lewis presented a review of previous lectures from the DVD series "Cosmology – The History and Nature of our Universe." He also updated some of the data presented in the lectures with newer data discovered since the lectures were made. He also plans to present some topics not contained in the lecture series which should stimulate discussion. |
| May 7 | The Astronomy group held the election of new Steering Committee members. New Members are Cindy Van Buren, Bob Collins, and Ed Miller. John Neil was reelected for a second term. This was followed by a LHAG 10 Year Highlights presentation by Ron Olson, and a Desert Social in the KS Kitchen. | |
| April 21 | CIG | DVD Lecture Series
"Cosmology - The History and Nature of our Universe"
by Professor Mark Whittle Lecture 09 - Dark Matter and Energy Lecture 10 - Cosmic Geometry - Triangles in the Sky Lecture Discussion and Q & A |
| March 5 | GM | "Looking
for Galaxies, Nebulae and Star Clusters" by Ron
Olson Ron Olson explained telescopes, deep sky objects including galaxies, nebulae, star clusters and how to locate and view them. "Observing the Sky from Lincoln Hills" by Ron Olson What stars and constellations can you see in the night sky from Lincoln Hills using your naked eyes, binoculars and small telescopes? What planets are visible tonight? What can you see on the Moon? This presentation explained how the stars move, what objects you can see, and how to locate/identify these objects using free star charts and astronomy apps. Attendees took home a star chart to use to locate and identify objects on their own observing evenings. |
| February 17 | CIG | DVD Lecture Series
"Cosmology - The History and Nature of our Universe"
by Professor Mark Whittle Lecture 8 - Distances, Appearances and Horizons Lecture Discussion and Q & A |
| February 5 | GM | "Discovering Deep
Space" - BBC video and presentation by Morey
Lewis. Around the world, a new generation of astronomers are hunting for the most mysterious objects in the universe. Young stars, black holes, even other forms of life. They have created a dazzling new set of super-telescopes that push the limits of science and engineering in some of the most extreme environments on earth. These include the Very Large Telescope (VLT) looking in infrared targeting Black Holes from the Atacama desert in Chile; SOFIA - Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy - Jumbo Jet based looking in infrared for distant nebulae; and Antares - a "telescope" located 2.5 km below the ocean surface to detect a flash of light from neutrinos that have passed through earth and collided with an atom in seawater. Morey Lewis reviewed the electromagnetic spectrum targeted by these telescopes, and update their current status. |
| January 20 | CIG | Don Wilson discussed if the Universe can be made from nothing; a net-zero energy change. |
| January 13 | CIG | DVD Lecture
Series "Cosmology - The History and
Nature of our Universe" by Professor Mark Whittle
Lecture 7 - Measuring Distances Lecture Discussion and Q & A |
| January | GM | There was no general meeting this month. |