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| December 8 | TIG | Cameron Park Tour Cancelled Due To Weather |
| November 2 | GM | John Combes - "Numbers and
the Vastness of Space" John Combes presented "Numbers and the Vastness Of Space" in Presentation Hall (KS). Johns presentation described and demonstrated using audience participation, how, by applying numbers to different scales and time periods provides us with an easy way to understand and appreciate the vast unbelievable distances to the planets, stars and galaxies. |
| October 17 | CIG | DVD Lecture Series "Black
Holes Explained" by Alex Filippenko, Ph.D of U.C.
Berkeley Lecture 3 -
Gamma Ray Bursts
Lecture 4 - Searching for Stellar-Mass Black Holes Lecture Discussion / Q & A |
| October 5 | GM | Ron Olson "New Large
Telescopes" Ron's presentation described the next generation of large space and ground telescopes and their observing objectives. Telescopes to be discussed included: - 500 Meter Aperture Spherical Telescope - Giant Magellan Telescope - James Webb Space Telescope - 30 Meter Telescope in Hawaii - European Extremely Large Telescope - Large Synoptic Survey Telescope - Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WIFIRST) - Advanced Technology Large Aperture Space Telescope (ATLAST) |
| September 19 | CIG | DVD Lecture Series "Black
Holes Explained" by Alex Filippenko, Ph.D of U.C.
Berkeley Lecture 1 - Introduction to Black Holes (Technical Portion) Lecture 2 - The Violent Death of Massive Stars Lecture Discussion / Q & A |
| September 7 | GM | Morey Lewis - "Gravity, Does
it Control the Universe?" Morey's
presentation covered the roles gravity plays in
stars, planets and galaxies, and finally in the
fate of the Universe. The talk began with the
history of what we know about gravity and how it
has affected almost everything we
see in the night sky both with the naked eye and
through telescopes.
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| August 25 | TIG | Carol Witten - "Telescopes, From Reading Stones to Space" |
| August 15 | CIG | This meeting was cancelled due to technical problems. |
| August 8 | Community Star Party - Behind
OC Lodge Members and many guests enjoyed viewing Mars, Saturn, the Moon, Stars and deep Sky Objects. |
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| August 3 | Planetarium Show and
Presentation Professor David Dunn - "My Life
With Comets" Sierra College Professor David Dunn gave an excellent planetarium show and presentation. |
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| June 27 | TIG | Sports Pavilion Star Party Members and guests enjoyed observing Mars, Jupiter, Stars and Deep Sky Objects through six telescopes operated by TIG members. |
| June 20 | CIG | DVD Lecture Series "Black
Holes Explained" by Alex Filippenko, Ph.D of U.C.
Berkeley Lecture 1 - Introduction to
Black Holes
Lecture Discussion / Q & A |
| June 15 | Community Forum at OC Lodge
Ken Crawford - "River of Stars" Ken took us on a tour of stunning galaxies, star forming regions, and exploding stars through the technical art of astrophotography. |
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| May 16 | CIG | DVD Lecture Series by Neil
DeGrasse Tyson In Defense of the Big Bang
The Search for Life in the Universe" Lecture Discussion and Q & A |
| May 4 | GM | Ranny Eckstrom - "Citizen
Science: Galaxy Zoo" What is citizen science? What are some citizen science projects? What is Galaxy Zoo? How are galaxies classified? Ranny also led the audience to do some classifications of current Galaxy Zoo images. |
| April 28 | TIG | Hands-on Experience This meeting was a "Hands-On Telescope Help" event. Members with telescopes were able to get assistance in setting up, aligning, controlling and viewing with their telescopes. Experienced members were present to provide assistance. |
| April 18 | CIG | DVD Lecture Series
"Cosmology - The History and Nature of our
Universe" by Professor Mark Whittle Lecture 35 - What's Next for Cosmology? Lecture 34 - A Comprehensible Universe? Lecture Discussion and Q & A |
| April 6 | GM | "Exploring Mars: 50th
Anniversary" by Anthony Oreglia Anthony presented a survey
of the key characteristics and major
findings of past Mars Missions including
many of the stunning images obtained by
the spacecraft. He also updated information
on the most current missions - Curiosity Rover,
The Mars Orbiter, and MAVEN missions.
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| March 24 | TIG | "Introduction to
Astrophotography" by Ron Yelton Ron walked us through a primer on CCD chips and cameras as well as all of the various steps required to process an astro image. To see more of Ron's images visit his website at astroron.freescruz.com |
| March 21 | CIG | "Consensus Cosmology, Science
or Pseudo-Science" by Don Wilson Lecture discussion and Q & A |
| March 2 | GM | "The Juno Mission to Jupiter"
by Cindy Van Buren The Juno Mission will improve
our understanding of the solar system's
beginnings by revealing the origin and evolution of Jupiter.
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| February 15 | CIG | DVD Lecture Series "Cosmology
- The History and Nature of our Universe" by
Professor Mark Whittle Lecture 33 - Inflation's Stunning Creativity Lecture 34 - Fine tuning and Anthropic Arguements Lecture Discussion and Q & A |
| February 03 | GM | "Measuring the Stars" by Dave
Wood All we get from stars is a stream of photons - from this we direction, intensity and color. Dave explained how we learn all the things we do about stars. |
| January 28 | TIG | "Telescope Accessories" by John Combes |
| January 18 | CIG | DVD Lecture
Series "Cosmology -
The History and Nature of our Universe" by
Professor Mark Whittle Lecture 31 - Inflation Provides the Answer Lecture 32 - The Quantum Origin of all Structure Lecture Discussion and Q & A |
| January 06 | GM | "Fly to the Moon with Nina"
by Nina Mazzo Nina took us on a tour of the Earth's moon, our closest neighbor - including it's formation, surface features, impact craters and their relationship to Earth. |