| January 5 |
GM |
No scheduled
activity.
|
| January
17 |
CIG |
How diffraction
limits our ability to resolve detail and
the ladder approach to finding the
distance to objects, whether they are
nearby or nearly at the edge of the
visible universe. |
| January
3 |
TIG |
Planets, open
clusters, and galaxies. Sunset at
18:00.
|
|
|
|
| February 2 |
GM |
Ron
Yelton gave examples of photographs
he has taken using remotely
controlled telescopes from around
the world.
|
| February 21 |
CIG |
Kepler’s Laws
of planetary motion, conservation of
angular momentum, Kepler’s Laws of
Areas and Periods. |
| February 1 |
TIG |
Jupiter, open
clusters, and galaxies. Sunset
at 18:27.
|
|
|
|
March 2
|
GM |
Dr. Charles
Hunt examined the question of whether
light is a wave, a particle, or
something else, using a Michelson
Interferometer. He will
also demonstrate non-local
interaction.
|
| March 21 |
CIG
|
Black holes,
tidal forces, photons, and
particles. |
| March 2 |
TIG |
Open clusters
and galaxies. Sunset at 18:56.
|
|
|
|
| April 6
|
GM |
An
overview of the current fourteen planetary
missions. |
April 18
|
CIG |
Comparative
planetology and optical telescopes. |
April 7
|
TIG |
Moon
viewing. Sunset at 20:36. |
|
|
|
May 4
|
GM |
Artemis
I: the first
integrated
test of NASA’s
deep space
exploration
systems.
|
May 16
|
CIG |
Radio
& X-Ray Telescopes and the message in a
spectrum. |
May 6
|
TIG |
Moon
viewing. Sunset at 20:36. |
|
|
|
June 1
|
GM |
Faster
Than Light: The Dream of Interstellar Flight. |
| June 20 |
CIG |
The
properties of stars and planets around
other stars. |
| June 30 |
TIG |
Galaxies
and globular clusters. Sunset at 21:49 |
|
|
|
| July |
GM |
On
vacation. |
| July |
CIG |
On
vacation. |
| July |
TIG |
On
vacation. |
|
|
|
| August 3
|
GM |
NASA
Ambassador Richard Sandler will report on the
Artemis Space Launch System.
|
| August 15
|
CIG |
Why stars
shine and simple stellar models.
|
| August 31
|
TIG |
Planets and
deep sky objects. Sunset at 20:46.
|
|
|
|
| September 7
|
GM |
Mooning
Our Way Through the Solar System.
|
| September 19
|
CIG |
White
dwarves and when stars grow old.
|
| September 26
|
TIG |
Planets
and deep sky objects. Sunset at 19:55.
|
|
|
|
| October 5
|
GM |
Exoplanets:
planets that orbit a star other than our sun.
|
| October 17
|
CIG |
Supernovas,
neutron stars and gravitational waves.
|
| October 25
|
TIG |
Planets
and deep sky objects. Sunset at 19:55.
|
|
|
|
| November 2
|
GM |
Archeoastronomy:
what did early cultures know about the stars?
|
| November 21
|
CIG |
The Milky
Way, other galaxies, and dark matter.
|
| November 21
|
TIG |
Planets
and deep sky objects. Sunset at 17:49.
|
|
|
|
| December
|
GM |
Christmas
party in solarium.
|
| December
|
CIG |
No
scheduled activity.
|
| December
|
TIG |
No
scheduled activity.
|