Amateur Astronomy

Friday, April 27, 2012, 8:30 - 10:00 p.m. -- Leslie Science Center Join us Friday evening at the Leslie Science Center (1831 Traver Rd. map) as we celebrate Astronomy Day with the launch of our new telescope collection! AADL and Leslie Science Center staff, as well as members of our local amateur astronomy club, the University Lowbrow Astronomers, will be on hand to demonstrate the Library's seven modified Orion StarBlast 4.5 reflector...  

Astronomer David Fong and Steve Ruhl, Battle Point Astronomical Association president, will lead “Learn Your Way Around the Night Sky: Introduction to Amateur Astronomy” classes offered at Ritchie Observatory.  

While it isn't nearly as far away as most of Chandra's subjects, the moon is no less interesting ... started attending star parties at the sanctuary when he was a member of the North Shore Amateur Astronomy Club. The club is headquartered in Groveland ...  

Description: Westmont Public Telescope Night. See cool stuff in the night sky through telescopes set up by the Astronomical Unit, the local amateur astronomy club sponsored by the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. Most months the large ...  

Amateur astronomers, government officials and science communicators are behind the project, which will dole out star-gazing kits first around Kabul. The Reach for the Stars project will establish the country's first astronomy curriculum for young children.  

Guest speaker Liz Jordan, lecturer at the Treworgy Planetarium at Mystic Seaport and member of the Thames Amateur Astronomical Society, will give a talk titled, “The Stormy Sun: How Solar Weather Affects Earth,” at 7:30 p.m. and again at 8:45 p.m ...  

Jason Kendall, NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador for New York City, and an instructor of introduction to astronomy at William Paterson, will provide telescopes for viewing. Local area amateur astronomers are also invited to bring their telescopes.  

Most ten-year-olds don’t have the patience to sift through star images for thousands of hours. But Kathryn Aurora Gray was on a mission: She wanted to become the youngest person to discover a supernova. And luckily for her, Kathryn’s work didn’t take thousands of hours–she discovered an exploded star about fifteen minutes after starting her career as an amateur astronomer. After looking through ...