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Speakers and Topics Discussed at Monthly Meetings

Month/YrNameOrganizationTopic
2022
MarKenneth SchindlerPIO Lowell ObservatoryLife of Robert Burnham Jr
and Lowell Updates
FebRanger Rader LaneGrand Canyon National ParkAstronomer in Residence Program
Progress towards Dark Sky Certification
N & S Rim Star Parties
JanDr Nivedita MaheshASULow Frequency Antenna – Farside of the Moon
2021
DecNo Meeting
NovDr Kyle MassingillASUThe James Webb Space Telescope
OctGregory T Shanos Pharm DMeteorites
SepDr Thomas BeattyU of AExo planets and their Atmospheres
AugDr Samuel LawrenceNASAThe Artemis Program
JulTom FieldSky & Telescope Contributing EditorIntroduction to Spectroscopy
Jun
Frank TimmesAAS Journal Senior Lead EditorSky and Telescope on the AAS YouTube Channel
May
Dr. Molly SimonASUCitizen Science
Apr
Dr. Hannes BernhardtASUA Song of Ice and Fire: What Happened on Mars’ Oldest Large Volcanic Province?
Mar
Dr. Katrina BossertASUWaves, Airglow, and Aurora: Phenomena That Occur in Earth’s Window to Space
Feb
   
Jan
Sanchayeeta Borthakur
ASUHow galaxies exchange matter with their surroundings
2020
   
Nov
Ted BlankFountain Hills Astronomy ClubAstrophotography Without a Telescope
Oct
Jennifer BuzNAUMagnetic Fields Past and Present
SepWill OldroydNAUThe Search for Planet X
Aug
Casey GoodKitt PeakKitt Peak Outreach
Mar
Dr. Nadine BarlowNAUImpact craters and Mars Climate Change
Feb
Mrudula Gopal KrishnaASUInstrumentation for Radio Astronomy
Jan
Tyler Richey-YowellASULessons from Jupiter: Exo-Auroral Radio Emission
2019   
Nov
Dr. Chris GroppiASUBLAST, GUSTO, TIM and ASTHROS
 OctDr. Patrick YoungASUSupernova and the Lifeand Death of Massive Stars
Sept
Gordon Rosner Rocketing Into Space
July
Jim RennVatican Observatory Foundation AmbassadorThe Vatican Observatory and the Big Bang
JuneDr. Jennifer PatienceSchool of Earth and Space ExplorationExoplanets
May
Ted Blank Top 10 Astronomical Discoveries of 2018
Apr
Dr. Maitrayee BoseASUStardust and Some Organics in Meteorites
MarDr. Tom McCarthyGCUGravity Waves & Cosmic Rays – A Multi-Messenger Look at Space
FebDr. Jim BellASUThe Ultimate Interplanetary Travel Guide: A Futuristic Journey Through the Solar System
JanDr. Paul KnauthASU 
2018   
Nov
Dr. Michael WestLowell ObservatoryWeaving the Cosmic Web
OctDr. Steve RuffASU
Mars Science, from Telescope to
Microscope
Sep-18Dr. Arjun DeyNational Optical Astronomy Observatory, Kitt PeakDESI – Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument being installed on the Mayall 4M telescope
Jul-18Tyler Richey-YowellAstrophysics PhD candidate, ASU School of Earth and Space ExplorationThe Ultraviolet Imperative for Assessing the Super-Habitability of Planets
Jun-18Kevin SchindlerHistorian, Lowell ObservatoryPluto Telescope restoration and other happenings on Mars Hill
May-18Dr. Paul KnauthASUAdvanced Observing Techniques
Apr-18Dr. Tom MozdzenASUFirst Stars and Hydrogen Gas Clouds in the Early Universe
Mar-18Tom PolakisSACCCD Photometry and its uses
Feb-18Professor Wayne PryorCACThe Cassini Mission and recent results
Jan-18Dr. Michael LineASUExoplanet Atmospheres
2017   
Dec-17 SACHoliday Party
Nov-17Andy OdellNAUSerendipity in Astronomy
Oct-17Dr. Rogier WindhorstASUStatus Update: James Webb Space Telescope
Sep-17SAC MembersSAC2017 Eclipse presentations
Aug-17SAC MembersSACVarious Member Presentations
Jul-17Dr. Gerald Van BelleLowell ObservatoryHow modern optical equipment manipulates light & the implications for next-generation telescopes
Jun-17Dr. Steve DeschASUPhysics of the Space Race
May-17Dr. Linda Elkins-TantonASURecently selected NASA Psyche Mission
Apr-17Kay DavisASUResults from the Antarctic flight of the Stratospheric Terahertz Observatory
Mar-17PhD Candidate Danielle AdamsASUTwo Deserts, One Sky: Arab Observational Astronomy and Star Lore
Feb-17Kevin LeGoreAmateurFocus Astronomy Outreach
Jan-17Dr. Sean BryanASUThe Early Universe
    
Dec-16 SACHoliday Party
Nov-16Richard HarshawAmateur AstronomerSeeing Double Without Booze or Drugs: How Speckle Interferometry Changed my Amateur Direction
Oct-16Steve CoeSACComets Observed Over the Years
Sep-16Staphanie SallumUAImaging Exoplanets Using the Large Binocular Telescope
Aug-16Phillip MauskopfASUThe Detection of Gravitational Waves
Jul-16Tom PolakisSACTime-Lapse Imaging with 3 Very Different Cameras
Jun-16Kevin SchindlerLowell ObservatoryLowell History & Restoration of 24-inch Clark Telescope
May-16Nat ButlerASURecent Progress in the Field of Gamma Ray Bursts
Apr-16Craig HardgroveASULunar Polar Hydrogen Mapper Mission
Mar-16Evan ScannapiecoASUHot Haloes Around Elliptical Galaxies
Feb-16Paul KnauthASUThe Young & Faint Sun
Jan-16Phil MasseyLowell ObservatoryThe Evolution of Massive Stars: Closing the Loop in the Galaxies of the Local Group
2015   
Dec-15 SACHoliday Party
Nov-15Bob BucheimOrange County AstronomersSome Things You Can Do With the Night
Oct-15Dr. Patrick YoungASUBuilding Worlds: Astrobiology from a Stellar Perspective
Sep-15Dennis ZaritskyUAOverview of the History of Dark Matter Research and Recent Work on the “Bullet” Cluster and How it Gives Us More Direct Evidence for Dark Matter
Aug-15Various MembersSACMember Presentations
Jul-15Michi BaubockUAMy Research Efforts on Neutron Stars
Jul-15Tom MozdzenAmateur AstronomerFirst years of Astrophysics program at ASU plus EDGES (Experiment to Detect the Global Epoch of Reionization Signature) project
Jun-15Richard Harshaw & Jimmy RayAmateur AstronomersHigh-Resolution Speckle Interferometry of Double Stars
May-15Bill DellingesEVACA Personal History of Telescopes
Apr-15Christopher GroppiASUScientific Ballooning in Antarctica (THz astrophysics)
Mar-15Mark TruebloodWiner ObservatoryObservatory Projects, emphasizing Near Earth Objects
Feb-15Alan DyerSkyNewsThe Great Southern Skies
Jan-15Hector VasquezNational Weather ServiceClimate & Weather Modeling
2014   
Dec-14Matt LuttinenSACHoliday Party
Nov-14Ken GraunAmateur AstronomerTour of the Solar System
Oct-14Fred EspenakNASA Eclipse Page WriterAugust 21, 2017 Total Solar Eclipse
Sep-14Jeremy PerezAmateur AstronomerNightscape Photography & Astronomical Sketching
Aug-14Dr. Ted DunhamLowell ObservatoryExoplanet Transit Photometry with the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA)
Jul-14Dr. David A. WilliamsASU100 Worlds & Counting: Exploring the Moons of the Outer Solar System
Jun-14Dr. Rolf A. JansenASUWhy Hot Stellar Populations are Cool
May-14Henry De Jonge IVGRCO
Sagittarius A*, The Super Massive Black Hole at the Center of Our Galaxy
 
Apr-14Paul ScowenASUThe Science in Amateur Astronomer Astroimages
Mar-14Dean KetelsenSteward Mirror LabAstro-Tourism in AZ
Feb-14Bob Denny The Elements of Remote Imaging Success
Jan-14Stephen LevineLowell ObservatoryThe Flexible Mirrors of the Discovery Channel Telescope
2013   
Dec-13Matt LuttinenSACHoliday Party
Nov-13Mark RobinsonASUExploring the Moon: Results from the Lunar Reconaissance Orbiter Camera
Oct-13Melissa MorrisASUMeteorites 101
Sep-13Deidre HunterLowell ObservatoryLITTLE THINGS (Local Irregulars That Trace Luminosity Extremes, The HiNearby Galaxy Survey)
Aug-13Gilbert EsquerdoFred Whipple Lawrence ObservatoryBeing an Astronomer & Kepler Project
Jul-13Various MembersSACShow & Tell
Jun-13Dean KetelsenSteward Mirror LabWhat’s Up at the Mirror Lab & Time-Lapse Photography
May-13Mike WilesSACAstrophotography
Apr-13Paul KnauthASUSmashed-Up Universe
Mar-13Paul LindSACConstruction of Astrograph
Feb-13Gerard van BelleLowell ObservatoryOptical Interferometry
Jan-13Bruce KoehnLowell ObservatoryAmateur Research Initiative (LARI)
2012   
Dec-12Matt LuttinenSACHoliday Party
Nov-12Stephen PyneASUVoyager Missions
Oct-12Jeff HopkinsSACSpectroscopy
Sep-12Bernard MillerEVACAstroimaging – part 2
Aug-12Bernard MillerEVACAstroimaging – part 1
Jul-12Wil GrundyLowell ObservatoryNew Horizons Pluto Mission
Jun-12Alan StraussMt. Lemmon Sky CenterCitizen Science & Solar Sketching
May-12Ray SandersASUBe/X-ray Binaries in SMC
Apr-12Ken ZollIndependentAncient Arizona Astronomy
Mar-12Tom McCarthy Meteors, Satellites, Asteroids
Feb-12Paul KnauthASUAstrobiology
Jan-12Jim BellASUMars Rovers
2011   
Dec-11Chris HanrahanSACHoliday Party
Nov-11Nat ButlerASUGamma Ray Bursts
Oct-11Tom PolakisSACAtacama Astronomy
Sep-11Jeffrey HallLowell ObservatoryLowell Projects Overview
Aug-11Various MembersSACShow & Tell
Jul-11Bernard MillerEVACRemote Observatory at Hidalgo Ranch
Jun-11Luis MartinezAmateurSpectroscopy & Photometry
May-11Fred VrbaUSNOGeosynchronous Satellites
Apr-11Dean KetelsenSteward Mirror LabGMT & LSST Mirrors
Mar-11Nat WhiteLowell ObservatoryOccultation Expeditions & Results
Feb-11William K. Hartmann Origin of the Moon
Jan-11Steve CoeSACSimple Astroimaging
2010   
Dec-10Prause ResidenceSACHoliday Party
Nov-10Gene LucasSACThe Two Green Planets
Oct-10Rogier WindhorstASUHST & James Webb Space Telescope
Sep-10Frank TimmesASUSupernovae & White Dwarf Stars
Aug-10Bob BirketEVACAstroimaging
Jul-10Various MembersSACMember Show & Tell
Jun-10Emilio FalcoWhipple ObservatoryExtrasolar Planets & Mearth
May-10Chris LuginbuhlUSNOLight Pollution
Apr-10Randy PetersonEVACModern Asteroid Occultations
Mar-10Tom KayeAmateurSpectrashift Extrasolar Planet Project
Feb-10Ted DunhamLowell ObservatoryKepler Mission
Jan-10Klaus BraschAmateurObserving in Chile
2009   
Dec-09Trask ResidenceSACHoliday Party
Nov-09Evan ScannapiecoASU 
Oct-09None  
Sep-09Rik Hill & Dolores HillCatalina Sky SurveyUpdates on Catalina Sky Survey
Aug-09Steve DeschASUCryovolcanism on Charon
Jul- 09Various MembersSACShow & Tell
Jun-09Howard IsraelEVACMayan Astronomy
May-09AJ CrayonSACGalaxy Classification Schemes
Apr-09Paul KnauthASUAstrobiology of the 22nd Century
Mar-09Jeremy Perez Astronomical Sketching
Feb-09Dave Salman Remote Telescope Control and Imaging
Jan-09Ted DunhamLowell ObservatoryHIPO & SOFIA Updates
2008   
Dec-08Trask ResidenceSACHoliday Party
Nov-08Dan Heim Light Pollution
Oct-08Steven AggasEVACBuilding and Observing with the 36″ Telescope
Sep-08Adam Block Mt. Lemmon Public Astronomy Program
Aug-08Richard HarshawSACThe Awesome World of Double Stars
Jul- 08Tom PolakisSACRounding the Curb in Webcam Imaging
Jun-08Brent Archinal The New Reconnaissance of the Moon & Return to the Moon
May-08Don WrigleyEVACObserving the Moon
Apr-08Patrick Woida Phoenix Mars Mission
Mar-08Frank Zullo The Sky in Stone
Feb-08Joe BergeronAmateurSpace art
Jan-08Klaus BraschAmateurAstroimaging
2007   
Dec-07Jennifer PolakisSACChristmas Party
Nov-07Steve CoeSACLord Rosse
Oct-07Philip PintoSteward ObservatoryLarge Scale Synoptic Survey Telescope
Sep-07AJ CrayonSACOpen Clusters
Aug-07Ted DunhamLowell ObservatoryExoplanet surveys
Jul-07Brian GooteeASUMars geology
Jun-07NoneSACSwap Meet
Jun-07Jay HolmbergUofAThe Boigraphy of a Star
May-07Phil ChristensenASUMars: New Views of a Complex Planet
Apr-07Rik HillCatalina Sky SurveyThings That Go Bump In The Night
Mar-07David HealyAmateur32″ JBO Observatory
Feb-07Jeremy PerezAmateurAstronomical sketching
Jan-07Steve CoeSACNebulae
2006   
Dec-06Susan PritchardSACChristmas party
Nov-06Brent ArchinalUSNOMoon mapping
Oct-06Jon ChristensenAmateurAstroimaging
Sep-06Ted BowellLowell ObservatoryNEO’s and Pluto naming
Aug-06Paul ScowenASUOrion MIDEX mission
Jul-06Steve DodderSACSolar observing
Jun-06None Swap Meet
May-06Tom PolakisSACSky photography
Apr-06Ted DunhamLowell ObservatoryKuiper Express exoplanet mission
Mar-06David BursteinASUChemical composition of globular clusters
Feb-06Paul KnauthASULatest findings on Mars
Jan-06Paul LindSACEarliest history of astrophotography
2005   
Dec-05Susan PritchardSACChristmas party
Nov-05Don MachholzAmateurComet hunting
Oct-05Bill FerrisAmateurAperture and contrast
Sep-05Mike SpoonerAmateurOptics and telescope making
Aug-05Robert McCallMcCall StudiosSpace art career
Jul-05Wayne JohnsonTAAASupernovae
Jun-05Joe OrmanEVACNaked eye 100 list
May-05Brent ArchinalUSNOHuygens probe
Apr-05Steve CoeSACAustralia trip
Mar-05Brian SkiffLowell ObservatoryMinimalist observing
Feb-05Christopher WatsonAmateurSkyGX star atlas
Jan-05Ted DunhamLowell ObservatorySOFIA observatory update
2004   
Dec-04David FredericksenSACChristmas party
Nov-04Jack NewtonAmateurASV
Oct-04Tom PolakisSACNamibia Observing
Sep-04Michael Schwartz/Steve CoeTenagra Observatory/SACSupernova discovery
Aug-04Gene TurnerAmateurTelescopes In Education
Jul-04Doug Snyder/Dave HealyAmateursVenus transit trips
Jun-04Bill HartmannUofAMars geology
Jun-04Steve DodderAmateurOverview of the sun
May-04George DeLangeAmateurArchaeoastronomy
Apr-04George CoyneVatican ObservatoryDance of the fertile universe
Mar-04Chuck WoodAmateurLunar observing
Feb-04Paul KnauthAmateurMars geology
Jan-04Fulvio MeliaUofABlack hole at the center of the Milky Way
2003   
Dec-03David FredericksenSACChristmas party
Nov-03Brent ArchinalUSGS-FlagstaffMars lander missions
Oct-03Tom PolakisSACPlanetarium software
Sep-03Adam BlockKPNOAdvanced observers program
Aug-03Herve Dole?Cosmological surveys
Jul-03Chris SchurSACHappy Jack Observatory
Jun-03Various MembersSACShow & Tell
May-03Rich JakielAmateurChallenging deep-sky objects
Apr-03Joe BergeronAmateurSpace art
Mar-03Paul ScowenASUWolf-Rayet stars
Feb-03Doug SnyderAmateurPlanetary nebulae
Jan-03David BursteinASUQ&A session
2002   
Dec-02AJ CrayonSACChristmas party
Nov-02AJ CrayonSACAstronomical drawings
Oct-02Dave HealyAmateurAstrophotography bloopers
Sep-02Ted DunhamLowell ObservatorySearch for habitable planets
Aug-02Various MembersSACShow & Tell
Jul-02Bob MillisLowell ObservatoryKuiper Belt
Jun-02None Swap meet
May-02Peter WehingerSteward ObservatorySteward Observatory
Apr-02Brian SkiffLowell ObservatoryNarrative over Chris Schur’s images
Mar-02Ted DunhamLowell ObservatorySOFIA airborne observatory
Feb-02Sally OeyLowell ObservatoryGalaxy formation
Jan-02Maggie TurnbullUofASETI
2001   
Dec-01AJ CrayonSACChristmas party
Nov-01Steve CoeSACAll about filters
Oct-01Paul ScowenASUMolecular clouds
Sep-01Tom PolakisSACSouthern sky observing
Aug-01Laura WodneyLowell ObservatoryComets
Jul-01Dan McKennaSteward ObservatorySeeing and turbulence
Jun-01John SpencerLowell ObservatoryJupiter’s moons
May-01AJ CrayonSACAstronomical drawings
Apr-01Chris SchurSACColor CCD astrophotography
Mar-01Wil MilanSACVLBI astronomy project
Feb-01John Casella/Bill KellyAmateurATM projects
Jan-01Vicky HamiltonASUMars Global Surveyor
2000   
Dec-00AJ CrayonSACChristmas party
Nov-00Chris SchurSACCCD imaging
Oct-00Steve CoeSACDark nebulae
Sep-00Rik HillKPNOSpectrographs and spectroscopes
Aug-00Marilyn UnruhAmateurSketching the moon
Jul-00Amanda BoshLowell ObservatoryPlanetary rings
Jun-00None Swap Meet
May-00Jeff HesterASUOrigins of stars
Apr-00David BursteinASUCurrent state of cosmology
Mar-00Wil MilanSACHistory of astrophotography
Feb-00Bob ErdmannSACNGC/IC Project
Jan-00Michael BakichAmateurConstellations
1999   
Dec-99Camelback Arms Christmas party
Nov-99Steve CoeSACSimple astrophotography
Oct-99Derald NyeAmateurAugust eclipse
Sep-99Amanda BoshLowell ObservatorySaturn’s rings
Aug-99Dean KetelsenSteward ObservatorySteward Mirror Lab
Jul-99Tom McGrathASUBinary stars
Jun-99Chris SchurSACDigitized Schmidt astrophotography
May-99Bill PetersAmateurMeteorite hunting
Apr-99Rik HillKPNOSolar observing
Mar-99Brian SkiffLowell ObservatoryWhere is the edge in deep-sky observing
Feb-99Jeff MedkeffAmateurMars observing
Jan-99Glen SannerAmateurVisual observing
1998   
Dec-98Steve and Rosie DodderSACChristmas party
Nov-98Marc BuieLowell ObservatoryPluto
Oct-98Jason AufdenbergASUStar and interstellar medium
Sep-98Peter WehingerASULarge Binocular Telescope
Aug-98Steve CoeSACMeteor showers
Jul-98Stan CelestianJPL AmbassadorGalileo mission
Jun-98None Swap meet
May-98Tom PolakisSACBackyard CCD imaging
Apr-98Paul CombaAmateurDiscovering asteroids
Mar-98MembersSACShow and tell
Feb-98Derald NyeAmateurEclipse chasing
Jan-98Paul KnauthASUAstrobiology
Dec-97Susan PritchardSACChristmas party
Nov-97Paul ScowenASUHST observations
Oct-97Peter WehingerASUASU observatory progress
Sep-97Warren KutokPhoton InstrumentsRefurbishing old telescopes
Aug-97Sheri CahnEVACHST observing project
Jul-97AJ CrayonSACE400 slides
Jun-97None Swap meet
May-97Gerry RattleySACASP slide set: famous astronomers
Apr-97MembersSACShow and tell
Mar-97Steve Coe/Chris SchurSACComets
Feb-97Gerry RattleySACSupernovae
Jan-97None None
Dec-96Steve CoeSACChristmas party
Nov-96Jim CrismanSACA new look at galaxy morphology
Oct-96Joason OffenburgASUStellar winds and mass loss in stars
Sep-96David BursteinASUCosomology: H-R diagram for galaxies
Aug-96Dan MatlagaASU planetariumAstronomical asterisks
Jul-96Ed Vega/Max BrayAmateurVega-Bray Observatory
Jun-96None Swap meet
May-96John SpencerLowell ObservatoryThe great comet crash
Apr-96Peter WehingerASUComets: the three H’s
Mar-96Kim PoorNovaspaceSpace art
Feb-96Chris SchurSACAstrophotography
Jan-96Jeff HesterASUHST view of M16 and other nebulae
Dec-95Susan PritchardSACChristmas party
Nov-95Jim Rice/Ken EdgettASUMars Planned Missions
Oct-95Amanda BoshLowell ObservatorySaturn’s disappearing rings
Sep-95Steve CoeSACEyepieces
Aug-95MembersSACShow and tell
Jul-95Randall WhitlockASUHow to spot a meteorite
Jun-95Peter WehingerASUASU telescope for students
May-95Pete ManlySACAirborne astronomy
Apr-95Gene LucasSACThe eye in astronomy
Mar-95Ralph AeschlimanUSGS-FlagstaffPlanetary mapping
Feb-95Dan MatlagaASU planetarium40,000 years of mythology
Jan-95Kim PoorNovaspaceSpace art
Dec-94Leroy PallerSACChristmas party
Nov-94Pierre Schwaar/Paul LindSACEclipse trip to Peru
Oct-94Jeff HesterASUHST: recent improvements
Sep-94Jim ScottiKPNOSpacewatch program
Aug-94Steve MutzASUImages of faint galaxies from HST
Jul-94Jeff HopkinsSACAstrology and astronomy
Jun-94MembersSACShow and tell
May-94David Jacobs/Ben MixonASU/SW MuseumArcheoastronomy
Apr-94Paul CombaAmateurAsteroid discovery
Mar-94Rick BlakelyAmateurEvaluating telescopes
Feb-94Henry Vanderbilt?Space Access Society
Jan-94Tom PolakisSACChile observing
Dec-93Leroy PallerSACChristmas party
Nov-93None None
Oct-93None None
Sep-93Steve CoeSACHumanity discovers island universes
Aug-93Frank ZulloAmateurAstrophotography
Jul-93Chris SchurSACDarkroom procedures for astrophotography
Jun-93David LevyAmateurBreakup of Shoemaker-Levy 9
May-93MembersSACShow and tell
Apr-93David BursteinASUDark matter and the fate of the universe
Mar-93David CrawfordIDALight pollution and how to fight it
Feb-93Phil ChristensenASUMars Observerver
Jan-93Leon KnottAmateurTelescope making
Dec-92Paul LindSACChristmas party
Nov-92None Swap meet
Oct-92MembersSACPiggyback astrophotography
Sep-92Jeff HesterASUHST experiences
Aug-92Rick RotramelSACUofA mirror lab
Jul-92Gerry RattleySACPlanetary nebulae
Jun-92David LevyAmateurArt of finding comets
May-92Brian SkiffLowell ObservatoryStarspots and tomorrow’s weather
Apr-92Derald NyeAmateurPast eclipse results
Mar-92None None
Feb-92Stan StudentSACBackyard observatory in Scottsdale
Jan-92Chris SchurSACAstrophotography with SBIG autoguider
Dec-91Paul LindSACChristmas party
Nov-91None Swap meet
Oct-91Steve CoeSACHistory of astrophotography
Sep-91Jack LarmerASUPlanetary formation in the Solar System
Aug-91MembersSACBaja solar eclipse
Jul-91Rick Rotramel/Jeff CharlesSACMazatlan total eclipse report
Jun-91MembersSACEclipse preparation
May-91Kurt ZebatelASUTunguska movie
Apr-91David BursteinASUCosmology
Mar-91Pera AnnestadASUGases and dust between the stars
Feb-91Paul KnauthASUMalin Slides and ESO
Jan-91Pete BurggraafSACHarquahala Observatory
Dec-90Steve CoeSACChristmas party
Nov-90Steve CoeSACSerendipity in astronomy
Oct-90Pierre SchwaarSACVideo of moon and planets
Sep-90Peter WehingerASUMt Graham Observatory
Aug-905 from SACSACAustralia trip
Jul-90Brian SkiffLowell ObservatoryChile observing
Jun-90David LevyAmateurComet, nova, comet
May-90Neville WoolfUofAPlanned telescopes/Mt. Graham
Apr-90Tom Polakis/Pierre SchwaarSACFive years in SAC/Video
Mar-90Robert FriedBraeside ObservatoryPhotometry
Feb-90George CoyneVatican ObservatoryBirth of stars and galaxies
Jan-90Ken ZieglerAmateurHigh school astronomical consortium
Dec-89Steve CoeSACChristmas party
Nov-89AJ CrayonSACDrawing astronomical objects
Oct-89Dan BrociousSAO/MMTMMT
Sep-89Randy WhitlockASUMeteorite study
Aug-89Ted BowellLowell ObservatoryAsteroid research
Jul-89Pete ManlySACBright sky astronomy
Jun-89David LevyAmateurComet hunting, variable stars
May-89Carolyn Collins PetersonU. of ColoradoPlanetary science and comets
Apr-89Arthur HoagLowell ObservatorySimple experiments
Mar-89Linda StrikerASU?Cosmology/galaxy collisions
Feb-89Chris SchurSACAstro films
Jan-89David CrawfordSACIDA
Dec-88Steve CoeSACChristmas party
Nov-88Steve CoeSACHistory of the NGC
Oct-88Jeff CharlesSACMt. Kobau Star Party in Canada
Sep-88Pierre SchwaarSACClose approach of Mars
Aug-88Rik HillKPNOAmateur solar work
Jul-887 from SACSACAustralia trip
Jun-88MembersSACShow and Tell
May-88Merle ParmerDeVry InstituteJPL and the Galileo Project
Apr-88MembersSACShow and Tell
Mar-88Clyde TombaughLowell ObservatoryDiscovery of Pluto (at Brophy Prep.)
Feb-88Pete ManlySACWeird telescopes
Jan-88Carleton MooreASUMoon rocks
Dec-87Steve CoeSACChristmas party
Nov-87Brian SkiffLowell ObservatoryAtmospheric haloes and rainbows
Oct-87Anne CowleyASUAstronomy in China
Sep-87Ken ZieglerAmateurHigh school astronomy program
Aug-87Paul TierneyAmateurAustralian amateur astronomy
Jul-87Jim ScottiSteward ObservatoryFaint comet recovery
Jun-87David LevyAmateurHistory of comet discoveries
May-87Ed PhillipsKTAR radioPhx weather and Australia trip
Apr-87Steve CoeSACLord Rosse’s career
Mar-87MembersSACShow and Tell
Feb-87Peter WehingerASUComet Halley results
Jan-87Pete ManlySACPlanetary ring formation
Dec-86Reata Pass Steakhouse Christmas party
Nov-86David BursteinASUCosmology
Oct-86MembersSACQ&A panel discussion
Sep-86Curt TaylorSACVisual sensitivity and observing techniques
Aug-86Carleton MooreASUMeteorite study
Jul-86Ure CorsentyASU?Formation of the Solar System
Jun-86Pete ManlySACRadio astronomy/VLA
May-86Coe/Fredericksen/SchurSACAustralia trip
Apr-86Jeff CharlesSACEclipses
Mar-86Gerry RattleySACLunar grazing occultation timing
Feb-86Steve CoeSACHis 18″ f/6 Dobsonian
Jan-86Kathy TerryASUImpact of Comet Halley on people
Dec-85Pinnacle Peak Patio Christmas party
Nov-85None None
Oct-85Russell GenetAmateurAutomatic photoelectric telescopes
Sep-85None Swap meet
Aug-85Paul KnauthASUClimactic History of Earth
Jul-85Gerry RattleySACOrbits of visual binary stars
Jun-85Chris Schur/Steve CoeSACComets
May-85Paul SchmidtkeASUEpslion Aurigae
Apr-85Bil RomonshinASUGases in galaxy clusters
Mar-85David LevyAmateurObserving in shadow of Kitt Peak
Feb-85Dave SchleicherASUSolar System history/recent discovery
Jan-85Susan WyckoffASUQSO’s, also Comet Halley
Dec-84Betty Gardner Christmas party
Nov-84G. Harry Stein?The development of space
Oct-84Frank Bronwell?FAR telescope in Tasmania
Sep-84Robert MillisLowell ObservatoryAsteroid occultations
Aug-84Mark WagnerASUSS433
Jul-84Steve CoeSACPlanetary nebulae
Jun-84Ken ZieglerAmateurAsteroid photometry
May-84Kim PoorNovaspaceSpace art
Apr-84Dan BrociousMMTWorld’s largest telescopes
Mar-84MembersSACShow and Tell
Feb-84Anne CowleyASULMC X-1: A Black Hole?
Jan-84Peter WehingerASUComet Halley – amateur work
Dec-83Scottsdale Hilton Christmas party
Nov-83Brad WhitmoreASUGyroscope galaxies
Oct-83Ron GreeleyASUSolar System spacecraft exploration
Sep-83Steve CoeSACPiggyback Astrophotography
Aug-83Gerry RattleySACThe Java Eclipse
Jul-83Delores HillKPNOMeteorite study
Jun-83Wally BrownSACSketching planets
May-83MembersSACShow and Tell
Apr-83Clyde TombaughLowell ObservatorySearch for Planet X
Mar-83John WintersGlendale Comm. Coll.Variable star observing
Feb-83Rik HillKPNOAmateur solar observations
Jan-83MembersSACShow and Tell
Dec-82Pinnacle Peak PatioSACChristmas Party
Nov-82Scott StiersSACWilliam Herschel
Oct-82Desmond WelchUSAFShuttle Launches and Landings
Sep-82Ron EvansNASAApollo 17 Command Module / Shuttle
Aug-82Curt TaylorSACGas Giants
Jul-82Pete ManlySACObservatories
Jun-82   
May-82Mike FlinschSACComets and Meteorites
Apr-82Mike MarronSACEarth Shattering Evolution
Mar-82Dave FredericksenSACScopes and Mounts
Feb-82Wally BrownSACStars
Jan-82John GeromettaSACObserving Double Stars
Dec-81 SACChristmas Party
Nov-81   
Oct-81   
Sep-81Dave FredericksenSACConstructing a Dobsonian
Aug-81   
Jul-81   
Jun-81John GeromettaSACObserving Double Stars
May-81Pete ManlySACSolar Eclipses
Apr-81   
Mar-81MembersSACTelescope Fair
Feb-81Wally BrownSACMessier Marathon
Jan-81Fred TrettaSACTelescope Mountings
Dec-80   
Nov-80   
Oct-80   
Sep-80 SACScience Fiction Films
Aug-80   
Jul-80   
Jun-80   
May-80   
Apr-80   
Mar-80   
Feb-80   
Jan-80   
Dec-79   
Nov-79   
Oct-79   
Sep-79Dave MatlagaASUMark Twain and Astronomy
Aug-79   
Jul-79   
Jun-79   
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