From Shaner at lpi.usra.edu Tue Jan 9 09:49:40 2018 From: Shaner at lpi.usra.edu (Shaner, Andrew) Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2018 15:49:40 +0000 Subject: [Cosmic-Explorations] Johnson Space Center Astronomical Society Meeting this Friday! In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <6EA50749A44BB44CAA69F6B11437333101F38A76D5@HOUMAIL01.cass.loc> Johnson Space Center Astronomical Society Meeting Join us this Friday night, January 12th, as former JSCAS President, Dennis Webb, talks about "Messier 51: Things You Might Not Know." Webb, who now lives in north Texas, retired from JSC in 2008 after 36 years in Mission Operations. He has coauthored six books on astronomy: 5 volumes of Annals of the Deep Sky and the acclaimed Arp Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies. He started his amateur astronomer career in 1989, has built his own 18-inch telescope, and become an astrophotographer. Join us as Dennis takes us on a "Whirlpool" of an adventure around Messier 51. Our other short talks will be: "DIY Astronomy", "Astro Oddities", the informative "Member's Minute", a Calendar of this year's Upcoming Star Parties and the Novice Q&A where you get to ask us questions about astronomy! (After-Meeting discussions continue at Mod Pizza.) JSCAS is open to anyone who wants to learn about astronomy and membership is FREE! (It's the best offer money can't buy!) After joining, you'll have access to our amazing Astronomy DVD Library with 100's of choices to learn from (from Astronomy Magazine, NASA, The Great Courses, Discovery Channel, etc.). Our meetings are held on the 2nd Friday of each month at 7:30 pm in the lecture hall of the USRA Bldg. (3600 Bay Area Blvd. at Middlebrook Dr., aka The Lunar & Planetary Institute) For more info, see our website at jscas.net Note to all those who have borrowed DVDs from the JSCAS Media Library: The Library will NOT be available at this meeting. Please hang on to your DVDs for the February meeting. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Shaner at lpi.usra.edu Mon Feb 5 16:21:30 2018 From: Shaner at lpi.usra.edu (Shaner, Andrew) Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2018 22:21:30 +0000 Subject: [Cosmic-Explorations] Johnson Space Center Astronomical Society Meeting this Friday! In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <6EA50749A44BB44CAA69F6B11437333101F38C5D41@HOUMAIL01.cass.loc> Johnson Space Center Astronomical Society Meeting Join us this Friday evening, February 9th, as Dr. David Haviland of the Johnson Space Center Astronomical Society (JSCAS) takes us "Inside the 2017 Solar Eclipse With DIY Astronomy Tools." Haviland is an experienced astronomer, having logged countless hours of observation, outreach and leadership through multiple astronomical organizations around the area (and having been a former President of two of them!) He will present Do-It-Yourself tools you can build to monitor weather and astronomical events. Join us as David shares his 2017 eclipse adventure, and start planning your 2024 adventure! Our other short talks will be: "What's Up? (In The Sky This Month)", "Astro Oddities", the informative "Member's Minute", a Calendar of this year's Upcoming Star Parties and the Novice Q&A where you get to ask us questions about astronomy! (After-Meeting discussions continue at Mod Pizza.) JSCAS is open to anyone who wants to learn about astronomy and membership is FREE! (It's the best offer money can't buy!) After joining, you'll have access to our amazing Astronomy DVD Library with 100's of choices to learn from (from Astronomy Magazine, NASA, The Great Courses, Discovery Channel, etc.). Our meetings are held on the 2nd Friday of each month at 7:30 pm in the lecture hall of the USRA Bldg. (3600 Bay Area Blvd. at Middlebrook Dr., aka The Lunar & Planetary Institute) For more info, see our website at jscas.net Note to all those who have borrowed DVDs from the JSCAS Media Library: PLEASE BRING THEM BACK AT THE BEGINNING & DURING THE BREAK AT THIS MEETING. YES, you can check them out again...or acquire new ones! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Shaner at lpi.usra.edu Wed Mar 7 08:29:33 2018 From: Shaner at lpi.usra.edu (Shaner, Andrew) Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2018 14:29:33 +0000 Subject: [Cosmic-Explorations] Johnson Space Center Astronomical Society Meeting this Friday! In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <6EA50749A44BB44CAA69F6B11437333101F38DE118@HOUMAIL01.cass.loc> Johnson Space Center Astronomical Society Meeting Join us this Friday evening, March 9th, as Al Kelly from the JSCAS takes us on a journey through his "Travels In Astrophotography." Kelly, retired from JSC in 2005 after 35 years, found a love of astronomy at the age of 10. By age 12, Kelly had built his own telescope through which he saw the rings of Saturn for the first time. So join us this Friday as we explore astrophotography, from film cameras to CCDs. (You can probably expect plenty of "ooooohs" and "aaaaahs"!) Our other short talks will be: "D-I-Y Astronomy", "Astro Oddities", the informative "Member's Minute", a Calendar of this year's Upcoming Star Parties and the STAR Time Q&A where you get to ask us questions about astronomy! (After-Meeting discussions continue at Mod Pizza.) JSCAS is open to anyone who wants to learn about astronomy and membership is FREE! (It's the best offer money can't buy!) After joining, you'll have access to our amazing Astronomy DVD Library with 100's of choices to learn from (from Astronomy Magazine, NASA, The Great Courses, Discovery Channel, etc.). Our meetings are held on the 2nd Friday of each month at 7:30 pm in the lecture hall of the USRA Bldg. (3600 Bay Area Blvd. at Middlebrook Dr., aka The Lunar & Planetary Institute) For more info, see our website at jscas.net Note to all those who have borrowed DVDs from the JSCAS Media Library: Please HOLD your DVDs until next month as the Library will not be available this Friday. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Shaner at lpi.usra.edu Tue Apr 10 08:01:37 2018 From: Shaner at lpi.usra.edu (Shaner, Andrew) Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2018 13:01:37 +0000 Subject: [Cosmic-Explorations] Johnson Space Center Astronomical Society Meeting this Friday! In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <6EA50749A44BB44CAA69F6B11437333101F3910F6F@HOUMAIL01.cass.loc> Johnson Space Center Astronomical Society Meeting This Friday evening presentation is "Mars Insight: Looking Below the Surface", presented by two speakers: Annie Wargetz and Leonard Ferguson. Both speakers are Jet Propulsion Laboratory Solar System Ambassadors. Join us as we explore NASA's next mission to the Red Planet! Our other short talks will be: "What's Up? (In the Sky This Month)", "Astro Oddities", "D-I-Y Astronomy", the informative "Member's Minute", a Calendar of this year's Upcoming Star Parties and STAR Time (a chance were you can "Show, Tell, Ask or Respond" to the group)! BTW...after-meeting discussions continue at Mod Pizza. JSCAS is open to anyone who wants to learn about astronomy and membership is FREE! (It's the best offer money can't buy!) After joining, you'll have access to our amazing Astronomy DVD Library with 100's of choices to learn from (from Astronomy Magazine, NASA, The Great Courses, Discovery Channel, etc.). Our meetings are held on the 2nd Friday of each month at 7:30 pm in the lecture hall of the USRA Bldg. (3600 Bay Area Blvd. at Middlebrook Dr., aka The Lunar & Planetary Institute) For more info, see our website at jscas.net Note to all those who have borrowed DVDs from the JSCAS Media Library: Please return your borrowed DVDs before the meeting or during the break. Yes, you can check them out again! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Shaner at lpi.usra.edu Mon May 7 08:37:07 2018 From: Shaner at lpi.usra.edu (Shaner, Andrew) Date: Mon, 7 May 2018 13:37:07 +0000 Subject: [Cosmic-Explorations] Johnson Space Center Astronomical Society Meeting This Friday! Message-ID: <6EA50749A44BB44CAA69F6B11437333101F396E358@HOUMAIL01.cass.loc> Johnson Space Center Astronomical Society Meeting Join us NEXT FRIDAY NIGHT, MAY 11th, 7:30, as Darrin Lewer of Land, Sea, & Sky discusses the "Trends in Telescopes, Eyepieces & Binoculars for Astronomy." Darrin will have a variety of astronomy equipment on-hand for his presentation. Lewer started his astronomy journey as a teen and went on to co-found the Texas A&M Astronomy Club before joining LS&S where he has worked for the last 20 years. If you are looking to get started in astronomy...OR considering an up-grade...this is the presentation for you! Darrin knows his stuff! Our other short talks will be: "Astro Oddities", "D-I-Y Astronomy", the informative "Member's Minute", a Calendar of this year's Upcoming Star Parties and STAR Time (a chance were you can "Show, Tell, Ask or Respond" to the group)! BTW...after-meeting discussions continue at Mod Pizza. JSCAS is open to anyone who wants to learn about astronomy and membership is FREE! (It's the best offer money can't buy!) After joining, you'll have access to our amazing Astronomy DVD Library with 100's of choices to learn from (from Astronomy Magazine, NASA, The Great Courses, Discovery Channel, etc.). Our meetings are held on the 2nd Friday of each month at 7:30 pm in the lecture hall of the USRA Bldg. (3600 Bay Area Blvd. at Middlebrook Dr., aka The Lunar & Planetary Institute) For more info, see our website at jscas.net Note to all those who have borrowed DVDs from the JSCAS Media Library: THE LIBRARY WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE FOR THIS MEETING. Please bring your DVDs to the next meeting, June 8th. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Shaner at lpi.usra.edu Tue Jun 5 12:46:31 2018 From: Shaner at lpi.usra.edu (Shaner, Andrew) Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2018 17:46:31 +0000 Subject: [Cosmic-Explorations] Johnson Space Center Astronomical Society Meeting this Friday! In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <6EA50749A44BB44CAA69F6B11437333101F39B04BA@HOUMAIL01.cass.loc> Johnson Space Center Astronomical Society Meeting Join us this Friday evening, June 8th, as Rodney Rocha discusses "The Hyperboles of Hyperbolas". Rocha is an Aerospace Engineer in the Structural Engineering Division at JSC, whose hobbies include astronomy and orbital mechanics. His presentations are always hands-on and very interesting, so join us and get your orbital mechanics on! Our other short talks will be: "Astro Oddities", "What's Up? (In the Sky this month)", the informative "Member's Minute", a Calendar of this year's Upcoming Star Parties and STAR Time (a chance were you can "Show, Tell, Ask or Respond" to the group)! BTW...after-meeting discussions continue at Mod Pizza. JSCAS is open to anyone who wants to learn about astronomy and membership is FREE! (It's the best offer money can't buy!) After joining, you'll have access to our amazing Astronomy DVD Library with 100's of choices to learn from (from Astronomy Magazine, NASA, The Great Courses, Discovery Channel, etc.). Our meetings are held on the 2nd Friday of each month at 7:30 pm in the lecture hall of the USRA Bldg. (3600 Bay Area Blvd. at Middlebrook Dr., aka The Lunar & Planetary Institute) For more info, see our website at jscas.net Note to all those who have borrowed DVDs from the JSCAS Media Library: Please return your borrowed DVDs before the meeting or during the break. Yes, you can check them out again! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Shaner at lpi.usra.edu Wed Aug 8 13:34:23 2018 From: Shaner at lpi.usra.edu (Shaner, Andrew) Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2018 18:34:23 +0000 Subject: [Cosmic-Explorations] Johnson Space Center Astronomical Society Meeting this Friday! In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <6EA50749A44BB44CAA69F6B11437333101F39F4B94@HOUMAIL01.cass.loc> Johnson Space Center Astronomical Society Meeting Join us Friday evening, August 10th, as Dr. Brandon Reddell discusses the 'Conditions for Habitability: A Galactic Perspective'. Reddell is a physicist who for 15 years has studied space radiation environments and its effects at NASA Johnson Space Center, and currently with the International Space Station Program Science Office. He will discuss how habitability is evaluated for exoplanets. Brandon has been an amateur astronomer for most of his life and got his PhD in the area of high energy physics. He occasionally teaches Astronomy and Physics at UHCL. "The search for exoplanets has lead the scientific community to evaluate the concept of habitability. In a previous talk, I showed that planetary habitability is much more than just requiring liquid water. In this talk we back up a level and look at our Milky Way Galaxy to understand habitability from a galaxy point of view." So please join us! Our agenda also includes the short talks: "Astro Oddities", "What's Up (In the Sky this Month)?", "Member's Minutes", and STAR Time: a chance were you can "Show, Tell, Ask or Respond" to the group. BTW...after-meeting discussions continue at Mod Pizza. JSCAS is open to anyone who wants to learn about astronomy and membership is FREE! (It's the best offer money can't buy!) After joining, you'll have access to our amazing Astronomy DVD Library with 100's of choices to learn from (from Astronomy Magazine, NASA, The Great Courses, Discovery Channel, etc.). Our meetings are held on the 2nd Friday of each month at 7:30 pm in the lecture hall of the USRA Bldg. (3600 Bay Area Blvd. at Middlebrook Dr., aka The Lunar & Planetary Institute) For more info, see our website at jscas.net Note to all those who have borrowed DVDs from the JSCAS Media Library: Please return your borrowed DVDs before the meeting or during the break. Yes, you can check them out again! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Shaner at lpi.usra.edu Wed Oct 10 15:34:05 2018 From: Shaner at lpi.usra.edu (Shaner, Andrew) Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2018 20:34:05 +0000 Subject: [Cosmic-Explorations] Johnson Space Center Astronomical Society Meeting this Friday! 7:30pm Message-ID: <6EA50749A44BB44CAA69F6B11437333101F3A49A4B@HOUMAIL01.cass.loc> Johnson Space Center Astronomical Society Meeting Join us this Friday, October 12th, when JSC Astronomical Society's (JSCAS) own Paul Maley (now living in Arizona) speaks on "Astronomical Travels in 2018 & Future Adventures". Maley is a longtime member of the JSCAS and has traveled to 287 countries and territories in search of the best spots on Earth to watch astronomical phenomena such as eclipses of the sun and minor planet occultations. (Paul has also just returned from Alaska where he says he's witnessed the best Auroras ever...of which he will present the results.) Come learn about these exciting adventures and how you can join in! Our agenda also includes the short talks: "Astro Oddities", "D-I-Y Astronomy", "Member's Minutes", and STAR Time: a chance were you can "Show, Tell, Ask or Respond" to the group. BTW...after-meeting discussions continue at Mod Pizza. JSCAS is open to anyone who wants to learn about astronomy and membership is FREE! (It's the best offer money can't buy!) After joining, you'll have access to our amazing Astronomy DVD Library with 100's of choices to learn from (from Astronomy Magazine, NASA, The Great Courses, Discovery Channel, etc.). Our meetings are held on the 2nd Friday of each month at 7:30 pm in the lecture hall of the USRA Bldg. (3600 Bay Area Blvd. at Middlebrook Dr., aka The Lunar & Planetary Institute) For more info, see our website at jscas.net Note to all those who have borrowed DVDs from the JSCAS Media Library: Please return your borrowed DVDs before the meeting or during the break. Yes, you can check them out again! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Shaner at lpi.usra.edu Wed Nov 7 07:33:04 2018 From: Shaner at lpi.usra.edu (Shaner, Andrew) Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2018 13:33:04 +0000 Subject: [Cosmic-Explorations] Johnson Space Center Astronomical Society Meeting this Friday! In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <6EA50749A44BB44CAA69F6B11437333101F3A8C445@HOUMAIL01.cass.loc> Johnson Space Center Astronomical Society Meeting Join us this Friday, November 9th, 7:30 pm, when Dr. Conrad Wells of JSC will share with us his experience "Testing the James Webb Space Telescope in Chamber A at JSC: Lessons Learned at 20 Kelvin, Including How to Survive Harvey!" Dr. Wells earned his PhD in Optical Engineering from the University of Arizona and now serves as the Deputy Optical Test Director for the cryogenic test of the JWST. This presentation is sure to be enlightening! Our agenda also includes the short talks: "Astro Oddities", "D-I-Y Astronomy", "Member's Minutes", and STAR Time: a chance were you can "Show, Tell, Ask or Respond" to the group. BTW...after-meeting discussions continue at Mod Pizza. JSCAS is open to anyone who wants to learn about astronomy and membership is FREE! (It's the best offer money can't buy!) After joining, you'll have access to our amazing Astronomy DVD Library with 100's of choices to learn from (from Astronomy Magazine, NASA, The Great Courses, Discovery Channel, etc.). Our meetings are held on the 2nd Friday of each month at 7:30 pm in the lecture hall of the USRA Bldg. (3600 Bay Area Blvd. at Middlebrook Dr., aka The Lunar & Planetary Institute) For more info, see our website at jscas.net Note to all those who have borrowed DVDs from the JSCAS Media Library: Please return your borrowed DVDs before the meeting or during the break. Yes, you can check them out again! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Shaner at lpi.usra.edu Mon Dec 10 21:56:06 2018 From: Shaner at lpi.usra.edu (Shaner, Andrew) Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2018 03:56:06 +0000 Subject: [Cosmic-Explorations] Johnson Space Center Astronomical Society Meeting this Friday! In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <6EA50749A44BB44CAA69F6B11437333101F3ABDECA@HOUMAIL01.cass.loc> Johnson Space Center Astronomical Society Meeting Join us this Friday, December 14th, at 6:30 p.m. on the lawn outside of the Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI) for our monthly meeting. This month, members of the JSC Astronomical Society will have telescopes set up for observing. Stop by for an opportunity to look through a variety of different amateur telescopes. If the weather is cloudy, then our meeting will begin at 7:30 p.m. inside the LPI Auditorium, where members of the club will give a wide-range of Astronomy 101 presentations. Rain or shine, this meeting is perfect for anyone who would like to get started in astronomy! JSCAS is open to anyone who wants to learn about astronomy and membership is FREE! (It's the best offer money can't buy!) After joining, you'll have access to our amazing Astronomy DVD Library with 100's of choices to learn from (from Astronomy Magazine, NASA, The Great Courses, Discovery Channel, etc.). Our meetings are held on the 2nd Friday of each month at 7:30 pm in the lecture hall of the USRA Bldg. (3600 Bay Area Blvd. at Middlebrook Dr., aka The Lunar & Planetary Institute) For more info, see our website at jscas.net BTW...After-meeting discussions continue at Mod Pizza. Note to all those who have borrowed DVDs from the JSCAS Media Library: Please return your borrowed DVDs. Yes, you can check them out again! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: