From Shaner at lpi.usra.edu Wed Jan 8 08:23:05 2020 From: Shaner at lpi.usra.edu (Shaner, Andrew) Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2020 14:23:05 +0000 Subject: [Cosmic-Explorations] Johnson Space Center Astronomical Society Meeting this Friday! In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Johnson Space Center Astronomical Society Meeting Join us this Friday night, January 10th at 7:30 pm, as Bill Spizzirri from the Fort Bend Astronomy Club speaks on "Meteors and Meteorites." Mr. Spizzirri is a retired mainframe software engineer from Chicago and former president of the astronomy club there. And better yet...he has been studying astronomy for over 60 years! Our agenda also includes the short talks: "What's Up? (in the Sky this Month)", "Member's Minutes", "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 Lunar & Planetary Institute. (3600 Bay Area Blvd. at Middlebrook Dr., aka USRA Bldg.) 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! (3 NEW Sky Atlas'...still in their packaging...are now available. Don't leave home without one!) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Shaner at lpi.usra.edu Fri Jan 10 14:07:36 2020 From: Shaner at lpi.usra.edu (Shaner, Andrew) Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2020 20:07:36 +0000 Subject: [Cosmic-Explorations] CANCELLED: Johnson Space Center Astronomical Society Meeting this Friday! Message-ID: TONIGHT'S MEETING HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER Johnson Space Center Astronomical Society Meeting Join us this Friday night, January 10th at 7:30 pm, as Bill Spizzirri from the Fort Bend Astronomy Club speaks on "Meteors and Meteorites." Mr. Spizzirri is a retired mainframe software engineer from Chicago and former president of the astronomy club there. And better yet...he has been studying astronomy for over 60 years! Our agenda also includes the short talks: "What's Up? (in the Sky this Month)", "Member's Minutes", "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 Lunar & Planetary Institute. (3600 Bay Area Blvd. at Middlebrook Dr., aka USRA Bldg.) 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! (3 NEW Sky Atlas'...still in their packaging...are now available. Don't leave home without one!) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Shaner at lpi.usra.edu Wed Feb 12 08:37:09 2020 From: Shaner at lpi.usra.edu (Shaner, Andrew) Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2020 14:37:09 +0000 Subject: [Cosmic-Explorations] Johnson Space Center Astronomical Society Meeting this Friday! In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Johnson Space Center Astronomical Society Meeting Join us this Friday night, February 14th at 7:30 pm, as Dr. Aaron Clevenson, Director of Humble ISD's Insperity Observatory and Astronomical League Coordinator for the North Houston Astronomy Club, shares "The Wonders of Saturn". Dr. Clevenson will take us all on a journey to discover this gas giant with its dazzling system of icy rings. So join us as we explore the 6th planet! Our agenda also includes the short talks: "What's Up? (in the Sky this Month)", "Member's Minutes", "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.) 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URL: From Shaner at lpi.usra.edu Tue Mar 10 08:06:40 2020 From: Shaner at lpi.usra.edu (Shaner, Andrew) Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2020 13:06:40 +0000 Subject: [Cosmic-Explorations] Johnson Space Center Astronomical Society Meeting this Friday! In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Johnson Space Center Astronomical Society Meeting Join us this Friday, March 13th at 7:30 pm, as JSCAS's own Paul Maley will speak on "Solar Eclipse, Earth Satellite and Minor Planet Occultation Happenings". Paul, who lives in Arizona, is a long-time member of JSCAS and has traveled and taken groups to 287 countries and territories in search of the best spots on earth to watch astronomical phenomena. These events include total eclipses of the sun and recording minor planet occultations and auroras. Come learn about these exciting adventures and how you can join in! Our agenda also includes the short talks: "Member's Minutes", "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 Lunar & Planetary Institute. (3600 Bay Area Blvd. at Middlebrook Dr., aka USRA Bldg.) 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! (3 NEW Sky Atlas'...still in their packaging...are now available. 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Johnson Space Center Astronomical Society Meeting this Friday Message-ID: Johnson Space Center Astronomical Society Meeting For our meeting this Friday, April 10th, Justin McCollum will be telling us about 'Mechanics of Lunar Motion'. His presentation will be live streamed starting at 7:30 PM on YouTube at the link below. (You may ask questions during the meeting in the comments section of the YouTube livestream (if you have an account that will allow you to leave comments) or by sending your question by email to mccollumjjj at gmail.com). https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGl4K8oBE66obPkl1sNBxoQ Mr. Justin McCollum is an Education Coordinator in the Department of Physics at Lamar University. Justin helps in the organization and development of laboratory experiments including coordination of equipment acquisition, lab curriculum development, research in multi-functional goals of various apparatuses, laboratory modification, and data collection techniques for experimental courses. Justin has helped in studies involving comet photometry & morphology. He is performing current analyses of photometry data and morphological studies of comet behavior in future prediction and orbital analysis of such minor planets for better understanding of the primeval periods of the formation of the solar system. His alias of Professor Comet issues a monthly and bimonthly journal on the collection and study of observational, photometric, photo-spectroscopic, and spectroscopic data of comets. Also, Justin has been employed as a part-time Education Instructor at Space Center Houston since August 2019 with Astronomy & Space Exploration based activities both face-to-face and online. Recently he graduated with a certification degree in Data Science from the Institution known as Woz U (developed by co-founder of Apple Computers, Steve Wozniak) through the Southern Careers Institute. His final project involved the search and analysis of potentially habitable, Earth-like exoplanets and frequency plus commonality native to red-dwarf stars vs other types of stars based on the HR Diagram and the well known Havard Classification System of stars (OBFAGKMLTY). 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 Lunar & Planetary Institute. (3600 Bay Area Blvd. at Middlebrook Dr., aka USRA Bldg.) 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 borrowed DVDs until the next meeting at the Lunar & Planetary Institute. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Shaner at lpi.usra.edu Wed May 6 18:06:29 2020 From: Shaner at lpi.usra.edu (Shaner, Andrew) Date: Wed, 6 May 2020 23:06:29 +0000 Subject: [Cosmic-Explorations] Johnson Space Center Astronomical Society Meeting this Friday - ONLINE In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Johnson Space Center Astronomical Society Meeting -- ONLINE The May meeting of the JSCAS will be held ONLINE, this Friday, May 8th at 7:30 pm, on YouTube. (See below.) This month's Speaker will be Dr. Brandon Reddell who will discuss 'Astrophysics Using the ISS: An overview of the AMS and NICER experiments.' Tune in and join us and learn about these amazing Low Earth Orbit experiments! Brandon currently works in the International Space Station Research Integration Office helping investigators in getting their research onto the ISS platform. Previously he spent over 15 years working ionizing radiation environments and effects for various NASA missions. He holds a PhD in Physics from the University of Houston and an MS in Applied Physics from Johns Hopkins University with his interests being in high energy physics and space physics. Brandon enjoys amateur astronomy and is a member of JSCAS. He occasionally teaches physics and astronomy at UHCL. The meeting can be accessed by going to the JSCAS YouTube Channel at the link https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCf1NUQVpZ8mB2h5JFVra_tg To submit questions for our presenters during the meeting, please either enter your questions as a YouTube comment (if you have an account that will allow doing so) or send your questions to jscaslive at gmail.com Here is the meeting agenda: Welcome - Doug Holland Presentation - Astrophysics Using the ISS: An overview of the AMS and NICER experiments - Brandon Reddell Star Party News - David Haviland DIY Astronomy - Rigging for Remote Imaging - Chris Wells & Treavor Quinn DIY Astronomical Spectroscopy - Doug Holland Members Minute - Recollections of James Peebles, 2019 Nobel Laureate in Physics for advances in physical cosmology - Jerry Campbell 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 Lunar & Planetary Institute. (3600 Bay Area Blvd. at Middlebrook Dr., aka USRA Bldg.) 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 borrowed DVDs until the next meeting at the Lunar & Planetary Institute. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Shaner at lpi.usra.edu Mon Jun 8 09:17:26 2020 From: Shaner at lpi.usra.edu (Shaner, Andrew) Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2020 14:17:26 +0000 Subject: [Cosmic-Explorations] Johnson Space Center Astronomical Society Meeting this Friday - ONLINE In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Johnson Space Center Astronomical Society Meeting - ONLINE The June meeting of the JSCAS will be held ONLINE, this Friday, June 12th at 7:30 pm, on YouTube. (See below.) This month's speakers will be Leonard Ferguson & Annie Wargetz who will discuss "The Road Goes Ever On: The Martian Rovers and Our Path to the Red Planet.' Tune in and join us! The meeting can be accessed by going to the JSCAS YouTube Channel at the link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCf1NUQVpZ8mB2h5JFVra_tg To submit questions for our presenters during the meeting, please either enter your questions as a YouTube comment (if you have an account that will allow doing so) or send your questions to: jscaslive at gmail.com Also, the JSCAS YouTube Channel link will be posted on the JSCAS web page: http://www.jscas.net Leonard Ferguson is an active amateur astronomer with a particular interest in our sun and variable stars. He is a longtime volunteer at the Houston Museum of Natural Science's George Observatory, conducting classroom presentations during public star parties and assisting with the operation of the domed telescopes. Leonard is active in Fort Bend Astronomy Club, assisting with educational programs and helping to support and organize club meetings and activities and also writes stargazing articles for several publications. Annie Wargetz is a life-long space enthusiast who has a passion for getting the public and all those around her as excited about space exploration as she is. Annie holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Houston in Communications. She focused on public relations/advertising and earned a minor in mathematics. She holds a graduate degree in Space Sciences from the University of North Dakota where she focused her studies on human spaceflight. Her favorite topics to speak on are human spaceflight, any of the multitudes of NASA missions, and heliophysics. Here is the meeting agenda: Welcome - Doug Holland, JSCAS President Main Presentation - The Road Goes Ever On: The Martian Rovers and Our Path to the Red Planet - Leonard Ferguson & Annie Wargetz DIY Astronomy - Rigging for Remote Imaging, Chris Wells & Treavor Quinn Star Party News - David Haviland 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 Lunar & Planetary Institute. (3600 Bay Area Blvd. at Middlebrook Dr., aka USRA Bldg.) 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 borrowed DVDs until the next meeting at the Lunar & Planetary Institute. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Shaner at lpi.usra.edu Wed Jul 8 09:24:53 2020 From: Shaner at lpi.usra.edu (Shaner, Andrew) Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2020 14:24:53 +0000 Subject: [Cosmic-Explorations] Johnson Space Center Astronomical Society Meeting this Friday - ONLINE In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Johnson Space Center Astronomical Society Meeting - ONLINE The July meeting of the JSCAS will be held ONLINE, this Friday, July 10th at 7:30 pm, on YouTube. (See below.) This month's speaker is Bill Spizzirri, who will discuss "Meteors and Meteorites". He has belonged to several astronomy clubs for 42 years and served in various offices including president of an astronomy club in Chicago. His favorite astronomy activity is teaching children and the general public about the night sky. Join us on Friday for what will be a fun and engaging talk for all ages about all things "shooting stars". Tune in and join us! The meeting can be accessed by going to the JSCAS YouTube Channel at the link: https://bit.ly/3gTpqvU To submit questions for our presenters during the meeting, please either enter your questions as a YouTube comment (if you have an account that will allow doing so) or send your questions to: jscaslive at gmail.com Also, the JSCAS YouTube Channel link will be posted on the JSCAS web page: http://www.jscas.net Here is the meeting agenda: Welcome - Doug Holland, club President Meteors and Meteorites - Bill Spizzirri DIY Astronomy - Automated Imaging Results - Chris Wells, club VP Member's Minute - How Do You Say That? - Doug Holland Star Party News - David Haviland 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 Lunar & Planetary Institute. (3600 Bay Area Blvd. at Middlebrook Dr., aka USRA Bldg.) 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 borrowed DVDs until the next meeting at the Lunar & Planetary Institute. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Shaner at lpi.usra.edu Tue Aug 11 08:27:27 2020 From: Shaner at lpi.usra.edu (Shaner, Andrew) Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2020 13:27:27 +0000 Subject: [Cosmic-Explorations] Johnson Space Center Astronomical Society Meeting this Friday - ONLINE In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Johnson Space Center Astronomical Society Meeting - ONLINE The August meeting of the JSCAS will be held ONLINE, this Friday, August 14th at 7:30 pm, on YouTube. (See below.) This month's Speaker will be JSCAS's own Paul Maley will speak (from Arizona) on traveling "Around the World for an Eclipse, plus STARLINK and the Future of the Night Skies." Paul Maley is a long time member of JSCAS and has traveled to 296 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. To date, Mr. Maley has seen 76 eclipses of the sun. Tune in as we take a trip to see an eclipse! Our agenda also includes short talks: DIY Astronomy, a quick look at an M8 Project, and the latest club astrophotography efforts. The meeting can be accessed by going to the JSCAS YouTube Channel at the link: https://bit.ly/3gTpqvU To submit questions for our presenters during the meeting, please either enter your questions as a YouTube comment (if you have an account that will allow doing so) or send your questions to: jscaslive at gmail.com Also, the JSCAS YouTube Channel link will be posted on the JSCAS web page: http://www.jscas.net 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 Lunar & Planetary Institute. (3600 Bay Area Blvd. at Middlebrook Dr., aka USRA Bldg.) 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 borrowed DVDs until the next meeting at the Lunar & Planetary Institute. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Shaner at lpi.usra.edu Thu Sep 10 08:44:28 2020 From: Shaner at lpi.usra.edu (Shaner, Andrew) Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2020 13:44:28 +0000 Subject: [Cosmic-Explorations] Johnson Space Center Astronomical Society Meeting this Friday - ONLINE In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Johnson Space Center Astronomical Society Meeting - ONLINE The September meeting of the JSCAS will be held ONLINE, this Friday, September 11th at 7:30 pm, on YouTube. (See below.) This month's speaker will be Tom Field, a Contributing Editor at Sky & Telescope Magazine. Tom's topic, You Can Almost Touch the Stars, is a look at amateur spectroscopy techniques. Have you ever wanted to detect Neptune's atmosphere from your own backyard? Tune in Friday to learn how! Our agenda also includes a look at upcoming Star Parties and DIY Astronomy topics. The meeting can be accessed by going to the JSCAS YouTube Channel at the link: https://bit.ly/3gTpqvU To submit questions for our presenters during the meeting, please either enter your questions as a YouTube comment (if you have an account that will allow doing so) or send your questions to: jscaslive at gmail.com Also, the JSCAS YouTube Channel link will be posted on the JSCAS web page: http://www.jscas.net 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 Lunar & Planetary Institute. (3600 Bay Area Blvd. at Middlebrook Dr., aka USRA Bldg.) 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 borrowed DVDs until the next meeting held at the Lunar & Planetary Institute. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Shaner at lpi.usra.edu Wed Oct 7 12:14:34 2020 From: Shaner at lpi.usra.edu (Shaner, Andrew) Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2020 17:14:34 +0000 Subject: [Cosmic-Explorations] Johnson Space Center Astronomical Society Meeting this Friday - ONLINE In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Johnson Space Center Astronomical Society Meeting - ONLINE The October meeting of the JSCAS will be held ONLINE, this Friday, October 9th at 7:30 pm, on YouTube. (See below.) This month's speakers will be Jai and Neil Shet. The Shets are local high school students with a passion for astrophotography and building homemade telescopes. (They once built a refractor telescope using a large Tootsie Roll canister!) Both of these amazing youngsters are active members of local astronomy and photography clubs, and have won numerous national awards for their photography. Join us Friday, as they take us on "A Journey Through Space and Time: On The Road To Milky Way", where they will discuss how they created their panorama of the Northern & Southern Milky Way! Our agenda also includes a look at upcoming Star Parties and DIY Astronomy topics. The meeting can be accessed by going to the JSCAS YouTube Channel at the link: https://bit.ly/3gTpqvU To submit questions for our presenters during the meeting, please either enter your questions as a YouTube comment (if you have an account that will allow doing so) or send your questions to: jscaslive at gmail.com Also, the JSCAS YouTube Channel link will be posted on the JSCAS web page: http://www.jscas.net 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 Lunar & Planetary Institute. (3600 Bay Area Blvd. at Middlebrook Dr., aka USRA Bldg.) 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 borrowed DVDs until the next meeting held at the Lunar & Planetary Institute. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From swebb at lpi.usra.edu Thu Nov 12 14:11:26 2020 From: swebb at lpi.usra.edu (Webb, Sha'Rell) Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2020 20:11:26 +0000 Subject: [Cosmic-Explorations] =?windows-1252?q?Johnson_Space_Center_Astro?= =?windows-1252?q?nomical_Society_Meeting_this_Friday_=96_ONLINE?= Message-ID: Johnson Space Center Astronomical Society Meeting ? ONLINE The November meeting of the JSCAS will be held ONLINE, this Friday November 13th at 7:30 pm, on YouTube. (See below.) This month we will be joined by Dr. Christopher Johns-Krull, who will be speaking on ?Characterizing Planets Around Other Stars: The Quest for Life on Other Worlds.? Dr. Johns-Krull, a professor at Rice University?s Department of Physics and Astronomy, is currently researching T Tauri Stars. Please join us this Friday as we explore some fascinating exoplanets. Our agenda also includes: Characterizing Planets Around Other Stars: The Quest for Life on Other Worlds ? Dr. Christopher Johns-Krull, Rice Univ. Member?s Minute ? Recent Lunar Images ? David Haviland DIY Astronomy ? Remote Control of Radio Telescope using Raspberry Pi ? Doug Holland Member?s Minute ? Recent Images from Eldorado Star Party ? Chris Wells Star Party News ? David Haviland DIY Astronomy ? Expedition Eldorado 2020 ? Treavor Quinn The meeting can be accessed by going to the JSCAS YouTube Channel at the link: https://bit.ly/3gTpqvU To submit questions for our presenters during the meeting, please either enter your questions as a YouTube comment (if you have an account that will allow doing so) or send your questions to: jscaslive at gmail.com Also, the JSCAS YouTube Channel link will be posted on the JSCAS web page: http://www.jscas.net 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 Lunar & Planetary Institute. (3600 Bay Area Blvd. at Middlebrook Dr., aka USRA Bldg.) 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 borrowed DVDs until the next meeting held at the Lunar & Planetary Institute. Sha?Rell Webb Education Specialist Lunar and Planetary Institute Universities Space Research Association 3600 Bay Area Boulevard Houston, TX 77058 Office: 281-486-2161 Mobile: 903-312-1173 www.lpi.usra.edu/education [lpi-black] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 1557 bytes Desc: image001.png URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image002.png Type: image/png Size: 7485 bytes Desc: image002.png URL: From swebb at lpi.usra.edu Mon Dec 7 21:26:34 2020 From: swebb at lpi.usra.edu (Webb, Sha'Rell) Date: Tue, 8 Dec 2020 03:26:34 +0000 Subject: [Cosmic-Explorations] =?windows-1252?q?Johnson_Space_Center_Astro?= =?windows-1252?q?nomical_Society_Meeting_this_Friday_=96_ONLINE?= Message-ID: Johnson Space Center Astronomical Society Meeting ? ONLINE The December meeting of the JSCAS will be held ONLINE, this Friday December 11th at 7:30 pm, on YouTube. (See below.) This month we will have Dr. David Haviland from the JSCAS, who will speak to us about "Cleaning, and Collimating a Reflector Telescope". Dr. Haviland is an experienced astronomer logging countless hours of observation, outreach, and leadership though multiple astronomy organizations. Telescope maintenance and care is a great topic this time of year if you are looking at purchasing one, or if you are thinking about pulling an old scope out of your closet. Please join us for this great topic! Our agenda also includes: ?DIY Astronomy?, and ?Member?s Minutes?. The meeting can be accessed by going to the JSCAS YouTube Channel at the link: https://bit.ly/3gTpqvU To submit questions for our presenters during the meeting, please either enter your questions as a YouTube comment (if you have an account that will allow doing so) or send your questions to: jscaslive at gmail.com Also, the JSCAS YouTube Channel link will be posted on the JSCAS web page: http://www.jscas.net 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 Lunar & Planetary Institute. (3600 Bay Area Blvd. at Middlebrook Dr., aka USRA Bldg.) For more info, s Note to all those who have borrowed DVDs from the JSCAS Media Library: Please hold your borrowed DVDs until the next meeting held at the Lunar & Planetary Institute. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Johnson Space Center Astronomical Society" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to JSCAS+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/JSCAS/SN6PR12MB275179FCAEB937DBD64C2A54DDCD0%40SN6PR12MB2751.namprd12.prod.outlook.com. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: