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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0070C0">Johnson Space Center Astronomical Society Meeting --
<u>ONLINE</u></span></b><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The May meeting of the JSCAS will be held
<b>ONLINE</b>, this Friday, May 8<sup>th</sup> at 7:30 pm, <b>on YouTube</b>. (See below.) This month’s Speaker will be
<b>Dr. Brandon Reddell</b> who will discuss <b><i>‘Astrophysics Using the ISS: An overview of the AMS and NICER experiments.’</i></b>
<i>Tune in and join us and learn about these amazing Low Earth Orbit experiments!
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">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
</span><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">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. </span><i><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A">The meeting can be accessed by going to the JSCAS YouTube Channel at the link
</span></i><span style="font-size:13.0pt"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCf1NUQVpZ8mB2h5JFVra_tg"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCf1NUQVpZ8mB2h5JFVra_tg</span></i></b></a></span><i><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A">
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 </span></i><a href="mailto:jscaslive@gmail.com" target="_blank"><b><i><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">jscaslive@gmail.com</span></i></b></a><i><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#BFBFBF"> </span></i><i><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></i><i><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Here is the meeting agenda:</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<i><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.3pt">Welcome –</span></i><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.3pt"> Doug Holland</span><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<i><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.3pt">Presentation –</span></i><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.3pt">
<b>Astrophysics Using the ISS: An overview of the AMS and NICER experiments </b>– Brandon Reddell</span><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<i><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.3pt">Star Party News –</span></i><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.3pt"> David Haviland</span><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<i><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.3pt">DIY Astronomy –
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<span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.3pt">Rigging for Remote Imaging – Chris Wells & Treavor Quinn</span><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.3pt">DIY Astronomical Spectroscopy – Doug Holland</span><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><br>
<i><span style="color:black">Members Minute <span style="letter-spacing:.3pt">–</span></span></i><span style="color:black;letter-spacing:.3pt"> Recollections of James Peebles, 2019 Nobel Laureate in Physics for advances in physical cosmology – Jerry Campbell</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0070C0">JSCAS</span></b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> is open to
<u>anyone who wants to learn about astronomy and membership is <b><span style="color:#C00000">FREE</span></b></u><b><span style="color:#C00000">!</span></b>
<i>(It's the best offer money can't buy!)</i> After joining, you’ll have access to our amazing
<b>Astronomy DVD Library</b> with 100’s of choices to learn from (from <i>Astronomy Magazine</i>,
<i>NASA, The Great Courses, Discovery Channel</i>, etc.). Our meetings are held on the 2nd Friday of each month at 7:30 pm in
<b>the lecture hall of <i>The Lunar & Planetary Institute</i></b>. (3600 Bay Area Blvd. at Middlebrook Dr., aka
<b>USRA Bldg.</b>) For more info, see our website at <b>jscas.net</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#C00000">Note to all those who have borrowed DVDs from the JSCAS Media Library</span></u></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#C00000">:
Please hold your borrowed DVDs until the next meeting at the Lunar & Planetary Institute.
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