ATOMS AND ASTRONOMY (Part 1)
Tuesday, Dec. 19, 7-9 PM
A FREE preview/review on atoms, radioactivity, half-life.
In preparation for subsequent classes starting Jan. on atoms as cosmic clocks.
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Tuesday, Dec. 19, 7-9 PM
A FREE preview/review on atoms, radioactivity, half-life.
In preparation for subsequent classes starting Jan. on atoms as cosmic clocks.
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Photographing planets, the sun, Solar System objects and processing the images.
Thursdays, 7-9 PM, Nov. 9, 16, 30; Dec. 7, 14, 21.
Non-AAA-members welcome.
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Single evening talk on Southern Hemisphere skies.
Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024. 7-9 PM online. Free.
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8-9 PM , Wednesday, Jan. 24
Free presentation on recent images from AAA's GRT, Gateway Remote Telescope.
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Jan. 16, 23, 30; Feb. 6, 2024. $50/$60
"The Universal Timekeepers: Reconstructing History Atom by Atom.'
Stable and radioactive isotopes act as cosmic clocks, even back to the Big Bang.
The course involves some mathematics requiring a calculator.
A pre-recorded refresher on chemistry, atoms, and radioactivity is provided.
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Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024, 7-8:30 PM, free.
History, features, and science behind Europe's Gaia satellite. Review of parallax, photometry, spectra.
In preparation for the Feb. 13 monthly lecture on Gaia's latest findings.
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A FREE, bimonthly, single class about developments in astronomy.
Background presentation with Q&A and class discussion.
Feature- Dark Matter. Ongoing research and theories.
THURSDAY, Feb. 15, 2024, 7-8:15 PM. Click title for details.
More member images from AAA's remote telescope project including a new supernova.
Monday, Feb. 26, 8-9:15 PM, online
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Thursdays Jan 18, 25; Feb 1, 8, 22 29. 7–9 PM online. $75/$85
Learn how to capture top quality night sky images using only your DSL camera.
Includes review of image-processing software.
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An introduction to cosmology themes such as the Big Bang, cosmic expansion, relativity, dark matter, the cosmos.
An intermediate course presuming familiarity with astronomy basics.
Tuesdays, 7 PM online, Feb. 20 through April 2, excluding March 12. $75/$85
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Thursdays, 7-9 PM, March 7, 14, 21, 28; April 11, 18
Techniques for capturing and processing images of objects like galaxies and nebulae.
A revision and update of previous UAP: Deep Sky curricula. $75/$85
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Wednesdays., 7-9 PM, online. March 20, 27; April 3, 17, 24; May 1
Basics of astronomy beyond the Solar System, to stars and deep space objects.
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