Southern Skies

Single evening talk on Southern Hemisphere skies.
Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024. 7-9 PM online. Free.
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2024 AAA Holiday Party

The Houndstooth Pub 520 8th Ave, New York, United States

SAVE THE DATE! The annual AAA Holiday Party will take place on Wednesday January 17, 2024, 7 PM at The Houndstooth Pub, 520 8th Ave,…

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Atoms and Astronomy: Atoms as Timekeepers

Zoom
Virtual Event Virtual Event

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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$50 – $60

Refresher Class on the Amazing Gaia Satellite

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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AAA Executive Committee Meeting

Members are welcome to come to any of the following meetings! Please contact the AAA Recording Secretary or the Executive Vice President for the corresponding month’s meeting link.  …

Astro News Hour #10

Zoom

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.

Gateway Remote Telescope Presentation #3

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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Virtual Event

Introduction to Night Sky Photography (2024)

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Virtual Event Virtual Event

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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$75 – $85

Virtual Event

Urban Astrophotography: Deep Sky Imaging 2024

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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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$75 – $85
Virtual Event

Cosmology 101 (2024)

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Virtual Event Virtual Event

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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$75 – $85
Virtual Event

Basics of Stars, Galaxies, Cosmos (2024)

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Virtual Event Virtual Event

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.
$75/$85 Click title above for details.

$75 – $85