JSCAS Past Speakers


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4	2016	Speaker		Title (Not Exact for brevity)
5	December	Everyone		Do it yourself astronomy, viewing, "Observing Sessions"
6	November	Dr. Pat Reiff	Rice Univ.	Space Weather
7	October	No Meeting		All Clubs and ADAY/Ft. McKavett
8	September	Jeff Stone	JSCAS	Fixing stuff in space
9	August	Paul Maley	JSCAS	1. Results of JSCAS solar eclipse expedition #44 March 9, 2016 2. June 2, 2016 asteroid fireball 3. Hitomi spacecraft observations 4. Recovery of spy satellite USA 186 5. Plans for JSCAS solar eclipse expedition #47 August 2017 to Nebraska 6. Carter House Observatory, and 7. Transit of Mercury in Bolivia.
10	July	Dr. Stephen Clifford	LPI	The History and Distribution of Water on Mars
11	June	Justin McCollum	HAS/FBAC	Hypernovae
12	May	Bill Sprizzi	FBAC	A Tour of The University of Arizona Telescope Mirror Making Facility
13	April	Dr. Paul Schenk	LPI	Ceres update
14	March	Rodney Rocha	JSCAS	Adventures in Celestial Mechanics, Part 3.
15	February	Jim Wessel	JSCAS	Wintertime Planetary Nebulas
16	January	Dr. Stan Love	JSC	Things you always wanted to ask about spaceflight
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19	2015	Speaker		Title (Not Exact for brevity)
20	December	No Meeting
21	November	Leonard Ferguson	FBAC	"New Horizons Mission Status"
22	October	No Meeting		All Clubs and ADAY/Ft. McKavett
23	September	Dr. Walk Keifer	LPI	“GRAIL Explores the Moon’s Interior”
24	August	Dr. Aaron Clevenson	NHAC	"Spectral Data, The Language of Light"
25	July	Paul Maley	JSCAS	"North Korea Adventure #2" and "Results of the great March Solar Eclipse in Svalbard"
26	June	Mark Matney	JSC	“The Challenge of Orbital Debris”
27	May	Dr. Stan Love	JSC	His Experiences as a Mission Specialist on STS-122.
28	April	Dr. Madhan Tirumalai	UH-Biochem	"Extremophiles redefine the limits of life"
29	March	Dr. Paul Schenk	LPI	"NASA’s Year of the Dwarves: Exploration of Ceres and Pluto"
30	February	Paul Maley	JSCAS	Paul Maley - "Results of recent JSCAS expeditions and plan for future ones"
31	January	Rodney Rocha	JSC	"An Easy-Going Introduction to Orbital Mechanics"
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34	2014	Speaker		Title (Not Exact for brevity)
35	December	No Meeting
36	November	Rodney Rocha	JSC	An Easy Introduction to Orbital Mechanics
37	October	Annie Wargetz	JSC	Upcoming Orion Exploration Flight Test - 1
38	September	Dr. Aaron Clevenson	NHAC	Supernovae - A Personal Journey
39	August	Dr. Louise RioFrio	JSC	The Speed of Light
40	July	Dr. Dan McDonald	UH	Gravity Waves and the Big Bang
41	June	Dr. David Talent	TAMU	HII Regions and Planetary Nebulae -- The Making of The Elements.
42	May	Dr. Stanley Love	JSC	Going to Mars
43	April	Paul Maley	JSCAS	Minitar, Solar Eclipse, Auroras
44	March	Annie Wargetz	JSCAS	STEREO
45	February	Don Halter	JSCAS	Astrophotography using the Vixen Polarie
46	January	Bob Taylor	JSCAS	2013 Year in Review
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49	2013	Speaker		Title (Not Exact for brevity)
50	December	No Meeting
51	November	Dr. Stan Love	JSC	Meteorite Expeditions to Antarctica
52	October	No Meeting		ADAY/Ft. McKavett
53	September	Dr. Tim Giblin	UHCL	Gamma Ray Bursts: 40 Years and the Chase Continues
54	August	Paul Maley	JSCAS	Occulatations
55	July	Dr. Aaron Clevenson	NHAC	Things that go Bump in the Night: Cosmic Catactrophies
56	June	Dr. Stephen Bradshaw	Rice	The Sun at Maximum
57	May	Dr. Ross Potter	LPI/USRA	A Crash Course in Impact Cratering
58	April	No Meeting		Fort McKavett
59	March	Jim Wessel	JSCAS	NASA's solar and lunar observing missions.
60	February	Paul Maley	JSCAS	Solar Eclipse
61	January	Bob Taylor	JSCAS	2012 Year in Review
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65	December	No Meeting
66	November	Justin McCollum	HAS	Uranus and Neptune
67	October	No Meeting		ADAY/Ft. McKavett
68	September	Dr. Ramkumar Balasubramanian	Rice	Storms from the Sun
69	August	Paul Maley	JSCAS	Occultation/Eclipes
70	July	Jim Wessel	JSCAS	Earth Observation missions
71	June	Bob Rogers	HAS	Mosquito control while observing
72	May	Dr. Carolyn Sumners	HMNS	2012 - The Mayan Apocalypse
73	April	Doug Warrington	JSCAS	Quasar distance anomalies
74	March	Doug Holland	JSCAS	Photographing the night sky
75	February	Jim Wessel	JSCAS	Venus Transit
76	January	Bob Taylor	JSCAS	2011 Year in Review
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80	December	No Meeting
81	November	Dr. Georgiana Kramer	LPI/USRA	Lunar Swirls
82	October	No Meeting		ADAY/Ft. McKavett
83	September	Fred Garcia	Land Sea & Sky	Eyepiece Considerations
84	August	Paul Maley	JSCAS	Occultations
85	July	Cynthia Gusava	FBAC	Dawn Spacecraft
86	June	Paul Maley	JSCAS	Solar Eclipse in Iraq
87	May	Steve Goldberg	FBAC	Observing List - SkyTools
88	April	Bill Pellerin	HAS	Observing Stellar Evolution
89	March	Larry Mitchell	HAS	Observing Flat Galaxies
90	February	Bob Taylor	JSCAS	2010 Year in Review
91	January	Paul Maley	JSCAS	Eclispse
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94	2010
95	December	No Meeting
96	November	Paul Maley	JSCAS	Recovering the JAXA Hayabusa probe
97	October	No Meeting
98	September	Jerry Woodfill		What Saved Apollo 13
99	August	Paul Maley	JSCAS	Eclipse from the South Pacific
100	July	Jim Wessel	JSCAS	Building an Observing Chair
101	June	Dr. C. Renee James	SHSU	The Seven Wonders of the Universe
102	May	Alecia Tristan	FBAC	Carbon Stars
103	April	Paul Maley	JSCAS	Occulations
104	March	No Meeting		Ft. McKavett
105	February	Bob Taylor	JSCAS	2009 Year in Review
106	January	Bill Pellerin	HAS
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109	2009
110	December	No Meeting
111	November	David Garrison	UHCL	Gravitational Astronomy
112	October	No Meeting		ADAY/Ft. McKavett
113	September	David Haviland	JSCAS	Barringer Meteor Crater
114	August	Jim Wessel	JSCAS	Globular Clusters
115	July	Cyntha Gustava	FBAC	Saturn
116	June	Jim Wessel	JSCAS	History of Astronomy
117	May	Navid Mahmud	Rice	Searching for the Youngest Planets
118	April	Paul Maley	JSCAS	Occulatations
119	March	Dr. Thomas D. Jones	JSC	Planetology
120	February	Bob Taylor	JSCAS	2008 Year in Review
121	January	Richard Underwood	JSC	A Photographic Journey to the Moon
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124	2008
125	December	No Meeting
126	November	Dr. Walter Kiefer		Volcanic Rilles of the Moon
127	October	No Meeting		ADAY/Ft. McKavett
128	September	Dennis Webb	JSCAS	Cancelled… IKE
129	August
130	July	Cynthia Gustava	FBAC	New Worlds: Exoplanets
131	June	Gary Kilper	Rice	The Sun
132	May	Paul Maley	JSCAS	Occultations
133	April	Aaron Clevenson	NHAC	Keeping up with Kepler
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135	February
136	January
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139	2007
140	December
141	November
142	October
143	September
144	August
145	July	Bill Leach	NHAC	Arp Galaxies
146	June
147	May
148	April
149	March
150	February	David Haviland	JSCAS	Asteroids and Extentinctions
151	January