1 | Past JSCAS Speakers | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2 | |||||
3 | |||||
4 | 2020 | Speaker | |||
5 | December | David Haviland | JSCAS | "Cleaning, and Collimating a Reflector Telescope" | Virtual |
6 | November | Dr. Chistohper Johns-Krull | Rice Univ. | "Characterizing Planets Around Other Stars: The Quest for Life on Other Worlds" | Virtual |
7 | October | Jai and Neil Shet | FBAC | “A Journey Through Space and Time: On The Road To Milky Way" | Virtual |
8 | September | Tom Field | Sky&Tel | "You can almost touch the stars (Astronomical Spectroscopy)" | Virtual |
9 | August | Paul Maley | JSCAS, UHCL | "Around the world for an eclipse plus STARLINK and the future of the night skies" | Virtual |
10 | July | Bill Spizzirri | FBAC | "Meteors and Meteorites" | Virtual |
11 | June | Leonard Ferguson & Annie Wargetz | FBAC | “The Road Goes Ever On: The Martian Rovers and Our Path to the Red Planet” | Virtual |
12 | May | Dr Brandon Reddel | JSCAS, UHCL | "Astrophysics Using the ISS: An overview of the AMS and NICER experiments" | Virtual |
13 | April | Justin McCollum | HAS | "Mechanics of Lunar Motion" | Virtual |
14 | March | Postponed - Covid concerns | |||
15 | February | Dr. Aaron Clevenson, NHAC | NHAC | "The Wonders of Saturn" | |
16 | January | Cancelled - Rescheduled per weather | |||
17 | |||||
18 | 2019 | Speaker | Title (Not Exact for brevity) | ||
19 | December | Dr. Aurore Hutzler | LPI | "Exploring Space through Sample Return Missions: How, Where, and What Do We Do with the Rocks?" | |
20 | November | David Haviland | JSCAS | "A Primer of the Moon, & My Ongoing Travels in Lunar Photography." | |
21 | October | Dr. David Kring | LPI | "Earth’s Oldest Rock on the Moon?" | |
22 | September | Brad Thomas | FBAC | "Microcomputers and the Portable Observatory." | |
23 | August | Dr. Walt Kieffer | LPI | "Apollo 11 at 50: The Legacy of “One Small Step" | |
24 | July | Jimmy Newland | HAS | "Finding the distance to a globular cluster using short period variable stars: an amateurs guide" | |
25 | June | Rodney Rocha | JSCAS | "The Gravitas of Gravitation" | |
26 | May | Dr. Conrad Wells | JSC | "Segmented space telescopes: coronographic imaging of earth like planets." | |
27 | April | Marc Fries | JSC | "Meteor Showers and Their Effects on Solar System Bodies" | |
28 | March | No Meeting | Club's trip to Ft. McKavett | ||
29 | February | Justin McCollum | FBAC | "The Icy Giants: Uranus & Neptune" | |
30 | January | Charles Phillips | JSC | "Satellite Tracking From the Gulf Coast - Why and How" | |
31 | |||||
32 | |||||
33 | 2018 | Speaker | Title (Not Exact for brevity) | ||
34 | December | LaFrance, Wells, Holland, Haviland, Roy | JSCAS | Homespun DIY Astronomy & Oberving | |
35 | November | Dr. Conrad Wells | JSC | Testing the James Webb Space Telescope in Chamber A at JSC. Lessons learned at 20 Kelvin, including how to survive Harvey! | |
36 | October | Paul Maley | JSCAS | Astronomical Travels in 2018 and Future Adventures | |
37 | September | No Meeting | All Clubs Meeting and ADAY at the George | ||
38 | August | Brandon Ridell | JSCAS | Conditions for Habitability: A Galactic Perspective | |
39 | July | Jimmy Newland | HAS | The Life Cycle of Sun-like Stars | |
40 | June | Rodney Rocha | JSCAS | The Hyperboles of Hyperbolas | |
41 | May | Darrin Lewin | LS&S | Trends in Telescopes, Eyepieces & Binoculars for Astronomy | |
42 | April | Leonard Ferguson & Annie Wargetz | FBAC | Mars InSight - Looking Below the Surface | |
43 | March | Al Kelly | JSCAS | Travels in Astrophotography | |
44 | February | David Haviland | JSCAS | Inside the 2017 Eclipse, DIY astronomy and other tools | |
45 | January | Dennis Webb | JSCAS | Messier 51, things you might not know | |
46 | |||||
47 | |||||
48 | 2017 | Speaker | Title (Not Exact for brevity) | ||
49 | December | No Meeting | |||
50 | November | Jeff Stone | JSCAS | Ramblings in fixing things in low earh orbit | |
51 | October | No Meeting | All Clubs and ADAY/Ft. McKavett | ||
52 | September | Dr. Aaron Clevenson | NHAC | Amateur Radio Astronomy | |
53 | August | Brandon Reddell | JSCAS | Habitability of Exoplanets | |
54 | July | Kayla LaFrance | JSCAS | Urban Astronomy | |
55 | June | Paul Maley | JSCAS | Astronomical Adventures with Paul Maley 2017 to India, Chile, South Africa, and Somali | |
56 | May | Jeff Lepp | FBAC | My Journey in Astrophotography | |
57 | April | Dr. Lisa Whitehead | UH-Main | Nutrinos | |
58 | March | Dr. Heather Sartain | UH | Triton, Neptune's Moon - Geography, geology, and weather | |
59 | February | Louise RioFrio | JSCAS | A New Look at Light | |
60 | January | Joe Dellinger | FBAC | 10+ years of chasing asteroids with the FBAC “A-team: 2000-2010, the golden age of amateur asteroid discovery | |
61 | |||||
62 | |||||
63 | 2016 | Speaker | Title (Not Exact for brevity) | ||
64 | December | Kayla LaFrance, Doug Holland, David Haviland | JSCAS | DIY Astronomy | |
65 | November | Dr. Pat Rieff | Rice Univ. | Space Weather and the MMS mission | |
66 | October | No meeting | All Clubs/ADAY and Club's trip to Ft. McKavett | ||
67 | September | Jeff Stone | JSCAS | Fixing things while in orbit. | |
68 | August | Paul Maley | JSCAS | Eclipses and Occulatations | |
69 | July | Dr. Steve Clifford | LPI | The History and Distribution of Water on Mars | |
70 | June | Mr. Justin McCollum | HAS | Hypernovae | |
71 | May | Bill Spizzirri | FBAC | The Steward Observatory Mirror Lab in Tucson Arizona | |
72 | April | Dr. Paul Schnek | LPI | Update on New Horizons Probe | |
73 | March | Rodney Rocha | JSCAS | Adventures in Celestial Mechanics, Part 3 | |
74 | February | Jim Wessel | JSCAS | Wintertime Planetary Nebulae | |
75 | January | Dr. Stan Love | JSC | Near Earth Asteroids | |
76 | |||||
77 | |||||
78 | 2015 | Speaker | Title (Not Exact for brevity) | ||
79 | December | No Meeting | |||
80 | November | Leonard Ferguson | FBAC | "New Horizons Mission Status" | |
81 | October | No Meeting | All Clubs and ADAY/Ft. McKavett | ||
82 | September | Dr. Walk Keifer | LPI | “GRAIL Explores the Moon’s Interior” | |
83 | August | Dr. Aaron Clevenson | NHAC | "Spectral Data, The Language of Light" | |
84 | July | Paul Maley | JSCAS | "North Korea Adventure #2" and "Results of the great March Solar Eclipse in Svalbard" | |
85 | June | Mark Matney | JSC | “The Challenge of Orbital Debris” | |
86 | May | Dr. Stan Love | JSC | His Experiences as a Mission Specialist on STS-122. | |
87 | April | Dr. Madhan Tirumalai | UH-Biochem | "Extremophiles redefine the limits of life" | |
88 | March | Dr. Paul Schenk | LPI | "NASA’s Year of the Dwarves: Exploration of Ceres and Pluto" | |
89 | February | Paul Maley | JSCAS | Paul Maley - "Results of recent JSCAS expeditions and plan for future ones" | |
90 | January | Rodney Rocha | JSC | "An Easy-Going Introduction to Orbital Mechanics" | |
91 | |||||
92 | |||||
93 | 2014 | Speaker | Title (Not Exact for brevity) | ||
94 | December | No Meeting | |||
95 | November | Rodney Rocha | JSC | An Easy Introduction to Orbital Mechanics | |
96 | October | Annie Wargetz | JSC | Upcoming Orion Exploration Flight Test - 1 | |
97 | September | Dr. Aaron Clevenson | NHAC | Supernovae - A Personal Journey | |
98 | August | Dr. Louise RioFrio | JSC | The Speed of Light | |
99 | July | Dr. Dan McDonald | UH | Gravity Waves and the Big Bang | |
100 | June | Dr. David Talent | TAMU | HII Regions and Planetary Nebulae -- The Making of The Elements. | |
101 | May | Dr. Stanley Love | JSC | Going to Mars | |
102 | April | Paul Maley | JSCAS | Minitar, Solar Eclipse, Auroras | |
103 | March | Annie Wargetz | JSCAS | STEREO | |
104 | February | Don Halter | JSCAS | Astrophotography using the Vixen Polarie | |
105 | January | Bob Taylor | JSCAS | 2013 Year in Review | |
106 | |||||
107 | |||||
108 | 2013 | Speaker | Title (Not Exact for brevity) | ||
109 | December | No Meeting | |||
110 | November | Dr. Stan Love | JSC | Meteorite Expeditions to Antarctica | |
111 | October | No Meeting | ADAY/Ft. McKavett | ||
112 | September | Dr. Tim Giblin | UHCL | Gamma Ray Bursts: 40 Years and the Chase Continues | |
113 | August | Paul Maley | JSCAS | Occulatations | |
114 | July | Dr. Aaron Clevenson | NHAC | Things that go Bump in the Night: Cosmic Catactrophies | |
115 | June | Dr. Stephen Bradshaw | Rice | The Sun at Maximum | |
116 | May | Dr. Ross Potter | LPI/USRA | A Crash Course in Impact Cratering | |
117 | April | No Meeting | Fort McKavett | ||
118 | March | Jim Wessel | JSCAS | NASA's solar and lunar observing missions. | |
119 | February | Paul Maley | JSCAS | Solar Eclipse | |
120 | January | Bob Taylor | JSCAS | 2012 Year in Review | |
121 | |||||
122 | |||||
123 | 2012 | ||||
124 | December | No Meeting | |||
125 | November | Justin McCollum | HAS | Uranus and Neptune | |
126 | October | No Meeting | ADAY/Ft. McKavett | ||
127 | September | Dr. Ramkumar Balasubramanian | Rice | Storms from the Sun | |
128 | August | Paul Maley | JSCAS | Occultation/Eclipes | |
129 | July | Jim Wessel | JSCAS | Earth Observation missions | |
130 | June | Bob Rogers | HAS | Mosquito control while observing | |
131 | May | Dr. Carolyn Sumners | HMNS | 2012 - The Mayan Apocalypse | |
132 | April | Doug Warrington | JSCAS | Quasar distance anomalies | |
133 | March | Doug Holland | JSCAS | Photographing the night sky | |
134 | February | Jim Wessel | JSCAS | Venus Transit | |
135 | January | Bob Taylor | JSCAS | 2011 Year in Review | |
136 | |||||
137 | |||||
138 | 2011 | ||||
139 | December | No Meeting | |||
140 | November | Dr. Georgiana Kramer | LPI/USRA | Lunar Swirls | |
141 | October | No Meeting | ADAY/Ft. McKavett | ||
142 | September | Fred Garcia | Land Sea & Sky | Eyepiece Considerations | |
143 | August | Paul Maley | JSCAS | Occultations | |
144 | July | Cynthia Gusava | FBAC | Dawn Spacecraft | |
145 | June | Paul Maley | JSCAS | Solar Eclipse in Iraq | |
146 | May | Steve Goldberg | FBAC | Observing List - SkyTools | |
147 | April | Bill Pellerin | HAS | Observing Stellar Evolution | |
148 | March | Larry Mitchell | HAS | Observing Flat Galaxies | |
149 | February | Bob Taylor | JSCAS | 2010 Year in Review | |
150 | January | Paul Maley | JSCAS | Eclispse | |
151 | |||||
152 | |||||
153 | 2010 | ||||
154 | December | No Meeting | |||
155 | November | Paul Maley | JSCAS | Recovering the JAXA Hayabusa probe | |
156 | October | No Meeting | |||
157 | September | Jerry Woodfill | What Saved Apollo 13 | ||
158 | August | Paul Maley | JSCAS | Eclipse from the South Pacific | |
159 | July | Jim Wessel | JSCAS | Building an Observing Chair | |
160 | June | Dr. C. Renee James | SHSU | The Seven Wonders of the Universe | |
161 | May | Alecia Tristan | FBAC | Carbon Stars | |
162 | April | Paul Maley | JSCAS | Occulations | |
163 | March | No Meeting | Ft. McKavett | ||
164 | February | Bob Taylor | JSCAS | 2009 Year in Review | |
165 | January | Bill Pellerin | HAS | ||
166 | |||||
167 | |||||
168 | 2009 | ||||
169 | December | No Meeting | |||
170 | November | David Garrison | UHCL | Gravitational Astronomy | |
171 | October | No Meeting | ADAY/Ft. McKavett | ||
172 | September | David Haviland | JSCAS | Barringer Meteor Crater | |
173 | August | Jim Wessel | JSCAS | Globular Clusters | |
174 | July | Cyntha Gustava | FBAC | Saturn | |
175 | June | Jim Wessel | JSCAS | History of Astronomy | |
176 | May | Navid Mahmud | Rice | Searching for the Youngest Planets | |
177 | April | Paul Maley | JSCAS | Occulatations | |
178 | March | Dr. Thomas D. Jones | JSC | Planetology | |
179 | February | Bob Taylor | JSCAS | 2008 Year in Review | |
180 | January | Richard Underwood | JSC | A Photographic Journey to the Moon | |
181 | |||||
182 | |||||
183 | 2008 | ||||
184 | December | No Meeting | |||
185 | November | Dr. Walter Kiefer | Volcanic Rilles of the Moon | ||
186 | October | No Meeting | ADAY/Ft. McKavett | ||
187 | September | Dennis Webb | JSCAS | Cancelled… IKE | |
188 | August | ||||
189 | July | Cynthia Gustava | FBAC | New Worlds: Exoplanets | |
190 | June | Gary Kilper | Rice | The Sun | |
191 | May | Paul Maley | JSCAS | Occultations | |
192 | April | Aaron Clevenson | NHAC | Keeping up with Kepler | |
193 | March | ||||
194 | February | ||||
195 | January | ||||
196 | |||||
197 | |||||
198 | 2007 | ||||
199 | December | ||||
200 | November | ||||
201 | October | ||||
202 | September | ||||
203 | August | ||||
204 | July | Bill Leach | NHAC | Arp Galaxies | |
205 | June | ||||
206 | May | ||||
207 | April | ||||
208 | March | ||||
209 | February | David Haviland | JSCAS | Asteroids and Extentinctions | |
210 | January |