Meetings |
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Meetings are held the second Wednesday of each month (except April and July) at 7:30 PM at the Kirkland Senior Center, 2 Mill St., Clark Mills, NY (directions and map) unless otherwise noted. The April meeting is held on a Saturday evening in conjunction with a social event at a local restaurant. The July Star-B-Que is held on a Sunday evening. All meetings are open to the public. Guests are encouraged to attend. Refreshments are provided by MVAS members. |
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Scheduled Meetings and Programs for 2023 |
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| Jan. 11 | Virtual Zoom Meeting. Members will receive invite link. 7:30 PM
Program: “2022: The Year In Review - Astronomy & Mohawk Valley Weather" Presented by David Bishop, Astronomy Section of the Rochester Academy of Science and Perry Pezzolanella, MVAS |
| Feb. 8 | Virtual Zoom Meeting. Members will receive invite link. 7:30 PM
Program: "The Wacky World of Exoplanets and How We Discover Them" Presented by: Dennis Conti, AAVSO |
| Mar. 8 | Virtual Zoom Meeting. Members will receive invite link. 7:30 PM Program: "The Many Ways of Imaging Variable Stars: It Doesn't Need to be Rocket Science or Cost a Bundle!" Presented by Peter Bealo, Chair Instrumentation and Equipment Observing Section of AAVSO |
| Apr. 12 | Kirkland Senior Center, Mill St., Clark Mills, NY, 7:30 PM
Program: "Options for Observing the April 8, 2024 Total Solar Eclipse, both within Upstate New York and Elsewhere" Presented by Dan Schneiderman of the Rochester Museum & Science Center (RMSC) via Zoom, and MVAS Members live. |
| May 10 | Kirkland Senior Center, Mill St., Clark Mills, NY, 7:30 PM
Program: "TBD" Presented by John W Briggs, Curator at the Astronomical Lyceum, Magdalena, New Mexico |
| Jun. 14 | Kirkland Senior Center, Mill St., Clark Mills, NY, 7:30 PM
Program: "Venus: The Deadly Pressurized Inferno" Presented by Perry Pezzolanella |
| Jul. | Barton Brown Observatory
Star-B-Que |
| Aug. 9 | Kirkland Senior Center, Mill St., Clark Mills, NY, 7:30 PM
Program: "" Presented by |
| Sep. | Ho Tung Visualization Laboratory, Room 401, Ho Tung Science Center at Colgate University, Hamilton, NY, 7:30 PM
Program: "" Presented by Joe Eakin, Technical Director, JWST images on the VisLab Dome |
| Oct. 11 | Kirkland Senior Center, Mill St., Clark Mills, NY, 7:30 PM
Program: "Exploring Ancient Solar System Relics: NASA's OSIRIS-REx and PSYCHE Missions" Presented by Carol Higgins, NASA Solar System Ambassador, MVAS member |
| Nov. 8 | Kirkland Senior Center, Mill St., Clark Mills, NY, 7:30 PM
Program: "" Presented by |
| Dec. 13 | Kirkland Senior Center, Mill St., Clark Mills, NY, 7:30 PM
Program: "Members' Show 'n Tell" Presented by MVAS Members |