Program: "How Did Voyager Take Photos?"

A history of light detection in Astronomy from Clyde Tombaugh to James Web

Presented by Russell Arcuri, MVAS

Program: "Exploring Ancient Solar System Relics: NASA's OSIRIS-REx and PSYCHE Missions"

Update on the sample return OSIRIS-REx mission, its landing in Utah and storage, along with overview of PSYCHE mission and launch dates.

Presented by Carol Higgins, NASA Solar System Ambassador and MVAS member

Program: "The Theory of Everything - So Far"

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Presented by Peter Costianes, Physicist-retired, Air Force Research Laboratory, Rome, NY, and MVAS member

Program: "Venus: The Deadly Pressurized Inferno"

Presented by Perry Pezzolanella, MVAS member

Program: "An Antarctic Odyssey: Winter-Over at South Pole Station"

Presented by John W Briggs, Curator at the Astronomical Lyceum, Magdalena, New Mexico

Program: "Options for Observing the April 8, 2024 Total Solar Eclipse, both within Upstate New York and Elsewhere"

Information about the path, observing locations, weather conditions, equipment, and travel for the April 8, 2024 total eclipse of the Sun.

Presented by Dan Schneiderman of the Rochester Museum & Science Center (RMSC) and MVAS Members

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

Program: "The Wacky World of Exoplanets and How We Discover Them"

Presented by Dennis Conti, AAVSO

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

Program: "Members' Show 'n Tell"

Presented by MVAS Members

Program: "Are We Alone? The Search for Life in the Universe"

Presented by Dr. Shami Chatterjee, Cornell University, Member of the Night Sky Network Expert Speakers, NASA's Universe of Learning

Program: "NASA's Artemis Program: America's Return to the Moon"

Presented by Carol Higgins, NASA Solar System Ambassador, MVAS

Program: "The Evolution and Utilization of Meteorological Satellites"

Presented by Gordon Fesenger, MVAS

Program: "Mars: A Golden Age for a Red Planet"

Presented by Perry Pezzolanella

Program: "The Venus Transit: A Historical Retrospective"

Presented by Larry McHenry, Pittsburgh, PA

Program: "The Spring Equinox: Facts and Myths"

Presented by Jeffrey Miller, St. Lawrence University

Program: "Comet Tales"

Presented by Larry McHenry, Pittsburgh, PA