Nov. 2023 | Click here to view program.
Program: "How Did Voyager Take Photos?" A history of light detection in Astronomy from Clyde Tombaugh to James Web Presented by Russell Arcuri, MVAS |
Oct. 2023 | Click here to view program.
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 |
Aug. 2023 | Click here to view program.
Program: "The Theory of Everything - So Far" Download the PowerPoint Presented by Peter Costianes, Physicist-retired, Air Force Research Laboratory, Rome, NY, and MVAS member |
Jun. 2023 | Click here to view program.
Program: "Venus: The Deadly Pressurized Inferno" Presented by Perry Pezzolanella, MVAS member |
May. 2023 | Click here to view program.
Program: "An Antarctic Odyssey: Winter-Over at South Pole Station" Presented by John W Briggs, Curator at the Astronomical Lyceum, Magdalena, New Mexico |
Apr. 2023 | Click here to view program.
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 |
Mar. 2023 | Click here to view program.
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 |
Feb. 2023 | Click here to view program.
Program: "The Wacky World of Exoplanets and How We Discover Them" Presented by Dennis Conti, AAVSO |
Jan. 2023 | Click here to view program.
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 |
Dec. 2022 | Click here to view program.
Program: "Members' Show 'n Tell" Presented by MVAS Members |
Nov. 2022 | Click here to view program.
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 |
Oct. 2022 | Click here to view program.
Program: "NASA's Artemis Program: America's Return to the Moon" Presented by Carol Higgins, NASA Solar System Ambassador, MVAS |
Aug. 2022 | Click here to view program.
Program: "The Evolution and Utilization of Meteorological Satellites" Presented by Gordon Fesenger, MVAS |
Jun. 2022 | Click here to view program.
Program: "Mars: A Golden Age for a Red Planet" Presented by Perry Pezzolanella |
Apr. 2022 | Click here to view program.
Program: "The Venus Transit: A Historical Retrospective" Presented by Larry McHenry, Pittsburgh, PA |
Mar. 2022 | Click here to view program.
Program: "The Spring Equinox: Facts and Myths" Presented by Jeffrey Miller, St. Lawrence University |
Feb. 2022 | Click here to view program.
Program: "Comet Tales" Presented by Larry McHenry, Pittsburgh, PA |