Previous Meeting Programs


Aug. 2023 Click here to view program.

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


Jun. 2023 Click here to view program.

Program: "Venus: The Deadly Pressurized Inferno"

Presented by Perry Pezzolanella


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