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Saturday April 28th, 2012
9:00AM - 4:00PM
Solar Star Party
9:00AM - 11:30AM
Saturday Workshop:
Solar imaging with Stephen Ramsden
- Preregistration Required
11:00AM
Welcoming Remarks
by
Alan Traino
,
Rockland Astronomy Club
with
Sky & Telescope Magazine
and
Astronomy Magazine
11:15AM - 12:15PM
Robert Naeye
- S&T Editor
The Venus Transit
12:30PM - 2:00PM
Stephen Ramsden
- the Charlie Bates Solar Astronomy Project
Also introducing
Dr. Steele Hill
with NASA Goddard
2:15PM - 3:15PM
Dr. Mark Clampin
- NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope
3:30PM - 4:30PM
Dr. Joseph Liske
- the European Extremely Large Telescope
4:45PM - 6:00PM
Saving Hubble
the movie - presented by
David Gaynes
Sunday April 29th, 2012
10:00AM - 4:00PM
Solar Star Party
9:00AM - 11:00AM
Sunday Workshop:
Tom Fields
You Can Almost Touch the Stars!
This hands-on workshop for amateurs who want to learn from scratch how to do spectroscopy. Preregistration Required
12:00PM - 12:15PM
Welcoming Remarks
by
Alan Traino
,
Rockland Astronomy Club
with
Sky & Telescope Magazine
and
Astronomy Magazine
12:15PM - 1:15PM
Marni Berendsen
- The Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Ten Common Challenges Astronomy Clubs Face and the Keys to Solving Them
1:30PM - 3:30PM
Steve Arnold
and
Geoff Notkin
- the Discovery Channel’s The Meteorite Men
3:30PM - 4:30PM
David Eicher
- Editor of Astronomy Magazine
Astronomy’s new frontier
4:30PM
Closing Remarks and Raffle Prizes