Michael Uberty
June 8th, 2012 | ALCon Speakers | No Comment
Michael Uberty~ activist for starlight restoration.
One Star at a Time, Global StarPark Network, Astronomers Without Borders
Michael and SpokeStar will share ideas of how YOU can make a difference.
I was thinking ...
George C. Brainard, Ph.D
June 8th, 2012 | ALCon Speakers | No Comment
George C. Brainard, Ph.D. Director, Light Research Program Professor, Neurology Jefferson Medical College Thomas Jefferson University Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Dr. Brainard's academic work has been concerned with the effects of light on ...
Richard Schmude,Jr PhD
May 24th, 2012 | ALCon Speakers | No Comment
Talk abstract
This talk will center around the South Equatorial Belt fading and revival that took place between 2009 and 2012. I will discuss what amateurs have done. I will also ...
Michael E. Bakich, Senior Editor of Astronomy...
May 22nd, 2012 | ALCon Speakers | No Comment
Michael has been fascinated by the stars all his life. His astronomical journey began when he was in third grade, after his parents bought him a set of constellation flash ...
Barry Beaman
May 22nd, 2012 | ALCon Speakers | No Comment
Barry B. Beaman has been an amateur astronomer actively observing the sky for about 55 years. For more than 20 years he was a member of the Astronomical Society of ...
Dr. Michael Svec
May 22nd, 2012 | ALCon Speakers | No Comment
Title: Preserving our astronomical heritage: The University of Illinois Observatory as a work in progress
Abstract:
Constructed as a teaching observatory in 1896, the University of Illinois Observatory made historic and significant ...
Chuck Ruehle
May 22nd, 2012 | ALCon Speakers | No Comment
Chuck Ruehle is an amateur astronomer and a member of the Racine Astronomical Society.
He has developed a program called Telescopes to Tanzania that has enabled him to teach
astronomy to students ...
Harald Stark
May 22nd, 2012 | ALCon Speakers | No Comment
We measured city light intensity in May and June 2010 over Los Angeles from an airplane. Our results showed for the first time that city lights can influence air pollution ...
Lucianne Walkowicz
May 2nd, 2012 | ALCon Speakers | No Comment
Lucianne Walkowicz studies the inscrutable faces of the stars for clues to the inner workings of their hearts. She got her taste for astronomy as an undergrad at Johns Hopkins, ...
David Gaynes
April 23rd, 2012 | ALCon Speakers | No Comment
David Gaynes is emerging as a unique voice in the world of independent documentary film. Saving Hubble (2012), his second feature, is both a love letter to the world’s most ...