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, ...
2012 Venus Transit at Hickory Knolls with Isk...
May 2nd, 2012 | General Astronomy | No Comment
Join us for an afternoon and evening of Star watching!
Venus will begin its passage across the disk of the sun around 5pm and will last until sundown. The next time ...
Starlight 2012!
April 23rd, 2012 | ALCon News | No Comment
The New Zealand International Starlight conference will take place at Lake Tekapo, New Zealand in June 2012.
This conference is recognized by the Starlight Initiative as the third of a series ...
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 ...
Carl Wenning: Celebrate Starlight
March 29th, 2012 | ALCon Speakers | No Comment
Carl J. Wenning, Editor
Celebrate Starlight
Carl Wenning has been an amateur astronomer since the summer of 1956 when his grandfather pointed out Venus in the western evening sky. He became enthralled ...
Bill Higgins: Fermilab Radiation Physicist
William S. Higgins is a radiation safety physicist at Fermilab, where he has been involved with the transport of high-energy particle beams for over 33 years. He frequently speaks and ...
Todd Johnson: Fermilab Operations Specialist
March 3rd, 2012 | Fermilab | No Comment
Todd Johnson graduated with a BSEE from Michigan Tech University in 1982. He joined Fermilab in 1983 and has worked as an Accelerator Operator and a Crew Chief in the ...
Best Way to View Mars at Opposition on March ...
February 24th, 2012 | Astro News | 1 Comment
Mars will be at opposition at 20:35 03 March 2012 UT. Mars will have a visual magnitude of -1.23, a size of about 13.9 arcseconds and be about 0.67 AU ...
Peter Birren: Author Objects in the Heavens
February 20th, 2012 | ALCon Volunteer | No Comment
Peter Birren is a self-employed graphic designer, hang glider pilot and author of the deep-sky astronomy fieldbook "Objects in the Heavens." His interest in astronomy began as a young child ...
Robb Walker: Dark Sky Advocate
February 2nd, 2012 | Astro News | No Comment
Some might call Robb Walker an amateur astronomer, but that goes a little further than his knowledge, the Elgin man admitted.
“I am a night sky enthusiast,” said Walker, who grew ...