October 2017

Individuals who traveled to the 2017 Solar Eclipse are invited to share a story about their experience.

Francis will share his experiences at ScopeX, an annual event sponsored by Astronomical Society of South Africa, whic he has attend several times.

Funded by a grant to AAVSO, an all-sky photometric survey is being completed APASS,  a system of 2 astrograph telescopes.  Al was commissioned to establish this telescope at CTIO to facilitate the survey of the Southern sky.

Stella will introduce us to the latest method of making variable star estimates.

Mario will describe the research he completed in conjunction with the Kepler team to monitor a white dwarf star that is slowly destroying the planetoid that closely orbits around it.

"Cubes in Space" provides student with an opportunity to design experiments to be launched into space on a NASA rocket or balloon.  This is an international STEAM initiative to help kids learn about space while getting involved in innovative problem solving.  Julie and members of her group submitted 6 experimental proposals to the program and all of them were accepted !   She will share her club's experiences with this activity.   

Julie is an 8th grader at Pennichuck Middle School in Nashua, New Hampshire.