The sky is an amazing place day or night. In this presentation, we'll explore various optical phenomena in our sky as well as different types of clouds, including their meaning, formation and beauty.
The perfect portable telescope. Conrad Cardano will show you how to choose the right binoculars to find many sky objects. You’ll be amazed what you can see with binoculars.
You don’t need a large instrument to discover star clusters, nebulae, double stars and galaxies. Bob Horton will show you how to set up your equipment, and what accessories you should have.
When it comes to astronomy, it appears there are so many different terms. Steve Siok will talk about the terms normally used to find our way around the sky.
Ian Dell’Antonio will introduce the Sun, and compare it with the nighttime stars. He will also introduce sun spots, the Sun’s spectra, and the processes occurring in the solar interior.
Looking up at the night sky can be a very relaxing and enjoyable pastime. But, what’s actually up there? Francine Jackson will introduce you to the constellations visible at this time, and some of the myths given to those patterns in the sky.
Steven Carey from the URI Graduate School of Oceanography will discuss a study of volcanic and tectonic processes on Earth and the planets of the solar system.
