Check out the mail tribue article.
Astronomy club welcomes enthusiasts of all types. Mail Tribune Article.
We offer the Rogue Valley community many types of fun events: monthly gatherings, star parties, telescope building, and more! We welcome newcomers and visitors to our meetings and star parties. All our meetings and programs are free of charge. Please check the Calendar for details on upcoming events:
Our next meeting will be our:
Wednesday
May 15th
7:00 PM
North Medford High School Planetarium
Free
Open to the public
Movie Night in the Planetarium. Using the full dome presentation of “Black Hole First Picture”
Black Hole First Picture is a fulldome planetarium film currently in production featuring the human attempt to create the very first picture of a black hole with the Event Horizon Telescope. The Event Horizon Telescope consists of a network of 8 Radio telescopes at 6 remote locations in the world ranging from Europe, North and South America, Hawaii to Antarctica. For years, the Event Horizon Telescope has been staring into the hearts of the Milky Way and the galaxy Messier 87, trying to obtain a picture of the shadow of Sagittarius A*, our galaxy's central supermassive black hole and the black hole M87*.
Big Astronomy: People, Places, Discoveries explores three observatories located in extreme environments and remote locations in Chile. Due to its special climate and location, which creates stable and dry air, Chile is one of the best places in the world for astronomy. In fact, 70% of the world's optical and infrared collecting power is located in Chile. The film shares the diverse STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) careers and highlights all the skills necessary to keep the great observatories working. The show is narrated by Barbara Rojas-Ayala, a Chilean astronomer.
Saturday July 13th. 8:30 - 10:30
“Discover the moon” at North Mountain Park Ashland. We will need 4+ volunteers.
Robert Reeves book flyer
In December 2021 we had a guest speaker Dr George Sowers. In his presentation on resources of the inner solar system we had a glimpse of how the asteroid belt and moon could be used to provide a wealth of materials for future space programs.
Check out the great presentation on hope for space development below.
The Observers notebook is a podcast about amateur astronomy.
Here they highlight the Astronomical League Programs (which our club is a member program).
Another great episode looks at the visual discovery of a comet.
https://soundcloud.com/observersnotebook/the-observers-notebook-comet-2018-v1-with-don-machholz
Check it out!
