General Meetings Events

Mapping The Moon

Open to Public

Held on: Sep 18, 2019 (Wed) at 07:00 PM to Sep 18, 2019 (Wed) at 09:00 PM

Location: Physics/Astronomy Auditorium (PAA), Room A102, Seattle, Washington

Event Coordinator: Rayna C.T. Bauer

On the way to the Moon landings, early photographic techniques, maps and charts showed humans how to get there and where they might like to walk around. Tom Reese will share images collected by his dad, who helped create them more than 50 years ago, and will invite conversation in the hope of adding to our collective memory.

The monthly general meeting is as always, Open to the Public. Prior to the General Meeting, SAS volunteer staff offer a welcome table from 7:00PM to 7:30PM. New member and guests are invited to ask questions and meet some of the existing members. All attendees are welcome to stop by, have a cookie, and (if available) make a name tag to help everyone get to know you better. The meeting begins at 7:30pm with SAS business, followed by the lecture.

Shown in date ascending order.

SEP

18

Mapping The Moon

Wed at 07:00 PM Open to Public

On the way to the Moon landings, early photographic techniques, maps and charts showed humans how to get there and where they might like to walk around. Tom Reese will share images collected by his dad, who ... more
OCT

16

General Meeting

Wed at 07:00 PM Open to Public

The monthly general meeting is as always, Open to the Public. Prior to the General Meeting, SAS volunteer staff offer a welcome table from 7:00PM to 7:30PM. New member and guests are invited to ask ... more
NOV

20

Apollo 12

Wed at 07:00 PM Open to Public

Please join us for our continued celebration of Apollo 50 with UW Professor Toby Smith. Professor Smith will be speaking with us about the Apollo 12 mission on the 50th anniversary of the return launch. ... more
DEC

18

General Meeting

Wed at 07:00 PM Open to Public

The monthly general meeting is as always, Open to the Public. Prior to the General Meeting, SAS volunteer staff offer a welcome table from 7:00PM to 7:30PM. New member and guests are invited to ask ... more
FEB

19

Night Sky Network Explained

Wed at 07:00 PM Open to Public

Dave Prosper from The Night Sky Network will be doing a remote demonstration of the functionality of NASA's Night Sky Network and how it can be used by members. The monthly general meeting is as always, ... more

Shown in date descending order.

AUG

21

The Origin Story of the Moon

Wed at 07:00 PM Open to Public

Solar System Ambassador John McLaren will present the work of Dr. Julien Salmon on the leading hypothesis regarding the origin of the Moon. We will see the results from state-of-the-art computer models that ... more
JUL

17

Photographing the Moon with the SAS APSIG

Wed at 07:00 PM Open to Public

In July the SAS will be continuing our celebration of the 50th anaversarry of the Apollo moon landing. The Seattle Astronomical Society's Astrophotography Special Instrest group, lead by Matt Dahl and Jon ... more
JUN

19

Apollo 50

Wed at 07:00 PM Open to Public

Please join us for a celebration of Apollo 50 with NASA Solar System Ambassadors Dave Cuomo and Keith Krumm. They will share some excellent NASA material created for Apollo 50, (including an Apollo 50 ... more
MAY

15

General Meeting

Wed at 07:00 PM Open to Public

This general meeting will feature an update on the Curiosity Rover which was designed and launched to explore Mars as part of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission. New information about the planet Mars ... more
APR

17

The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope: The Realm of “Big Data” Astronomy

Wed at 07:00 PM Open to Public

We welcome Dr. Travis Rector, professor at the University of Alaska Anchorage who will be speaking with attendees about the The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST). The monthly general meeting is as ... more