Bellevue College Planetarium Tour - SAS Monthly General Meeting

**IN-PERSON AT THE UW or Zoom**. Please join us! Sujit Nair has studied and updated mid-transits for several exoplanets and wants to share his exciting work! He is a student at Stanford Online High School and lives in Redmond WA. He is a member of the Seattle Astronomical Society and an affiliate member of American Astronomical Society. His study on exoplanet mid transit times were accepted as poster sessions at AAS 240, AAS 241 & the upcoming AAS 242 conference. Sujit's exoplanet ... more

Zoom and In-person at UW Physics Building. Please join us for an evening with Dr. Adam Smercina, postdoctoral research fellow in the Department of Astronomy at the University of Washington. Dr. Smercina's research includes how galaxies form and evolve, from the smallest dwarf galaxies to large galaxies like the Milky Way. Using gas content, resolved stellar populations, and satellite populations of galaxies roughly the size of our Milky Way to understand how they change over time, ... more

Zoom and In-person at UW Physics Building. Please join us for an evening with Dr. Adam Smercina, postdoctoral research fellow in the Department of Astronomy at the University of Washington. Dr. Smercina's research includes how galaxies form and evolve, from the smallest dwarf galaxies to large galaxies like the Milky Way. Using gas content, resolved stellar populations, and satellite populations of galaxies roughly the size of our Milky Way to understand how they change over time, ... more

**IN-PERSON AT THE UW or Zoom** The James Webb Space Telescope Through an Astrophotographer's Eyes, Presented by Sabrina Minnick Many of us have seen the incredible images of NASA's JWST by now, but this month we'll have a chance to look at the exciting telescope from an astrophotographer's perspective. We'll touch on: - Optical design - Calibration, collimation, and artifacts - Field of View - Camera sensors, filters, and spectra - From data to images: "Are those the *real* ... more

Please join us on Zoom for a review of the biggest space science events of 2022….from Artemis, to DART to JWST and beyond. We will also look ahead to the action packed 2023 calendar of exploration. Long time SAS member, NASA Solar System Ambassador, former Director of the Pacific Science Center Planetarium, and now Education Specialist for Digitalis Education Solutions, Dave Cuomo will lead us through this tour. Every ... more

Join us at UW to connect in person or join us online! Title: Celebrating Apollo 17's 50th Anniversary Abstract: 50 years ago this month Apollo 17 was on the moon from December 7 - 19, 1972. This was the last time humans were there. We would like to take this time to review and remember this amazing program, and the last humans on the lunar surface. For those of us who were watching live, let’s share our memories: throwing a hammer on the moon, driving a car, singing Christmas ... more

**IN-PERSON / HYBRID MEETING** (In-Person Mars Viewing opportunity post meeting if weather permits) Please join us this month as we pick up some tips on how to best view the upcoming Mars 2022 opposition in December. Beginners and experienced astronomy lovers alike are welcome! Stephanie Pahl Anderson of Cloud Break Optics returns to help provide some best practices and expectation setting to view and possibly image the beauitful Red Planet through the telescope. Questions are ... more

**ZOOM ONLY THIS MONTH** Please join us online as we welcome Goldendale Observatory's Troy Carpenter! Troy will be going over a grab bag of fun and interesting topics in the world of space science including an Artemis recap, the successful DART impact, as well as providing the latest on solar viewing and the upgrades of Washington's own Goldendale Observatory. The curious welcome and questions are encouraged! Troy has been running the Goldendale Observatory for 9 years counting and ... more

In-Person at UW PAA A102 (Physics/Astronomy Auditorium) AND hybrid via Zoom Time capsules from the birth of our Solar System more than 4 billion years ago, Trojan asteroids orbit the Sun in two loose groups, with one group leading ahead of Jupiter in its path, the other trailing behind. Clustered around the two Lagrange points equidistant from the Sun and Jupiter, the Trojans are stabilized by the Sun and its largest planet in a gravitational balancing act. These primitive bodies hold ... more

Every month SAS meets for our general meeting commonly featuring a guest speaker and presentation. It also provides members a chance to engage and be in community with each other. Please join us in-person for our second Summer Series meeting with, "Viewing & Imaging the Planets, Presented by Cloud Break Optics" located at Bickersons Brewhouse in Ballard. We'll be going over the when, how, and other good info to view and possibly image the planets through telescopes and what equipment ... more