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Apollo 12

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Open to Public

Type: General Meetings

Keywords: Apollo Apollo 12 Moon Space

Held on: Nov 20, 2019 (Wed) at 07:00 PM to Nov 20, 2019 (Wed) at 09:00 PM

Speaker: Toby Smith

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

Event Coordinator: Rayna C.T. Bauer

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. 

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. 

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  • NOV
    20

    Apollo 12

    Wed at 07:00 PM Open to Public
    As12 48 7134

    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. 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, ... more

  • DEC
    18

    General Meeting

    Wed at 07:00 PM Open to Public
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    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.

  • FEB
    19

    Night Sky Network Explained

    Wed at 07:00 PM Open to Public
    Night sky network

    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, 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 ... more

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  • OCT
    16

    General Meeting

    Wed at 07:00 PM Open to Public
    Hubble interacting galaxy arp 148

    This month's topic is "Puzzles in Galaxy Evolution" by Professor Charles Louis Steinhardt professor at the Cosmic Dawn Center, part of the Niels Bohr Institute (University of Copenhagen). Professor Steinhardt will discuss some of the recent advances in galaxy evolution and some of the things that, as a result, we have discovered we really don’t understand about how galaxies are assembled in the early Universe The monthly general meeting is as always, Open to the Public. Prior ... more

  • SEP
    18

    Mapping The Moon

    Wed at 07:00 PM Open to Public
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    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 ... more

  • AUG
    21

    The Origin Story of the Moon

    Wed at 07:00 PM Open to Public
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    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 allow testing this hypothesis. 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 ... more

  • JUL
    17

    Photographing the Moon with the SAS APSIG

    Wed at 07:00 PM Open to Public
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    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 Minnick, will be discussing and answering questions about photographing the Moon. 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

  • JUN
    19

    Apollo 50

    Wed at 07:00 PM Open to Public
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    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 poster for all attendees), and recent NASA moon news. They will also ask attendees to share their memories of July 1969 and lead a discussion on the moon. The monthly general meeting is, Open to the Public. Prior to the General Meeting, SAS volunteer staff offer a welcome table from ... more