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Meeting Programs

Programs Planned for 2021 General Meetings

Along with our main Program for the evening, at every meeting we will have one or more of the following: Astronomy Picture of the Month,Constellation of the Month, What’s New in Astronomy, Astronomy Book of the Month and Astronomy Internet Site of the Month. Join us every second Wednesday of the Month.  Join Us!

Presentations are available on our Download Page.

January 08, 2021

Astrophotography Object of the Month
Constellation of the Month
Astrophotography Showcase
Outreach Report

Main Program – 

February 10, 2021

Astronomy Picture of the Month
Constellation of the Month

Main Program – “TBA”

March 13, 20121

Astrophotography Showcase
Outreach Report by Leonard Ward
DIY Mini Project (How to build a Astronomy Hutch) by Francisco Gonzalez

Main Program – “Principles of Astrophotography” by Richard Wright

A basic introduction to Astrophotography.

April 11, 2018

Constellation of the Month by Robert Vogel
Astronomy Targets of the Month by Derek Demter

Main Program – “TBA”

May 09, 2018

Constellation of the Month by Robert Vogel
Astronomy Targets of the Month by Derek Demter

Main Program – “Comet and Asteroid Spectroscopy and Interstellar Objects” by Dr Yan Fernandez

  Dr. Fernandez received his Ph.D. in Astronomy from University of Maryland, College Park, in 1999. He spent 3-years (1999-2002) as a Scientific Researcher  and 3-years (2002-2005) as a SIRTF/Spitzer Fellow in University of Hawai’i before joining UCF in 2005, where he is an Associate Professor of Physics.
My area of research is comets and asteroids, which I have been studying since 1994. I am interested in the composition and physical properties of these objects, and how they compare to each other and other objects in the Solar System. Why? Because Small Bodies can tell us about the origin of the Solar System — what were the compositional and thermophysical conditions in the solar nebula and in the protoplanetary disk? Understanding the origin of the Solar System is the overall “big picture” question that I (and many planetary scientists) work toward. However to understand what the small bodies tell us about our origins, we need to know what has happened to these objects in the intervening 4.6 billion years sinice they formed. In other words, I study cometary and asteroidal evolution. This is not an easy task, but it is an interesting question in its own right, and it is critical if we are to make sense of what the Solar System is like today.

June 13, 2018

Constellation of the Month by Robert Vogel
Astronomy Targets of the Month by Derek Demter

Main Program – “In Situ Resource Utilization” by Dr. Zoe Landsman

Dr. Zoe Landsman received her Bachelor of Science degree in Physics from the University of Central Florida in 2011. She then worked in private industry as an informatics consultant before returning to UCF for graduate school as a Florida Space Grant Fellow. She received her PhD in Physics with a concentration in Planetary Science from UCF in 2017. Dr. Landsman has now joined UCF’s Florida Space Institute, where she works as a postdoctoral researcher under the direction of Dr. Philip Metzger. Although she is primarily a researcher, Dr. Landsman is also passionate about science education and public outreach. She has worked as a Planetary Ambassador at the Orlando Science Center and as a teaching assistant and as a volunteer at UCF’s Robinson Observatory. In 2017, she received the UCF Physics Department Graduate Teaching Award for her work as a teaching assistant at Robinson Observatory.

July 11, 2018

Constellation of the Month by Robert Vogel
Astronomy Targets of the Month by Derek Demter

Main Program –  “Habitable planetary Environments” by Mr. Stephen Covey

August – No Meeting

September 12, 2018

Constellation of the Month by Robert Vogel

Main Program – “TBA”

October 10, 2018

Constellation of the Month by Robert Vogel

TBA”

November 14, 2018

Constellation of the Month by Robert Vogel

TBA

December 12, 2018

CFAS Holiday Party. 07:00 PM to 09:00 PM

This event is for “MEMBERS ONLY” and it will be hosted at the Public Safety Training Complex and Driving Track at Geneva Center at 2450 Gun Range Road, Geneva, FL 32732.