As always, OPT will present three quality speakers for SCAE, 2013 on Saturday, July 13th. Their lectures will be free to attendees on a first come, first serve basis, and topics will cover a wide range of subjects of interest to amateur astronomers of all interest levels. Keep an eye out for new speaker announcements as the big day approaches! We will list them here as they are confirmed:
Dolores Hill – NASA OSIRIS-REx Mission
The NASA OSIRIS-REx Mission to Near-Earth Asteroid Bennu: USA’s First Asteroid Sample Return Mission… & How You Can Be an Important Partner! Dolores will present the exciting NASA OSIRIS-REx* asteroid sample return mission to near-Earth asteroid (101955) Bennu. She will describe how this asteroid was selected from among more than 500,000 asteroids, how OSIRIS-REx will retrieve a sample from Bennu without landing, and why sample return is important. The spacecraft will launch in 2016 with asteroid...
Read MoreJim Lafferty – Observing & Imaging Our Sun
Jim Lafferty, Solar Imager & Author of “Imaging Our Sun” In this one hour presentation, Jim will walk us through the basics of observing and imaging our sun with both hydrogen alpha and white light filtered telescopes. We will discuss the solar features you can expect to see through the eyepiece and some basic info on the best ways to image the sun. The most common equipment and software will also be discussed. Jim has been an avid astronomer and imager for over 35 years. He currently observes and...
Read MoreVed Chirayath – HiMARC Telescope & Fluid Lensing
Ved Chirayath, founder of vedphoto, uses cutting-edge photography to channel people’s scientific curiosity, produce scientifically relevant exhibitions and fund award-winning research. Ved’s unconventional approach and experience as a Vogue photographer, Stanford physicist and NASA Ames scientist has funded both photography exhibitions and scientific discoveries since he was in high-school, including the discovery of an extra-solar planet, documenting four new animal species in Madagascar, archival imaging of...
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