This Month we will be screening a recent Silicon Valley Astronomy Lecture Dr. Robert Jedicke (U of Hawaii) Near-Earth objects present both an existential threat to human civilization and an […]
This month will be a planetarium session where we will review the constellations and deep sky objects of the Summer Night Sky. This meeting will be the final AAS meeting […]
This month we will be screening a Gresham College video lecture presented by AAS Honorary Member Professor Chris Lintott. In 2017, the Solar System was visited by an object named […]
The Initial theme for 2024 will be Astrophotography without tracking. Guided vs Unguided astrophotography The modern CMOS Sensor - Hubble in your hand What you will need - a Smartphone, […]
To start the year for Practical Astronomy, we will be discussing the basics of telescopes and mounts. We will cover the common types of telescopes encountered by amateur astronomers and […]