Southwest Montana Astronomical Society
Amateur Astronomy Under The Big Sky
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Fred Birk, Past President of SMAS to speak on VLA
2010-03-26 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm Fred Birk, past president of SMAS, will give a talk during the March 26th meeting of SMAS. 7:00 in the Redstart room, downstairs at the Museum of the Rockies. Fred’s talk will be followed by a short club meeting with updates on Stars over Yellowstone, Stars over Bozeman, and the upcoming Astronomy Day event. Bring a friend!
National Radio Astronomy ObservatoryVLA, The Very Large Array in New MexicoGuide Post to the FutureThe talk puts the VLA in context with the radio astronomy world of today and the past. A detailed narrative of a tour of the entire facility including the inner sanctum of electronics processing. The audience should walk away from the talk with a good understanding of what radio astronomy is all about. -
John Bogard to talk Friday, Oct.30 at SMAS meeting
2009-10-30 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm John Bognar, past director of MSU’s high altitude scientific balloon program (BOREALIS,) will talk about the current status of high altitude ballooning.
John has a company (Anasphere) that has developed some radiosonde kits that let students gather their own atmospheric data with sensors they launch on small helium balloons. Their web site anasphere.com summarizes most of the educational work and outreach.
