Mount Diablo Astronomical Society

Past Speakers

We have had many illustrious, and not-so-well-known Astronomers and Astronomy related individuals come to our General Meetings and talk to us about their current and past projects. Here is a partial list of those speakers...

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Date Speaker / Topic
April 24, 2007

What’s up: Nick Tsakoyias - The Great Greek Astronomers

Guest speaker: Dr. Charles H. Townes. Nobel Prize in Physics: On the convergence of Science and Religion

May 22

What’s up: Jim Head - Outreach Program

Guest speaker: Bruce Margon, UC Santa Cruz: Space Science Projects at NASA: Tall, Grande, or Vente?

June 26

What’s up: Lance Schlecter - What goes on at the Missile site of Vandenberg AFB.

Guest speakers: Jeff Adkins & his Deer Valley High School Students: "Student Astronomers Share Award-Winning Projects”

July 24

What’s up: John Westfall - The Lunar eclipse of August

Guest speaker: Dr. Jeffrey Moore, NASA Ames: New Horizons Mission to Pluto and Beyond

August 28

What’s up: Richard Ozer

Guest speaker: R. Jay GaBany: “Remotely Possible” Adventures with Remote Telescopes

September 25

What’s up: Tom Harris - Adventures with his binoculars

Guest speaker: Vic Marris, owner of Stellarvue Telescopes: World Class Refractors.

October 23

MDAS 50th Anniversary Celebration:

* Mike Harms - “Then and now”
* There will also be talks by club members Jack Borde and Dennis Pisila.

November 20

MDAS Swap Meet

December 18

Members meeting: - Board Elections, etc.

Imaging group will do a “Show and Tell”

January 22, 2008 What's up: Ken Coates - What's new in solar system exploaration

Guest Speaker: Richard Crisp: Polarization Imaging
February 26 What's up: Michael Kran - Remote Telescopes up close and personal

Guest Speaker: John Dillon, Randall Museum: "When Astronomy became a Science" (at he Museum of Alexandria)