Speakers’ Bureau Activities 2011-2013
Mike Simonsen
May 3, 2013
Tim Crawford
May 6, 2012
"Variable Star Observing With CCD's" & "Differential Photometry"
Imaging The Sky Conference, Beaverton, Oregon.
Keith Graham
Keith does a weekly astronomy program in Rocky Mountain National Park, in Colorado
each summer. He and another ranger do the main presentation. Keith runs the telescope
and talks with visitors about what they are viewing. The weeks he was active are listed
below.
2011
June 23, 30
July 7, 14,21,28
August 4, 11
2012
June 21, 28
July 5, 12, 19 26
August 2, 9
Al Holm
April 5, 2011
"Variable Stars: Stepping Stones of Understanding the Universe"
Public night, Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, MD.
July 18, 2011
"Variable Stars: Stepping Stones of Understanding the Universe"
Iron County Museum, Caspian, MI.
July 22, 2011
"Hubble @ 21: 21 Years of Adventure"
Public lecture sponsored by the Marquette Astronomical Society at Northern Michigan
University, Marquette, MI.
July 24, 2012
"The Invisible Universe: Black Holes, Dark Matter and Dark Energy"
Iron County Museum, Caspian, MI.
Roger Kolman
May 11, 2011
“Getting Started In Amateur Astronomy”
Harper College – Astronomy Day
June 17, 2011
“Variable Stars and the AAVSO”
Northwest Suburban Astronomers
December 11, 2011
“The Case For Visual observations of Variable Stars”
Naperville Astronomical Association
February 10, 2012
“The Case For Visual observations of Variable Stars”
Northwest Suburban Astronomers
April 4, 2012
“Variable Stars and the AAVSO”
Harper College – Astronomy Day
April 4, 2012
“Backyard Astronomy – Getting Started”
Harper College – Astronomy Day
April 20, 2013
“The Mystery of eps Aurigae”
Harper College – Astronomy Day
May 8, 2013
“The Mystery of eps Aurigae”
Harper College – Astronomy Classes
Michael Richmond
(All these talks were given to local astronomy groups around Rochester, NY.)
January 21, 2011
“Why are all the stars either blowing up, or collapsing into black holes?”
April 22, 2011
“Results from the Kepler mission, two years after launch”
May 13, 2011
“Results from the Kepler mission, two years after launch”
June 16, 2011
“Looking for eclipsing binary RR Lyr stars”
November 4, 2011
“SN 2011fe in M101”
February 6, 2012
“Doing science with small telescopes” (PDF)
March 8, 2013
“Astronomical Jargon”
April 5, 2013
“Some tips for photometry of comets”
Mike Simonsen
April 15, 2011
“Stand Back, I'm Going to Try Science!”
NEAIC, NY
May 13, 2011
“Stand Back, I'm Going to Try Science!”
Orange County Astronomical Society via Skype
May 22, 2011
“Z CamPaign early results”
AAS Meeting Boston
June 1, 2011
(Variable Stars, two afternoon talks)
Texas Star Party
June 2, 2011
“Variable Stars, the AAVSO and You”
Texas Star Party
August 3, 2011
“Variable Stars and The Stories They Tell”
Nebraska Star Party
October 7, 2011
“Walking With Giants” (historical talk)
AAVSO Centennial, Woburn, MA
October 22, 2011
“100 Years of AAVSO”
St. Louis Astronomical Society, MO
June 15, 2012
“Variable Stars, the AAVSO and You”
Cherry Springs Star Party
June 16, 2012
Variable Star workshop at the telescope
Cherry Springs Star Party
July 7, 2012
Brief talk accepting Leslie Peltier Award
ALCon, Chicago, IL
August 19, 2012
“LPVs in the AAVSO Program”
CAPAS, Onet-Le-Chateau, France via Skype
October 18, 2012
“Introduction to Variable Stars”
Warren Astronomical Society, Warren, MI
April 28, 2013
“Z Cams in the 21st Century”
EuroVS2013, Finland via Skype
Upcoming: (Simonsen)
May 23, 2013 SAS (Banquet speaker)
June 6, 2013 Rocky Mountain Star Stare (Variable stars, featured talk)
June 7, 2013 Rocky Mountain Star Stare (hobby or obsession, featured talk)
July 5, 2013 Mensa International Ft. Worth, TX (Variable stars & AAVSO, 90 minutes
talk and Q&A)