The Great Southern Sky
Zeidler Dome, TELUS World of Science Edmonton, 11211 142 St NW Edmonton
7:30 PM (MST), Meeting begins, including guest speaker, AstroImaging Corner, and other RASC news.
FREE and open to the public.
This is a hybrid meeting. You may attend in person or remotely using Zoom.
The Great Southern Sky
Guest Speaker: Alan Dyer
This frames the Australian aboriginal “Dark Emu” made of dark dust lanes in the Milky Way as it rises in the east.
Photo by Alan Dyer
The best objects in the sky aren’t visible from up north, but only from far southern latitudes. Alan takes us on a tour of the wonders of the southern hemisphere sky, using images he has taken on trips to Australia and Chile. If you haven’t seen the southern Milky Way, you haven’t seen the Milky Way!
Please note that this presentation will include projections on the Zeidler Dome that may not transmit well over Zoom, so we recommend that you attend this presentation in person, if possible.
Alan Dyer. A studio self portrait with the SharpStar 76mm refractor. Taken April 4, 2020.
Alan Dyer is a renowned astrophotographer, the author of numerous astronomy books and magazine articles, and a contributing editor to Sky & Telescope magazine. His photos and videos have been featured on Spaceweather.com, Astronomy Picture of the Day, Universe Today, Forbes, National Geographic, TIME, NBCNews, and CBSNews. In past years, before retirement, he produced planetarium shows for the theatres in Edmonton, Calgary, and Winnipeg.
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