Public Talks at the Northern Prairie Star Party 2010
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Dr. Natalia Ivanova (Canada Research Chair in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Assistant Professor, University of Alberta) “Formation of low-mass X-ray binaries: the paradigm and its challenge”. |
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Rick Bramm ( Royal Astronomical Society of Canada – Edmonton Centre) “Trip to Meteor Crater, Arizona”. |
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Mike Noble (Royal Astronomical Society of Canada – Edmonton Centre) “Astrophotography – My personal journey to Nirvana?”. |
Public Talks at the Northern Prairie Star Party 2009
| No photo. | Dr. Moritz Heimpel (Department of Physics, University of Alberta) “A Dynamical Tour of Planetary Interiors.” |
| No photo. | Dr. Clare Watt (Department of Physics, University of Alberta), “The Plasma Universe with Emphasis on the Sun and Near-Earth Space.” |
| No photo. | Bruce McCurdy (RASC Edmonton Centre) “Space Rocks!”, (focus on the Buzzard Coulee Fireball that landed near the Alberta/Saskatchewan border November 20, 2008 – initial discovery of fragments, analyses of meteorite samples and personal anecdotes). |
| No photo. | Sverrir Gudmundsson “Current State of Astronomy and the Amateur Society in Iceland.” |
Public Talks at the Northern Prairie Star Party 2008
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Dr. Carlos Lange (Canadian Scientist for the NASA Phoenix Mission) presented and discussed the latest information received from the Phoenix Mars Lander. |
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Dr. Sharon Morsink (Associate Professor of Physics, University of Alberta) gave a talk entitled “Relativistic Effects Around Massive Dead Stars.” |
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Dr. Craig Heinke (Assistant Professor of Physics, University of Alberta) gave a talk entitled “Stellar Exotica in Globular Clusters.” |
Public Talks at the Northern Prairie Star Party 2007
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Alister Ling (RASC Edmonton Centre) gave a presentation entitled “Better than the Clear Sky Clock.” |
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Dr. Jaymie Matthews (Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia) gave a presentation on Canada’s MOST Space Mission (Microvariability and Oscillations of Stars), Canada’s first space telescope. |
Public Talks at the Northern Prairie Star Party 2006
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Dr. Richard Boyle, (NASA Ames Research Center) spoke about “The Thrill and Challenges of Human Exploration – from Polar to Space Expeditions.” |
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Dr. Ian Shelton gave an overview of the construction and operation of the 8.2 m Subaru telescope on Mauna Kea (Hawaii), with which he was closely involved. Ian is best known as the discoverer of supernova SN1987a, the only naked eye supernova seen by anyone living today. |
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Bruce McCurdy (RASC Edmonton Centre) provided an enlightening explanation of the lunar standstill. |
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Dwight Hansen (RASC Edmonton Centre) gave us a run down of his 10″ ultraportable Genstar telescope that he designed. |
Public Talks at the Northern Prairie Star Party 2005
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Dr. Alan Hildebrand (University of Calgary) discussed comets and in particular NASA’s Deep Impact Discovery Mission that collided with comet Temple 1. |
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Dr. Douglas Hube (Professor of Physics, University of Alberta) discussed the 2005 Centenaries of Albert Einstein and the Province of Alberta. |
Public Talks at the Northern Prairie Star Party 2004
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Dr. Carlos Lange (Canadian Scientist for the NASA Phoenix Mission) enlightened us on the “Phoenix Mars Lander: History and Cycle of Water on Mars”. |
| No photo. | Bruce McCurdy (RASC Edmonton Centre) explained the Sky Scan FM radio receiver meteor tracking project. |
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Rick Huziak (RASC Saskatoon Centre) gave an impromptu presentation on fireballs and bolides. |