Recorded Meeting Videos
Posted: Sun Mar 28, 2021 8:12 am
Starting a thread to consolidate the growing list of video meetings...
Additional videos on the MAS YouTube Channel.
General MAS Meetings:
2023
May 2023 - Prof. Steven Spangler – University of Iowa - Venus: Earth’s Twin
Apr 2023 - Chuck Allen, Astronomical League - Extreme Astronomy
Mar 2023 - Dave Falkner and his trip to Chile with NCEAP Ambassadors
Feb 2023 - Dr. Michael Rutkowski, Minnesota State University Mankato - Adventures in the Ultraviolet with Hubble and James Webb Telescopes.
Jan 2023 - Prof. Vuk Mandic - Gravitational Wave Searches
2022
Dec 2022 - Dave Falkner - "Voyager After 45 years - The Interstellar Mission"
Nov 2022 - Dr. Kenneth Carpenter - Hubble Highlights from 32 years of Observing the Universe
Oct 2022 - Dave Falkner - MAS 50th Anniversary, Carroll Iorg President of the Astronomical League
Sep 2022 - Additional info on the MAS Discussion Forum - Dennis Conti - Role Amateur Astronomers Have Played in Exoplanet Discoveries
Aug 2022 - Additional info on the MAS Discussion Forum - MAS Astrophotographers presenting their favorite completed projects.
Jul 2022 - Additional info on the MAS Discussion Forum - Bob King - Insights in Naked-eye Observing
Jun 2022 - Prof. Larry Rudnick - On the way to a Kilometer2 of collecting are: Early SKA pathfinder results
May 2022 - Additional info on the MAS Discussion Forum - Chuck Allen of the Astronomical League, James Web Space Telescope Mission
Apr 2022 - Additional info on the MAS Discussion Forum - Nancy Atkinson - Incredible Stories from Space, 8 Years to the Moon
Mar 2022 - Dr. Jessica Noviello - Water in the Solar System and Beyond
Feb 2022 Additional info on the MAS Discussion Forum - Budget Meeting, Jerry Jones - Pickerings Computers
Jan 2022 Additional info on the MAS Discussion Forum - Prof Evan Skillman, "Big Bang Nucleosynthesis and the primordial Helium Abundance"
2021
Dec 2021 Additional info on the MAS Discussion Forum - Prof Patrick Kelly, Galaxy Clusters, Nature's Giant Magnifying Glasses"
Nov 2021 Additional info on the MAS Discussion Forum - Dave Falkner, Stories behind stories of Dave's new book, "The Stories of Astronomers and Their Stars "
Oct 2021 Additional info on the MAS Discussion Forum - Ron Schmit, "Mars 2020 Mission - Perseverance Rover"
Sep 2021 Additional info on the MAS Discussion Forum - Keith Olive, "History of the Universe, From the Big Bang until now"
Aug 2021 Additional info on the MAS Discussion Forum - Russ Durkee, "Asteroid Photometry"
July 2021 - MAS Members Astrophotography
Jun 2021 Additional info on the MAS Discussion Forum - Chick Woodward, "Comets – The Building Blocks of Planetary Systems"
May 2021 - Dr. Alex Filippenko, "New Surprise in the Accelerating Universe"
Apr 2021 Additional info on the MAS Discussion Forum - Michael Coughlin, "Multi-Messenger Astronomy with Gravitational Waves"
Mar 2021 - Timothy Ferris, "Seeing in the Dark"
Feb 2021 - Ron Schmit, "Eisenhower Vacuum Coater"
Jan 2021 Additional info on the MAS Discussion Forum - Charles Allen, "The Distance Ladder"
2020
Dec 2020 Additional info on the MAS Discussion Forum - Mars Images taken by MAS members
Nov 2020 - Not recorded. Power Point and additional info on the MAS Discussion Forum
Oct 2020 Additional info on the MAS Discussion Forum - Don Pensack, "Nebula Filters"
Sep 2020 Additional info on the MAS Discussion Forum - Nancy Atkinson, "Eight Years to the Moon"
Aug 2020 Additional info on the MAS Discussion Forum - Tom Field, "Amateur Spectroscopy"
Jul 2020 Additional info on the MAS Discussion Forum - Astronomy Images taken by MAS members
Jun 2020 Additional info on the MAS Discussion Forum - Steve Emert, "The Under Appreciated Heroes of Apollo"
May 2020 Additional info on the MAS Discussion Forum - Steve Emert, "Adapting Celestron Star Sense to my Truss Dob"
Apr 2020 - Not recorded. Power Point and additional info on the MAS Discussion Forum
B-SIG Meetings:
2023
Mar 2023 Additional info on the MAS Discussion Forum - Ahmed Reda - The Golden Age of Medieval Islamic Astronomy
Feb 2023 Additional info on the MAS Discussion Forum - Dave Falkner – "ACEAP 2022: My Amazing and Unexpected Journey to Visit the Research Telescopes in Chile"
Jan 2023 Additional info on the MAS Discussion Forum - Steve Emert – "Aids to Navigating the Night Sky"
2022
Dec 2022 Additional info on the MAS Discussion Forum - Claire Weaverling – "Winter Constellations"
Mar 2022 Additional info on the MAS Discussion Forum - Bob King – "Northern Lights — Nature's Incredible Light Show"
Feb 2022 Additional info on the MAS Discussion Forum - Doug Neverman – "Survey of Astrophotography"
Jan 2022 Additional info on the MAS Discussion Forum - Jerry Jones – "Organizing your observing evenings, With and Without A.L. Observing Programs"
2021
Dec 2021 Additional info on the MAS Discussion Forum - Dave Falkner – "The Great Debate"
Nov 2021 Additional info on the MAS Discussion Forum - Dave Tosteson – Visual Observing "Of the deep end"
Apr 2021 Additional info on the MAS Discussion Forum - Steve Emert, "Astronomy Terms"
Mar 2021 Additional info on the MAS Discussion Forum - Suresh Sreenivasan, "All About Deep Sky"
Feb 2021 Additional info on the MAS Discussion Forum - Dave Falkner, "The Mythology of the Night Sky"
Jan 2021 Additional info on the MAS Discussion Forum - Mike Shaw, "Precision Night Photography Planning"
2020
Dec 2020 Additional info on the MAS Discussion Forum - Bob Kerr, "The ABCs of Stars - Let's star-gaze!"
Feb 2020 Additional info on the MAS Discussion Forum - Steve Emert, "Selecting and using a telescope, mount and accessories."
Member Orientation Meetings:
2022
November 2022 Additional info on the MAS Discussion Forum - Steve Emert, MAS Membership Coordinator & Rebecca Messer
2021
March 2021 Additional info on the MAS Discussion Forum - Steve Emert, MAS Membership Coordinator
Additional:
2009 - Merle Hiltner - Shoulders of Giants.
2005 - Greg Vandegrift - KARE 11, Under the Minnesota Moon
Additional videos on the MAS YouTube Channel.
General MAS Meetings:
2023
May 2023 - Prof. Steven Spangler – University of Iowa - Venus: Earth’s Twin
Apr 2023 - Chuck Allen, Astronomical League - Extreme Astronomy
Mar 2023 - Dave Falkner and his trip to Chile with NCEAP Ambassadors
Feb 2023 - Dr. Michael Rutkowski, Minnesota State University Mankato - Adventures in the Ultraviolet with Hubble and James Webb Telescopes.
Jan 2023 - Prof. Vuk Mandic - Gravitational Wave Searches
2022
Dec 2022 - Dave Falkner - "Voyager After 45 years - The Interstellar Mission"
Nov 2022 - Dr. Kenneth Carpenter - Hubble Highlights from 32 years of Observing the Universe
Oct 2022 - Dave Falkner - MAS 50th Anniversary, Carroll Iorg President of the Astronomical League
Sep 2022 - Additional info on the MAS Discussion Forum - Dennis Conti - Role Amateur Astronomers Have Played in Exoplanet Discoveries
Aug 2022 - Additional info on the MAS Discussion Forum - MAS Astrophotographers presenting their favorite completed projects.
Jul 2022 - Additional info on the MAS Discussion Forum - Bob King - Insights in Naked-eye Observing
Jun 2022 - Prof. Larry Rudnick - On the way to a Kilometer2 of collecting are: Early SKA pathfinder results
May 2022 - Additional info on the MAS Discussion Forum - Chuck Allen of the Astronomical League, James Web Space Telescope Mission
Apr 2022 - Additional info on the MAS Discussion Forum - Nancy Atkinson - Incredible Stories from Space, 8 Years to the Moon
Mar 2022 - Dr. Jessica Noviello - Water in the Solar System and Beyond
Feb 2022 Additional info on the MAS Discussion Forum - Budget Meeting, Jerry Jones - Pickerings Computers
Jan 2022 Additional info on the MAS Discussion Forum - Prof Evan Skillman, "Big Bang Nucleosynthesis and the primordial Helium Abundance"
2021
Dec 2021 Additional info on the MAS Discussion Forum - Prof Patrick Kelly, Galaxy Clusters, Nature's Giant Magnifying Glasses"
Nov 2021 Additional info on the MAS Discussion Forum - Dave Falkner, Stories behind stories of Dave's new book, "The Stories of Astronomers and Their Stars "
Oct 2021 Additional info on the MAS Discussion Forum - Ron Schmit, "Mars 2020 Mission - Perseverance Rover"
Sep 2021 Additional info on the MAS Discussion Forum - Keith Olive, "History of the Universe, From the Big Bang until now"
Aug 2021 Additional info on the MAS Discussion Forum - Russ Durkee, "Asteroid Photometry"
July 2021 - MAS Members Astrophotography
Jun 2021 Additional info on the MAS Discussion Forum - Chick Woodward, "Comets – The Building Blocks of Planetary Systems"
May 2021 - Dr. Alex Filippenko, "New Surprise in the Accelerating Universe"
Apr 2021 Additional info on the MAS Discussion Forum - Michael Coughlin, "Multi-Messenger Astronomy with Gravitational Waves"
Mar 2021 - Timothy Ferris, "Seeing in the Dark"
Feb 2021 - Ron Schmit, "Eisenhower Vacuum Coater"
Jan 2021 Additional info on the MAS Discussion Forum - Charles Allen, "The Distance Ladder"
2020
Dec 2020 Additional info on the MAS Discussion Forum - Mars Images taken by MAS members
Nov 2020 - Not recorded. Power Point and additional info on the MAS Discussion Forum
Oct 2020 Additional info on the MAS Discussion Forum - Don Pensack, "Nebula Filters"
Sep 2020 Additional info on the MAS Discussion Forum - Nancy Atkinson, "Eight Years to the Moon"
Aug 2020 Additional info on the MAS Discussion Forum - Tom Field, "Amateur Spectroscopy"
Jul 2020 Additional info on the MAS Discussion Forum - Astronomy Images taken by MAS members
Jun 2020 Additional info on the MAS Discussion Forum - Steve Emert, "The Under Appreciated Heroes of Apollo"
May 2020 Additional info on the MAS Discussion Forum - Steve Emert, "Adapting Celestron Star Sense to my Truss Dob"
Apr 2020 - Not recorded. Power Point and additional info on the MAS Discussion Forum
B-SIG Meetings:
2023
Mar 2023 Additional info on the MAS Discussion Forum - Ahmed Reda - The Golden Age of Medieval Islamic Astronomy
Feb 2023 Additional info on the MAS Discussion Forum - Dave Falkner – "ACEAP 2022: My Amazing and Unexpected Journey to Visit the Research Telescopes in Chile"
Jan 2023 Additional info on the MAS Discussion Forum - Steve Emert – "Aids to Navigating the Night Sky"
2022
Dec 2022 Additional info on the MAS Discussion Forum - Claire Weaverling – "Winter Constellations"
Mar 2022 Additional info on the MAS Discussion Forum - Bob King – "Northern Lights — Nature's Incredible Light Show"
Feb 2022 Additional info on the MAS Discussion Forum - Doug Neverman – "Survey of Astrophotography"
Jan 2022 Additional info on the MAS Discussion Forum - Jerry Jones – "Organizing your observing evenings, With and Without A.L. Observing Programs"
2021
Dec 2021 Additional info on the MAS Discussion Forum - Dave Falkner – "The Great Debate"
Nov 2021 Additional info on the MAS Discussion Forum - Dave Tosteson – Visual Observing "Of the deep end"
Apr 2021 Additional info on the MAS Discussion Forum - Steve Emert, "Astronomy Terms"
Mar 2021 Additional info on the MAS Discussion Forum - Suresh Sreenivasan, "All About Deep Sky"
Feb 2021 Additional info on the MAS Discussion Forum - Dave Falkner, "The Mythology of the Night Sky"
Jan 2021 Additional info on the MAS Discussion Forum - Mike Shaw, "Precision Night Photography Planning"
2020
Dec 2020 Additional info on the MAS Discussion Forum - Bob Kerr, "The ABCs of Stars - Let's star-gaze!"
Feb 2020 Additional info on the MAS Discussion Forum - Steve Emert, "Selecting and using a telescope, mount and accessories."
Member Orientation Meetings:
2022
November 2022 Additional info on the MAS Discussion Forum - Steve Emert, MAS Membership Coordinator & Rebecca Messer
2021
March 2021 Additional info on the MAS Discussion Forum - Steve Emert, MAS Membership Coordinator
Additional:
2009 - Merle Hiltner - Shoulders of Giants.
2005 - Greg Vandegrift - KARE 11, Under the Minnesota Moon