Novice Presentation - via Zoom
"Putting your Observing in Context"
by Debbie Moran
This talk will help you understand just what you are seeing when you look at different objects in the telescope. What are HII regions, open clusters, planetary nebulae, globular clusters, supernova remnants, and the different kinds of galaxies and how do they relate to the life cycle of stars? Most of the examples will be observable in the October sky.
Speaker Bio: Deborah Moran has had a lifelong interest in astronomy since her childhood in Midland, TX where all the scenery is in the sky. She has been a long time member of the Houston Astronomical Society and has served in a number of capacities there, currently as Novice Chair in charge of programs for new members. She also participates in outreach programs and is a volunteer telescope operator at the George Observatory in Brazos Bend State Park. She is the 2017 recipient of the International Dark-Sky association’s Hoag-Robinson Award for education of government officials about outdoor lighting issues. In 2010, her Woodside neighborhood became the first one within Houston city limits allowed to install low glare fully shielded decorative streetlights. For the past four years she has presented concerns about the choice of high glare white LED street lights in Houston to city officials and hopes that the Houston area will someday join other communities in moving to warm or soft white to amber LEDs which are recommended by the American Medical Association for their reduced glare and reduced disruption of day/night circadian function.
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Since we have been meeting via Zoom, our Novice presentations have scheduled for the Thursday before the HAS monthly meeting, which is held on the first Friday of the month. The HAS monthly meeting will be held on October 1st, so while unusual, our Novice presentation will take place on September 30th.
Since we're all practicing safe social distancing, we have decided to bring our speaker to you virtually through the Zoom online meeting platform! You must register for this presentation in order to attend. You may do so by using the link below:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMocOCtrT0sEtxAr82RukfzIWygpOPsxYLh
Please watch your email, as you should also receive an email inviting you attend. The email will include any up to date changes (if any) on meeting times etc. You may also register using the link in the email, however it is only necessary to register once.
We'll have the online chat feature available to us during the talk, and once the presentation is over, we can open up the audio lines for more questions. I'm excited that this we're able to get together in this fashion, and I hope you can join us then. We hope to see you online with us on Thursday evening September 30th!
Joe Khalaf
President
