NightSky45 Astronomy Club meeting:
November 1 at 7 pm at the CCC Planetarium

Our Speaker: Ken Hose
His Topic: “How Bright? How old? How far?”

In astronomy, people often ask questions like “how bright” or “how far” or “how old” when talking about stars and other deep sky objects. Today it is possible for amateur astronomers to find answers to these questions from observations using modest equipment. Amateurs can do real backyard science including detection of exoplanets and estimating the age of star clusters.

Our speaker this month is Ken Hose. Ken is an electronics engineer by training and has been doing scientific astro-imaging since 2009 from his backyard observatory in Wilsonville, Oregon. He also serves as an instructor/mentor for high school students at the Pine Mountain Observatory summer astronomy workshops.

 

Eclipse Photography – Techniques and Equipment

Landscape, skyscape, any camera! With your smartphone or DSLR on a telescope, you can produce exceptional eclipse photos!

When:

On July 5th

Who:

Our speaker is Jim Baumgardt, amateur astronomer and astrophotographer since his high school days

Where:

Chemeketa Community College Planetarium
4000 Lancaster Dr NE
Salem, OR 97305
(map)

Parking:

“Blue” parking lot.

1. Enter Building #2 through the main doors on NW side.
2. Turn immediately right.
3. and Right again into Planetarium.