Free and Open to the Public 

In-person and via Zoom

The in-person will be at the Brownell Library on 2A near 5-Corners in Essex Junction.

Ask for the Zoom link from paulwaav@together.net or theresamarie11@GMAIL.COM

VAS Members will be emailed the Zoom link

If you attend via Zoom please get on-line before 7:30.  To download the Zoom application go to Zoom.us.   If you don't have Zoom installed, the application will automatically download and install when you click the meeting link. 

PRESENTATION:

Basic Concepts
by Al Boudreau

We explore the basic concepts of astronomy in plain English. This talk introduces the objects of outer space such as asteroids, comets, nebulae, planets, the Kuiper Belt, the Oort Cloud, and galaxies. We explore in ordinary term concepts such as “lightyears,” spectrographs, the speed of light, orbits, and space travel. 

Following the main presentation, our recurring monthly presentations will include Constellation of the Month  by Terri Zittritsch.

Free and Open to the Public

Please note the date change as the 3rd is Town Meeting day for most.

In-person and via Zoom

The in-person will be at the Brownell Library on 2A near 5-Corners in Essex Junction.

Ask for the Zoom link from paulwaav@together.net or theresamarie11@GMAIL.COM

VAS Members will be emailed the Zoom link

If you attend via Zoom please get on-line before 7:30.  To download the Zoom application go to Zoom.us.   If you don't have Zoom installed, the application will automatically download and install when you click the meeting link. 

PRESENTATION:

Exoplanet Research-
History, Discoveries, Current Trends
and Direction.
by Bridget Kimsley
Bridget Kimsey will be leading a talk and discussion stemming from some of her time spent on an exoplanet research team, while working on her MS degree.
Bridget is an author, researcher, and consultant- https://bridgetkimsey.com and is a current PhD student.
She is a solar system ambassador for NASA/JPL and will be including material from NASA/JPL for this talk and discussion. Please bring questions.

Added 2025-02-06
Follow-on mini-talk

Observations of Exoplanets by Amateurs
By Brad Vietje
What it takes to make exoplanet observations as an amateur.  “Observations” in this sense means photometry on a time series of a few hundred images over 4-6 hours, so there’s nothing to “see” in the eyepiece.

Following the main presentation, our recurring monthly presentations will include Constellation of the Month  by Terri Zittritsch.

A general fixup day to keep things out of the landfill. More details to come