Events Calendar

Free and Open to the Public

In-person and via Zoom
Ask for the Zoom link from paulwaav@together.net or theresamarie11@GMAIL.COM
VAS Members will be emailed the Zoom link

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

If you attend via Zoom please get on-line before 7:30.  If you don't have Zoom installed, the application will automatically download and install when you click the meeting link.  This may take a couple minutes.

PRESENTATION:

Do Look Up: Detecting and Deflecting Hazardous Asteroids
By Zoe Landsman

Impact craters on the Earth and other planets are reminders that asteroids and comets can and do collide with planets, with potentially disastrous consequences. So that we humans can avoid the fate of the dinosaurs, networks of telescopes search the skies for these potentially hazardous objects. Learn more about how astronomers look for hazards and what we could do to mitigate the risk if an asteroid were on a collision course for Earth.

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

Open to the public - VAS members to provide telescopes and opportunities to view the moon and deep sky

Free and Open to the Public

In-person and via Zoom
Ask for the Zoom link from paulwaav@together.net or theresamarie11@GMAIL.COM
VAS Members will be emailed the Zoom link

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

If you attend via Zoom please get on-line before 7:30.  If you don't have Zoom installed, the application will automatically download and install when you click the meeting link.  This may take a couple minutes.

PRESENTATION:

Building a Home Observatory in Vermont

By Terri Zittritsch

I’ll share my adventures of building a home observatory and getting it fully operational and to the point of being mostly automated.     I’ll take you through my concept phase, planning phase, and the building process and some of the issues I ran into, things I forgot to do,  as well as some of my solutions.     It’s a nice functional observatory that meets some of my needs.     While I’d love to have a bigger and multiple pier obseravtory, I’m not sure I can justify that for my current location.

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

This is not open to the public. A solar viewing event for high school students on the math track for the governers institute. Setup 12:30, 50-60 high schoolers to attend approx 1:15 to 3:30pm. VAS to provide solar viewing opportunities.

Presentation by 2 VAS members (Jack St. Louis and James Bosek). Open to the public.