Surprising Fast Telescopes - Amazing New Celestial Objects & How I discovered an unseen universe:

What does it feel like to see an object no one has seen before? I'll highlight the development of super fast telescopes and show drawings of new and old objects as they appear in the eyepiece. I'll conclude with how you can participate in this aspect of the hobby and what it means to be an amateur astronomer today as our hobby undergoes a paradigm shift.

The Primordial Helium Abundance:

Helium is Primordial; In the first seconds and minutes after the big bang, the first light elements were formed, primarily helium. Millions of years later, the first stars and galaxies formed out the resulting hydrogen and helium. I will discuss how we use observations of galaxies today to determine how much helium was produced right after the big bang. By doing so, we learn about and test our understanding of the very early universe.

Workshop, Star Tours

ZWO Seestar S50 and S30 Demonstration and walkthrough

An overview of the Observers Challenge Program.

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