Kevin A. Wilson, PhD, will be presenting a talk on amateur radio astronomy and the DIY radio telescope he built to study the hydrogen emissions from the Milky Way. This event is presented in hybrid format. We will be meeting in room 114 at the Greenbelt Community Center. For those who are unable to attend… Read More »April Meeting: Amateur Radio Astronomy
Dr. Aaron W. Breneman of the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center will speak on Goddard's sounding rocket program and the work he's doing on the Endurance rocket to measure the Earth's global electric potential. Zoom Meeting Details https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82668864999?pwd=u-R-1AGUYts2Z_HBWqzuYje82x4U9y.1 Meeting ID: 826 6886 4999 Passcode: 513343 Phone Numbers 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC) 646 558… Read More »May Meeting: NASA Goddard Sounding Rocket Program
The ASG's summer film festival returns with The Martian. This highly popular film stars Matt Damon as an astronaut stranded on Mars. Praised for its special effects and mostly accurate science, this 2015 film is PG-13 and has an audience approval rating of 91% on the tomatometer (although potato meter would have been more appropriate… Read More »ASG Summer Film Festival: The Martian
The Astronomical Society of Greenbelt has been chosen as a community partner of NASA to celebrate the release of the first scientific images from the James Webb Space Telescope, which were revealed on July 12. Our event on July 23 will include activities for people of all ages: A short talk about the Webb Telescope… Read More »Webb Space Telescope First Images Celebration
On Thursday, August 25, at 7:30 pm, the Astronomical Society of Greenbelt will host Conrad Terrill to present on the telescope in the Greenbelt Observatory.
Selene Willis will be giving a talk entitled "Getting Students Excited about Space." Selene has been a formal science educator for 15 years in public and independent middle and high schools. She spent the last year as the Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellow at NASA, focusing on equity, inclusion, and broadening participation of STEM education… Read More »September Meeting: Getting Students Excited about Space
The Astronomical Society of Greenbelt will have a hybrid in-person and Zoom meeting on Thursday October 27. ASG member Sue Bassett will be giving a talk entitled “Don't Look Up! Comet and Asteroid Impacts." This event is free and open to the public. It will be held at the Greenbelt Community Center and live streamed… Read More »October Meeting: Don’t Look Up! Comet and Asteroid Impacts
Our November meeting will be held on Thursday, November 17. Dr. Caitlin Ahrens will be presenting a talk entitled "Pop, Fizz, Bang: Cryovolcanism of Our Solar System." This event is free and open to the public. We will gather at 7:00 pm for informal conversation, and the lecture will begin at 7:30 pm. Dr. Ahrens's… Read More »November Meeting: Cryovolcanism of Our Solar System
Our January meeting will be held on Thursday, January 26. Mark "Indy" Kochte will be presenting a talk on what the New Horizons mission has been doing since it left Pluto. This event is free and open to the public. We will gather at 7:00 pm for informal conversation, and the lecture will begin at… Read More »January Meeting: The New Horizons Mission After Pluto
The ASG Near-Earth Object Observation Program is partnering with the International Astronomical Search Collaboration (IASC) for a special asteroid search campaign during February and March 2023. Our team was selected from the hundreds of teams worldwide that apply annually to participate in the Find an Asteroid search campaign. Read more about the program and how to… Read More »NEO Observation Campaign
Our February meeting will be held on Thursday, February 23. Dr. Kirby Runyon will be presenting a talk on the study of Venus enabled by human proximity This event is free and open to the public. We will gather at 7:00 pm for informal conversation, and the lecture will begin at 7:30 pm. Dr. Runyon… Read More »February Meeting: Human-Proximity Exploration of Venus
On March 30, Corrine Carter and Sue Bassett will talk about the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope that is planned for launch in 2027. We will gather at 7:00 for informal discussion, and the lecture will begin at 7:30. Both Corrine and Sue are officers of the Astronomical Society of Greenbelt. Our monthly meetings are… Read More »Monthly Meeting: The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope