EVAC Monthly Meeting Speaker Schedule for 2008

January 18th - Dr. Mark Bierner, the Director of Boyce Thompson Arboretum will talk about Biodiversity - Not Just for Scientists Anymore. The talk will will examine the definition and meaning of biodiversity. Dr. Bierner will also discuss why some people claim there is a biodiversity crisis and also cover what is happening at Boyce Thompson that is related to biodiversity.

February 15th - Gary Jarrett will talk about his entry into CCD photography.

March 21st - Lowell astronomers Ted Dunham and Georgi Mandushev will talk about the latest discovered Exosolar Planet TrES3, .

April 18th - Kevin Schindler, Manager of Public Outreach for Lowell Observatory will be discussing some of the history of Lowell Observatory with special emphasis on the Clark telescope.

May 16th - Clyde Hostetter Professor Emeritus California Polytechnic State University will talk about a 112-year eclipse cycle and synodic periods of Venus that apparently nobody had noticed before, plus a lot more.

June 20th - AJ Crayon will give a talk on "Star Clusters – looking deeper".

July 18th - Tom Polakis will talk about Lunar and Planetary imaging.

August 15th - Don Wrigley will give a talk on Lunar Observing.

September 19th - Louis Poli will will talk about the 1987 supernova in the Magellanic Cloud.

October 17th - Rob Pinkerton Technical Program Manager (GLAST) will talk about the Fermin Gamma Ray Burst Satellite.

November 21th - TBD

December 19 - Holiday Party Details to follow...

Meeting Site Map


Southeast Regional Library          775 N. Greenfield Road in Gilbert

Pre-Meeting Dinner Map

Old Country Buffet     1855 S. Stapley Drive in Mesa

The red block in the center is the restaurant and the red block to the right is the library.

All monthly meetings are held on the third Friday of the month at the Southeast Regional Library in Gilbert, beginning at 7:30 PM unless noted otherwise.

Monthly reminders will continue to be emailed via EVAC NEWS