Fans of our fair planet might recognize the outlines of these cosmic clouds. On the left, bright emission outlined by dark, obscuring dust lanes seems to trace a continental shape, lending the popular name North America Nebula to the emission region cataloged as NGC 7000. To the right, just off the North America Nebula’s east…
Read more
Hello everyone, Sadly, the Star Talk which was originally planned for 7:10-8:00 tonight is cancelled because Professor Jonathan Kelly is sick and cannot make it to the event. HOWEVER, for those who are interested, we will still be holding the telescope observing session from 8:00-9:00pm and we will be meeting in the lobby of McLennan…
Read more
This helmet-shaped cosmic cloud with wing-like appendages is popularly called Thor’s Helmet.
“Computer Vision on Mars “, with Professor Jonathan Kelly Abstract: Modern computer vision technologies have been key to improving our understanding of the Red Planet over the past 15 years. Vision systems are deployed on-orbit (e.g., the HiRISE camera on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter), on the surface (e.g., the vision sensors on the rovers Spirit,…
Read more
** This event is FREE and open to everyone ** Come join us 7:00-8:30PM on Wednesday, October 25th for a showing of the movie Gravity (2013) starring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney! Snacks will be provided, and there will be an optional telescope observing session following the movie from 8:30-9:30 PM. Location: 7:00PM at McLennan…
Read more
