We’re excited to announce that the annual SDAA banquet will be held at the Hyatt Regency Mission Bay Resort on January 11, 2025. Our guest speaker is world renowned astroimager Adam Block, winner of over 100 NASA APOD awards. His presentation is titled “Ancient Echoes of a Forgotten Sky”.
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Topic: “New Eyes – New Universe” – the celestial surprises of the James Webb Space Telescope Speaker: Steve Murray Steve is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a PhD in Industrial and Systems Engineering. He’s currently a freelance science writer and NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador, following careers in naval aviation at MCAS Miramar,
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Topic: Explore Moon to Mars: Humanity’s Grand PlanSpeaker: Jessica Rzeszut NASA Solar System Ambassador Jessica Rzeszut will present an overview and update on NASA’s Mars 2020 mission and the Artemisprogram, and discuss how we’ll use what we’re learning to take the next giant leap in our space exploration journey. Jessica is a lifelong space enthusiast
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The SDAA Banquet will be from 6-9 PM and will be held via Zoom. All SDAA members will receive an invitation by email Banquet speaker: Scott Kardel Banquet speaker topic: Revolution in Amateur Astronomy: Electronically Assisted Astronomy A new wave of consumer telescopes with integrated imaging systems are poised to revolutionize A new wave of
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The SDAA banquet is scheduled for February 20, 2021 from 6:15 PM to 9:00 PM and we’d love for you to join us! Due to the ongoing Covid restrictions, we’ll be holding the event via Zoom, but we’re still going to offer dinner, a great guest speaker, and our very own Mike Chasin as Master
This year’s guest speaker is Dr. Vishnu Reddy, Associate Professor of planetary sciences at the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona. The presentation will be held in the Nat’s theater, which has a state-of-the-art sound and video system. The topic is titled “Planetary Defense: Surveying the skies for killer asteroids” and should be very