Quincy Astronomy Club
Dear MRN: On Tuesday, Aug. 15 at 9:30 p.m. while viewing the Perseid meteor shower, we observed a long chain of white lights — about 30 to 40 —moving from the northwest to the southeast. The light chain moved slowly in a “jerky” forward movement, staying in a line but moving in “jumps.” We watched…
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QUINCY — The Quincy Astronomy Club is presenting a live video talk at 7 p.m. Thursday July 27, in room D022/023 at John Wood Community College. Learn how Quincy native Beth Buck worked to expand our understanding of the universe. She will focus on space exploration using satellites and robotic spacecraft. Her talk will include…
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Daily Muddy DAILY MUDDY PODCAST: Coffee Talk and stargazing Play Episode Pause Episode Mute/Unmute Episode Rewind 10 Seconds 1x Fast Forward 30 seconds 00:00 / 00:21:12 Subscribe Share RSS Feed Share Link Embed Download file | Play in new window | Duration: 00:21:12 | Recorded on July 13, 2023Ashley speaks with Bob Weirather of the…
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QUINCY — The Quincy Astronomy Club will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday, June 29, at John Wood Community College in Room D022/023. The topic for the meeting is Tools of the Trade. The lecturers will be Bob Weirather and John Baird. The meeting will give the public the opportunity to learn more about the tools…
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QUINCY — The Quincy Astronomy Club will be presenting a lecture on “Exoplanets: Worlds Beyond Our Solar System” at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 25, at John Wood Community College in Room D022/023. The lecturer, will be Randy Wolfmeyer, astronomy professor at John Wood. Exoplanets are planets that orbit other stars in other solar systems. First…
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QUINCY — The Quincy Astronomy Club will present a live video talk titled “Exploring the Invisible Universe with Chandra Space Telescope.” The talk will begin at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 30, in Room D022/023 at John Wood Community College. According to NASA, the Chandra X-Ray Space Telescope is designed to detect X-ray emission from very…
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QUINCY — Astronomers using the wide-field survey camera at the Zwicky Transient Facility discovered a comet in March 2022 that would have its closest approach to earth in February 2023. The Quincy Astronomy Club will present a class at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 26, at John Wood Community College in Room A021 for the public…
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QUINCY — Recently released photos from the new James Webb Space Telescope show stunning images of the universe. Interested in learning how to produce images with your own equipment? The Quincy Astronomy Club is presenting a class at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 17, in Room A021 at John Wood Community College. Guest lecturer Doug Foote…
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QUINCY — The Quincy Astronomy Club will present a class at 7 p.m. Thursday Oct. 27, at John Wood Community College in Room A021. The topic is about unusual and interesting things happening in the solar system. There will be a discussion about each of the planets and some of their moons. Guest lecturer Mike…
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