Past Northern Prairie Starfest Speakers
Fourth Annual Northern Prairie Starfest September 2007
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Alister Ling (RASC Edmonton Centre) gave a presentation entitled "Better than the Clear Sky Clock." |
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"Dr. Jaymie Matthews (Department of Physics and Astronomy - University of British Columbia) gave a presentation on Canada's MOST Space Mission (Microvariability and Oscillations of Stars), Canada's first space telescope" |
Third Annual Northern Prairie Starfest September 2006
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Dr. Richard Boyle, (NASA Ames Research Center in California) spoke about "The Thrill and Challenges of Human Exploration - from the Polar to Space Expeditions." |
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Dr. Ian Shelton gave an overview of the construction and operation of the 8.2 m Subaru telescope on Mauna Kea (Hawaii), with which he was closely involved. Ian is best known as the discoverer of supernova SN1987a, the only naked eye supernova seen by anyone living today. |
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Bruce McCurdy (RASC Edmonton Centre) provided an enlightening explanation of the lunar standstill. |
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Dwight Hansen (RASC Edmonton Centre) gave us a run down of his 10" ultraportable Genstar telescope that he designed. |
Second Annual Northern Prairie Starfest September 2005
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Dr. Alan Hildebrand (University of Calgary) discussed comets and in particular NASA's Deep Impact Discovery Mission that collided with comet Tempel 1. |
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Dr. Doug Hube (Professor of Physics, University of Alberta) discussed 2005 Centenaries of Albert Einstein and the Province of Alberta. |
First Annual Northern Prairie Starfest September 2004
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Dr. Carlos Lange (Canadian Scientist for NASA 2007 Phoenix Mission) enlightened us on the "Phoenix Mars Lander: History and Cycle of Water on Mars" |
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Bruce McCurdy (RASC Edmonton Centre) explained the Sky Scan FM radio receiver meteor tracking project. |
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Rick Huziak (RASC Saskatoon Centre) gave an impromptu presentation on fireballs and bolides. |