Our speakers this year did not disappoint. The sessions were all well attended and received. A BIG thank you to your sharing your time and knowledge with us this year!
Fred Hicks gave an impromptu presentation about his new telescope - ZWO's Seestar S50. He showed this off on Tuesday evening. By Friday, several people had their own Seestar delivered to the camp!
Chris OBrien gave the Astro Quiz this year. Brains were strained, but fun was had by all that took the quiz.
Vandana Ramakrishnan gave us insight into cosmology in her presentation Formation of the Largest Cosmic Structures in the Universe. An enlightening discussion was had about her research as well as how some of the front-line research into cosmology is being done.
Branden Garretson gave his presentation about Supernovae and the Amateur Astronomer. First he gave an interesting presentation about why research is still being done on Supernovae. Then he highlighted a few of the contributions made by amateurs by catching the early stages of the explosion.
Kevin Schindler historian from Lowell Observatory gave a presentation about the connection of the Lowell Observatory and Mulberry. He presented some of the work from Vesto and Earl Slipher (both from Mulberry). Vesto captured the data used to reveal the expansion of the universe. Earl captured images of Mars.
