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Madison Astronomical Society
United States
Registrace 16. 06. 2021
Madison Astronomical Society (MAS) consists of people from many walks of life who are united by a genuine interest in astronomy. Our members are amateurs with skill levels ranging from novice to very experienced.
MAS is a non-profit organization promoting observational astronomy and discussions of astronomical topics.
Our aim is to bring the wonders of the universe to the public.
We maintain a dark-sky observatory where members can observe, image, and even do scientific research.
Our meetings are held the second Friday of each month except June, usually at UW Space Place, located at 2300 S. Park Street in Madison. Meetings often include discussions as well as speakers on a wide variety of astronomical topics.
Website: www.madsionastro.org/
Facebook: groups/madisonastronomicalsociety
MAS is a non-profit organization promoting observational astronomy and discussions of astronomical topics.
Our aim is to bring the wonders of the universe to the public.
We maintain a dark-sky observatory where members can observe, image, and even do scientific research.
Our meetings are held the second Friday of each month except June, usually at UW Space Place, located at 2300 S. Park Street in Madison. Meetings often include discussions as well as speakers on a wide variety of astronomical topics.
Website: www.madsionastro.org/
Facebook: groups/madisonastronomicalsociety
Searching for Exoplanets Born Outside the Milky Way
The January 2024 meeting of the Madison Astronomical Society will feature a special presentation by UW Madison graduate student Bob Aloisi:
Searching for Exoplanets Born Outside the Milky Way
Bob's description: Over 5500 exoplanets have been found orbiting stars in the Milky Way, with projections that most stars host planets. This poses the question of whether planets also exist orbiting the remnant stars of smaller dwarf galaxies that merged with the Milky Way, and if so, how do they differ from their Milky Way counterparts? VOYAGERS Views of Yore - Ancient Gaia-enceladus Exoplanet Revealing Survey is a radial velocity search using precision spectrographs to find exoplanets orbiting low metallicity ([Fe/H] from -2.8 to -0.😎, Vmag 8 to 10 stars born in the dwarf galaxy Enceladus, which merged with the Milky Way galaxy about 10 Gyr ago. A pool of 22 candidates from Enceladus F, G, and K class stars have been screened using reconnaissance observations from the TRES spectrograph. Precision RV measurements are ongoing over 3 years using the NEID, HARPS-N and CARMENES spectrographs. Ultimately, we hope the survey will lead to a better understanding of when and where in our universe's history planets - and life - can form.
Bob is a 4th year Ph.D. student at the UW Madison. His return to graduate school follows a nearly 30 year career working in consumer products development. Bob's work on exoplanets makes use of local telescopes such as the Bell Burnell Observatory at Promega, formerly the MAS Oscar Mayer Observatory, formerly the UW Madison Student Observatory.
Searching for Exoplanets Born Outside the Milky Way
Bob's description: Over 5500 exoplanets have been found orbiting stars in the Milky Way, with projections that most stars host planets. This poses the question of whether planets also exist orbiting the remnant stars of smaller dwarf galaxies that merged with the Milky Way, and if so, how do they differ from their Milky Way counterparts? VOYAGERS Views of Yore - Ancient Gaia-enceladus Exoplanet Revealing Survey is a radial velocity search using precision spectrographs to find exoplanets orbiting low metallicity ([Fe/H] from -2.8 to -0.😎, Vmag 8 to 10 stars born in the dwarf galaxy Enceladus, which merged with the Milky Way galaxy about 10 Gyr ago. A pool of 22 candidates from Enceladus F, G, and K class stars have been screened using reconnaissance observations from the TRES spectrograph. Precision RV measurements are ongoing over 3 years using the NEID, HARPS-N and CARMENES spectrographs. Ultimately, we hope the survey will lead to a better understanding of when and where in our universe's history planets - and life - can form.
Bob is a 4th year Ph.D. student at the UW Madison. His return to graduate school follows a nearly 30 year career working in consumer products development. Bob's work on exoplanets makes use of local telescopes such as the Bell Burnell Observatory at Promega, formerly the MAS Oscar Mayer Observatory, formerly the UW Madison Student Observatory.
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Washburn's Other Observatory, the Student Observatory, 1879-1960
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Stellar spectroscopy and the formation of the chemical elements - MAS August 08-12-2022
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Devoured Worlds: The Search for Planet-Ingesting Stars in Open Clusters - MAS April 04-08-2022
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How to See Around Corners - MAS February 2022
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How to See Around Corners - MAS February 2022
Ice Cube Computing Systems - MAS January 2022
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Ice Cube Computing Systems - MAS January 2022
Adventures in Science Outreach:From Comets,Star Gazing and Everything In Between - MAS November 2021
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Modeling Global Light Pollution - MAS October 2021
Solar Imaging 101 - MAS September 2021
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Solar Imaging 101 - MAS September 2021
Can the Milky Way Cast a Shadow? - MAS August 2021
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Can the Milky Way Cast a Shadow? - MAS August 2021
MAS June 2020 - Progress of the History Committee
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MAS June 2020 - Progress of the History Committee
Mining the Spitzer Space Telescope Data Archive for Dust - MAS May 2020
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Mining the Spitzer Space Telescope Data Archive for Dust - MAS May 2020
Computational Imaging, One Photon at a Time - MAS June 2021
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Computational Imaging, One Photon at a Time - MAS June 2021
MAS December 2020 - Virtual Holiday Party and Telescope Fair
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MAS December 2020 - Virtual Holiday Party and Telescope Fair
The Mysterious Radiation Field in the Milky Way (and Other Galactic Surprises) - MAS February 2021
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The Mysterious Radiation Field in the Milky Way (and Other Galactic Surprises) - MAS February 2021
There are down lights for flags that sit on the top of the pole. Light pollution from perceived safety.
Promo-SM 😆
Hubble Space Telescope image?!?? I think he means Hinode/SOT
Could that bright white patch in the satellite Bortle map be the Capitol Building itself?
🤣 "Promo SM"
Sorry for the audio quality everyone! We'll trouble shoot the broadcast software settings next month.
I was born and raised in Madison but left 50 years ago. This is a fascinating history of a subject I had never heard of. The first names on the $100 donors to the clubhouse were my uncle and his cousin, I just don't know which uncle, Dr. Tormey or his brother, Dr. Tormey.
Interesting Paul, thanks! If you have any other info on these people, please pass it along, I'd love to include it in my research.
I beleive my mom still has an obit for aunt Paula, and an article from the Wisconsin state journal about her wedding day/location etc.
Based on this one measurement, we can confidently state that the answer is “maybe”. Start at 55:45 if you enjoy jumping to conclusions. I think Petr Horálek’s July 2019 photograph makes a clearer case that the answer is “yes”, and viewing it doesn't take an hour. At the time of writing this comment, the photo is posted here: www.petrhoralek.com/?p=5321
Second time watching… just gets better!
Thanks! Glad you found it useful !
Holy cow! astrophotography and specifically Solar this should be required viewing… It is going to be my mission to get this from 70 views up to at least 700…. If we get it to 700 then who knows how high we can get this! Having been doing astrophotography for two years I so wish I saw this early on… Thank you so much! Jerry