This was a Lunch Break Science event at the Science Museum. The talk was given by the Byrd Theatre’s Todd Schall-Vess. He gave an excellent overview of Nikola Tesla’s contribution to science, and also the gut wrenching details of how he was cheated out of large amounts of money several times in his life.
Terry Barker
Iridium flare 10:10 pm, July 21
Iridium flare at 10:10 pm tonight (July 21), -5 mag, 44 degrees high, in the ENE direction.
Lunchbreak Science, Tesla–July 22
July 22, 2009, Science Museum, 12-1 pm, FREE, Tesla: The Original Spark of Genius. Todd Schall-Vess, General Manager, Byrd Theatre
Twitter updates available on FIOS
You can now access Facebook and Twitter from FIOS widgets. Just go to the menu, and select widgets (or press the widget button–the blue + button). Cycle through widgets until you get to Widget Bazaar. You can set up Favorites, like your own userid, or richastrova, to get richastro updates.
July, 2009 meeting
Richmond Astronomical Society
718th Consecutive Meeting
July 14, 2009
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Jim Browder called our meeting to order, in the Eureka Theater.
Greeting & Announcements – approximately 25 in attendance at the meeting.
Share table:
- Terry Barker brought in articles from Popular Mechanics and Smithsonian Magazine, on the 40th anniversary of Apollo 11 (moon mission), Buzz Aldrin, and the SR-71 Blackbird.
- Terry also gave an overview of the prototype of our new web page. It allows for archival of past articles, easy editing of news articles, and a more uniform look to all pages.
June, 2009 meeting
Richmond Astronomical Society 717th Consecutive Meeting June 9, 2009 —– Jim Browder called our meeting to order, in the Eureka Room. Greeting & Announcements – approximately 42 in attendance at the meeting. Jim thanked John Raymond for agreeing to become our Outreach Coordinator! Share table: There were free magazines for anyone who wants them. Extra … Read more
Alan Bean, art exhibit at Smithsonian
Alan Bean, NASA astronaut, and 4th man to walk on the moon, is also an artist. He hightlighted some of work at the recent Green Bank Starquest convention, and he now has a large exhibit at the National Air and Space Museum in DC. The exhibit will run through January.
Apollo 11 is getting ready to launch!
This is from Komando.com.
Today is an important day in America’s history. It’s the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 launch from Cape Canaveral, FL.
Apollo 11 was the first manned mission to land on the moon. To commemorate the anniversary, NASA is recreating the mission. You can watch it on today’s Cool Site.
Brandermill Skywatch, Aug. 3
John Raymond, our outreach coordinator, has arranged for a Summer Skywatch on Monday, August 3, 8:30 – 10 pm at Swift Creek Middle School. This is a repeat performance – last year we provided telescopes and astronomers for a skywatch which was well attended by lots of interested Brandermill residents. Please let John or me … Read more
Iridium flare tonight (July 13)
There’s going to be a nice flare tonight (July 13) at 21:04:33, -4 magnitude, 65 degrees high, in the east (84° degrees). I’m also going to start posting these events on Twitter at richastrova (note the VA on the end, richastro was taken).