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Astrophotography & the Dark Sky – Sep 5

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Photo by Sivani Babu

Millions — billions! — of children grow up blind to the grandeur of a starry sky. As astronomers lead the fight against inspiration-stifling “light pollution,” our amateur cameras can preserve gorgeous nighttime sky-scapes, and our collective activism can help conserve the starry starry night, itself.

Speaker Sivani Babu is Co-founder and Creative Director of Hidden Compass as well as an award-winning nature photographer and journalist. She has spent much of her life chasing dark skies, and is currently at work on her first book, Saving the Night: Shedding Light on the Importance of Darkness.


Sivani Babu

WHAT: Astrophotography and Dark Sky Conservation
WHO: Sivani Babu, Co-founder, Co-CEO, & Creative Director of Hidden Compass [http://www.sivanibabu.com]
WHERE: ONLINE, at the Mt Tam Astronomy YouTube channel [https://www.youtube.com/mttamastronomy]
WHEN: 2020-09-05 — 7:30pm, Saturday, Sep 5 (1 hour)
Add to Calendar YYYY-MM-DD 2020-09-05 19:30 2020-09-05 20:30 Wonderfest, Astrophotography and Dark Sky Conservation Speaker: Sivani Babu, Co-founder, Co-CEO, & Creative Director of Hidden Compass
Description:

Photo by Sivani Babu

Millions — billions! — of children grow up blind to the grandeur of a starry sky. As astronomers lead the fight against inspiration-stifling “light pollution,” our amateur cameras can preserve gorgeous nighttime sky-scapes, and our collective activism can help conserve the starry starry night, itself.

Speaker Sivani Babu is Co-founder and Creative Director of Hidden Compass as well as an award-winning nature photographer and journalist. She has spent much of her life chasing dark skies, and is currently at work on her first book, Saving the Night: Shedding Light on the Importance of Darkness.

 Location: ONLINE, at the Mt Tam Astronomy YouTube channel,
HOW:

During the YouTube video Premiere of Astrophotography and Dark Sky Conservation, Sivani will answer questions in the YouTube "chat" bar. Live Q&A will continue, immediately afterward, via Google "Meet."

This two-part event is co-produced by Wonderfest and the Mount Tamalpais Astronomy Program. In late August, when the video is formally posted, visit the Mt Tam Astronomy YouTube channel ("WHERE" link, above) to set a reminder for the actual Premiere on Saturday, September 5th. Thereafter, the video can be viewed at the Wonderfest Science YouTube channel: <https://www.youtube.com/wonderfestscience>.

BTW, if you benefit from science events like this, please donate accordingly — via the inaptly-named "Tickets" box below — to help nonprofit Wonderfest share the clear-eyed optimism and wonder of science.


GalacticWeather

Galactic Weather – Aug 22

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Just as Earth has an atmosphere, and stars (like the Sun) have coronas, galaxies are embedded in invisible halos of atomic gases. As galaxies evolve, these gaseous halos exhibit many interesting phenomena similar to rains and droughts on Earth. What do these enormous galactic climate systems look like, how are they studied, and how do they behave?

Our speaker, Dr. Yong Zheng, earned her astronomy PhD at Columbia University, and is now a Miller posdoctoral scholar in the UC Berkeley Astronomy Department. During the video Premiere of "Galactic Weather," Dr. Zheng will answer questions in the YouTube "chat" bar. Live Q&A will continue, immediately afterward, via Google "Meet."


Dr. Yong Zheng

WHAT: Galactic Weather
WHO: Dr. Yong Zheng, Miller Postdoctoral Scholar, Astronomy Department, UC Berkeley
WHERE: ONLINE, at the Mt Tam Astronomy YouTube channel [https://www.youtube.com/mttamastronomy]
WHEN: 2020-08-22 — 7:30pm, Sat, August 22 (1.5 hr)
Add to Calendar YYYY-MM-DD 2020-08-22 19:30 2020-08-22 20:30 Wonderfest, Galactic Weather Speaker: Dr. Yong Zheng, Miller Postdoctoral Scholar, Astronomy Department, UC Berkeley
Description:

Just as Earth has an atmosphere, and stars (like the Sun) have coronas, galaxies are embedded in invisible halos of atomic gases. As galaxies evolve, these gaseous halos exhibit many interesting phenomena similar to rains and droughts on Earth. What do these enormous galactic climate systems look like, how are they studied, and how do they behave?

Our speaker, Dr. Yong Zheng, earned her astronomy PhD at Columbia University, and is now a Miller posdoctoral scholar in the UC Berkeley Astronomy Department. During the video Premiere of "Galactic Weather," Dr. Zheng will answer questions in the YouTube "chat" bar. Live Q&A will continue, immediately afterward, via Google "Meet."

 Location: ONLINE, at the Mt Tam Astronomy YouTube channel,
HOW:

This event is co-produced by Wonderfest and the Mount Tamalpais Astronomy Program. In mid-August, when the "Galactic Weather" video is formally posted, visit the Mt Tam Astronomy YouTube channel ("WHERE" link, above) to set a reminder for the actual Premiere on Saturday, August 22nd. Thereafter, the video can be viewed at the Wonderfest Science YouTube channel: <https://www.youtube.com/wonderfestscience>.

BTW, if you benefit from science events like this, please donate accordingly — via the inaptly-named "Tickets" box below — to help nonprofit Wonderfest share the scientific outlook.