PRESCOTT AStronomy Club
Exploring the Night Sky Together
Our Mission:
- Bring together people interested in astronomy
- Help them develop their astronomical skills and knowledge
- Encourage education about and public interest in astronomy
Starry Nights at Highlands Center
Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 7:00 PM
Our next scheduled star party will be at the Highlands Center for Natural History in Prescott at 1375 South Walker Road.
Over 100 people have already registered to attend this event. We can use as many volunteers and telescopes as we can get. For equipment setup, sunset is 6:50 PM.
Please contact Brian Blau if you intend to participate.
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PAC General Meeting (Hybrid)
Wednesday, April 6, 2022 at 6:00 PM
At: Prescott Public Library and via Zoom
Speaker: Randall C. Iliff
Title: The Invisible Matters
How Program Management and Systems Engineering
Teamed to Build the World’s Largest IceCube
Overview:
What can Astronomers learn from an IceCube? In this case, a lot!
This is an insider's story of how a small team of Scientists, Engineering and Project
Management were able to bring IceCube into existence on time, on budget, and comfortably in
excess of technical requirements.
This fun and engaging presentation shares many of the actual
working documents and photos of key steps during the development process, along with a few
stories you'll probably hear nowhere else!
Bio:
Mr. Iliff has over 45 years’ experience guiding
developmental efforts ranging in size from a few
thousand to billions of dollars. Both a seasoned
Program Manager and expert Systems Engineer,
he has a solid record of disruptive innovation in
aerospace, medical, scientific, commercial and
consumer markets.
An amateur astronomer for many years, Randy is a
member of the Prescott Astronomy Club, past
member of the East Valley Astronomy Club in the
Phoenix area, and particularly enjoys public
outreach events that let people experience the joy
and wonder of the world around them.
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Third Thursday Talk (Hybrid)
Thursday, April 21, 2022 at 5:30 PM
At: Prescott Public Library, Founders Suite
Speaker: Dr. Bashar Rizk
University of Arizona Lunar and Planetary Laboratory
Title: Notes from the Exploration of the Solar System
Abstract:
More than ever, unknown unknowns,
lessons learned, acceptable risk and doing more with less still govern the planning and operation
of space missions in the age of JWST and Space-X. All the same precepts and hard-won lessons
hold, but apparently, we’ve all just gotten better at it.
In a presentation suitable for a general
audience, Dr. Rizk will present his own results and observations from missions in which he has
participated—including Cassini, OSIRIS-REx and Mars Sample Return—that demonstrate the
point
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Prescott Astronomy Club Picnic
Saturday, August 27, 2022 at 12:00 PM
At: Watson Lake Park
Save the date!
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