Meeting Details

Join us August 3rd, 2019 at 7:00PM, in Conference Room B at the Charlie Elliott Wildlife Center for our monthly meeting!  Clouds got you down?  Bored with mere photons?  Then this meeting is for you!  Charlie Elliott Astronomy Observing Coordinator and International Man of Mystery, David Whalen, will discuss the latest creation to come out of his secret laboratory!  For several months, David has been working on an antenna and reception system to detect the 21 centimeter radiation from neutral hydrogen gas in the Milky Way.  He designed and built a quad Yagi antenna, two low noise amplifiers, and two custom band pass filters.  In July, David successfully used the system on Jon Wood Astronomy Field with great success and he’ll be on hand to talk about the system and the results!  If you’re cheap…I mean frugal, you’ll love this project!  If you’ve spent any time at our meetings, you know that David is an entertaining and engaging speaker and he always delivers great information with a lot of laughs.

Check out our Facebook Page! You’ll find a welcoming group of people sharing ideas and tips as well as organizing ad-hoc observing and imaging sessions on Jon Wood Astronomy Field.

Perspective & All of the Above

Observing After the Meeting

Workshops

Charlie Elliot Astronomy member Tim Higginbotham will be on hand for a short presentation on how he repurposed an old DirecTV satellite dish and used it as a radio telescope.  Tim will be sharing the trials and tribulations as well as the successes of his project.  This workshop will start at 6:30 and be approximately 15 minutes long.

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All Charlie Elliott Astronomy events are free and open to the public and you don’t have to be a member to attend our meetings or join us on Jon Wood Astronomy Field.  However, we would encourage you to consider a yearly paid membership for less than the cost of a couple of pizzas.  Your membership dues allow us to continue our science outreach programs in area schools and youth organizations, merit badge programs with area Scout Troops, and allow us to maintain the facilities on Jon Wood Astronomy Field.  To become a member, you can fill out our membership form or contact an officer.

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