Archive of Presentations (viewed best with IE 7.0 or above)

2007 Presentations

Presentation Author Date
Astrobiology Jeff Bowman 3 October 2007
. Tom Vo 3 October 2007
Extrasolar Planets Matt Heintz 17 October 2007
. Greg Horne 17 October 2007

2006 Presentations

2005 Presentations

Presentations 2004 and Earlier

The Power Point presentations from past talks given at the observatory are viewable online and organized by the topic of discussion. Please note that many of the images used may be copyrighted by others. Most are in the public domain, obtained from NASA.

Stars

Presentation Author Date
Birth Life and Death of A Star Veneta Tashev March 2004
From Birth to Boom author date
Stellar Evolution for Dummies Ryan Campbell October 2002
Stellar Evolution Ana Larson 2004

The Moon

Presentation Author Date
The Moon author date
The Moon (II) author date
Formation and Evolution of the Moon Sarah Wilson March 2002
Lunar Prospecting from Here and from There Ana Larson, PhD date
The Apollo Missions Damien Ramunno-Johnson 2003

The Solar System

Presentation Author Date
Dinosaur-Killing Asteroids Ana Larson September 2002
Dancing Lights: The Aurora Megan Cartwright August 2002
Jupiter Hillary Cummings and Andy Horn June 2002
Mars Bryan Henderson August 2001
The Solar System Todd Grinsteinner November 2001
The Magnificent Rings of Saturn Ana Larson, PhD 2004
From Nebulae to Planets Steven Finkelstein October 2002

Beyond the Solar System

Presentation Author Date
Binary Star Systems Megan Cartwright, Ali Hanks, and Hillary Cummings May 2001
The Black Hole form Outer Space Ariana Haga & Ed Meyer October 2002
Mysteries of the Stars Veneta Tashev November 2003
From Exploring Stars to Dark Matter... Bryan Henderson 2002
Galaxies and the Local Group Todd Grinsteinner and Natalie Mintz September 2001
Planetary Nebulae Justin Ryser and Katherine Blair Fall 2002
Observing author 2004
The Orion Nebula Patricia Terhune-Inverso March 2002
Planets author date
Extrasolar Planets Sudhi Tyagi 2004
A quick Galactic Tour (Pleiades) Sheila Spiker 2003
Star Clusters - Extremely Old and Awfully Young Hillary Cummings and Andy Horn October 2001

Science

Presentation Author Date
Are We Alone? Astrobiology Ryan Lafferty & Virgina Player December 2002
The Epic Story of the Big Bang Duc Duong November 2002
Two Worlds - One Sun Hilda Marie Taylor 2004
Galileo’s Observations and the Demise of the Geocentric Universe Hilda Marie Taylor 2004
Gravity author date
Gravity or "Whoa Doc, this is Heavy" Ed Meyer 2004
Movies and Science author 2004
Radio Astronomy Ganesh Sankaranarayanan 2004
The Space Elevator Justin Ryser June 2004