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The 16th Annual Astronomy at the Beach (Kensington Metropark, September 21-22, 2012) |
This page shows some of the guest speakers from Astronomy at the Beach in previous years. The first Astronomy at the Beach was April 25 and 26, 1997. The event was repeated May 1-2, 1998; August 20-21, 1999; July 21-22, 2000; August 24-25, 2001; May 17-18, 2002; September 5-6, 2003; May 21-22, 2004; September 9-10, 2005; September 29-30, 2006; September 21-22, 2007; September 5-6, 2008; September 25-26, 2009 and September 10-11, 2010. On June 2-3, 2006 the Kensington “Summer Star Gaze” was held. The next event will be held September 9-10, 2011.
Dr. Bradley Whitmore
In 2010, the keynote presentation was entitited “Legacy of the Hubble Space Telescope” and was given by Dr. Brad Whitmore, Deputy Director of Science—Space Telescope Science Institute. He showed how the Hubble Space Telescope has changed astronomy, astrophysics, and how we perceive our universe.
Dr. Brad Whitmore is an astronomer at the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) in Baltimore, Maryland. As STScI Hubble Project Scientist he specializes in collisions between galaxies and the star clusters that form during these collisions. He received his PhD in astronomy at the University of Michigan in 1980, was a postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism until 1982, taught at Arizona State University in 1983, and has been at STScI ever since. His contributions range from helping to design the observing proposal system at STScI, being the group lead for the Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 Group, and the Division Head for the Instrument Divsion. His present position is Deputy Division Head of the Science Division.
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All photographs on this page taken at Kensington Metropark during “Astronomy at the Beach.”
The following photographs were taken by:
Web page constructed by Dave Snyder.
For questions about “Astronomy at the Beach,” contact Dave D’Onofrio at Dave1ACT@aol.com, Bob MacFarland at stargzr.bob@gmail.com or Kensington Metropark at 1-800 477-3178.
This page last modified March 13, 2012.