Speaker: Dr. Clif Ashcraft – Amateur Astronomer’s Inc., Sperry Observatory, NJ
Recent developments in CMOS sensor technology have made available for the first time low cost cameras that are both sensitive enough and low enough in dark noise to permit the amateur astronomer to do speckle interferometry of close double stars. Dr. Ashcraft will present his measurements of 10th magnitude and fainter double stars as close as 0.5 arc seconds separation using a $359 camera and an eleven-inch telescope, explain his methodology and show how you can do it too.
FREE
Phone: 928-814-6367
2016/02/20 - 2016/02/20
Additional time info:
The presentation is in the Steele Visitor Center auditorium. There is a "mix and mingle" after the presentation in the Hendricks Center for Planetary Studies behind the visitor center.
Lowell Observatory
1400 West Mars Hill Road, Flagstaff, AZ 86001