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AAC MONTHLY SPEAKER INDEX (1996-2013)
Date Speaker(s)
1996
9-Jan
13-Feb
12-Mar
9-Apr
14-May
11-Jun
9-Jul
13-Aug
10-Sep
8-Oct
12-Nov
14-Dec
1997
14-Jan
11-Feb
11-Mar
8-Apr
13-May
10-Jun
8-Jul
12-Aug
9-Sep
14-Oct
11-Nov
13-Dec
Title of Talk
Mark Cowan
Francisco Reyes
T. Jay Vaccaro
Howard L. Cohen
Donald P. Loftus
John Brandorf
Pamela Mydock
Howard L. Cohen
David F. Muir
Chuck Broward
Alex G. Smith
None
Messier Objects and Three Asteroids
The Jovian Decametric Radio Emission
One Dwarf, Two Dwarf, Red Dwarf, White Dwarf
Should the Lord Architect Have Left That Space Empty?
Astrophotography Basics
Review of Equipment for Amateur Astronomy & Highlights of the Texas Star Party
Shooting Stars in August
Astronomy's Right Hand Rule or Can You Find the Moon?
Lunar Photography & the Upcoming September Eclipse
First Steps in Astronomy: Buying a REAL Telescope
Global Warming: Fact or Fiction?
Holiday Party: 9th Anniversary at Bob Jacobs
Humberto Campins
Kwan-Yu Chen
George R. Lebo
Donald P Loftus
Randy Palmer
Nat'l Geographic
Video
John Brandorff
Howard L. Cohen
John P. Oliver
Elizabeth Lada
Donald P. Loftus
Chuck Broward
None
Comet Hale-Bopp
The Calendar of Eastern Asia
The Hubble Space Telescope
Everything You Wanted to Know About the Moon, But Were Afraid to Ask!
Barn Door Photography
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Asteroids: Deadly Impact
Monsters of the Milky Way
The Telescopes on Mars Hill: A Personal View
Calendars and You
Let There Be Light: Investigating Star Birth Formation
How to Buy a Telescope
Holiday Party: 10th Anniversary at Bob Jacobs
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AAC MONTHLY SPEAKER INDEX (1996-2013)
Date Speaker(s)
1998
13-Jan Howard L. Cohen
10-Feb Richard J. Elston
10-Mar Jaydeep Mukherjee
Howard L. Cohen, et
14-Apr al.
12-May James H. Gerard
9-Jun Michael Toomey
14-Jul Howard L. Cohen
Gilbert Bernardo /
Chuck Broward / Don
11-Aug Loftus
8-Sep Don Loftus
13-Oct R. Scott Fisher
10-Nov Steve Van Meter
5-Dec None
1999
12-Jan Tom Clark
9-Feb Mark R. Haley
Pamela Mydock / Mike
9-Mar Toomey
13-Apr Mark Barnett
11-May Joe Haldeman
8-Jun Roy H. Johanson, Jr.
13-Jul John P. Oliver
10-Aug Howard L. Cohen
14-Sep Cancelled
12-Oct AAC Members
9-Nov Barry N. Riu
11-Dec None
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Title of Talk
Darkness in the Caribbean: The Total Solar Eclipse of February 26, 1998
Galaxies: Island Universes
Interacting Galaxies
Review of the 1998 Feb. 26 Total Solar Eclipse
Mars Exploration for the New Millennium
Observing Artificial Satellites
Astronomy on the Internet
How to Make Your Own Telescope
Observing The Moon
Brave New Worlds: The Search for Debris Disks Around Main-Sequence Stars
Robotics
Holiday Party: 11th Anniversary at Howard & Marian Cohen
Telescope Making
Astronomical CD-ROMs From Analytical Software
Light Pollution: What Is It & What Can You Do About It
Using a Home Observatory in a Suburban Environment!
The International Space Station
An Inside Look at the Processing of the Space Shuttle
Finding Asteroids for Fun and Profit
Face Off: "TheSky" vs. "SkyMap Pro"
Hurricane Floyd Threat(Sept. program moved to Oct.)
Astro Bits: Minitalks by AAC Members
Astrophotography My Way
Holiday Party: 12th Anniversary at Howard & Marian Cohen
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AAC MONTHLY SPEAKER INDEX (1996-2013)
Date Speaker(s)
2000
11-Jan
8-Feb
14-Mar
11-Apr
9-May
13-Jun
11-Jul
8-Aug
12-Sep
Howard L. Cohen
Gilbert Bernardo
Jack Newton
Fred Heinrich
Chuck Pisa
Shirish R. Patel
Pamela Mydock
Ron Irby
Mike Toomey
Chuck Broward / Bud
10-Oct Cridlin
14-Nov David Dahari
16-Dec None
2001
9-Jan
13-Feb
13-Mar
10-Apr
8-May
12-Jun
10-Jul
14-Aug
11-Sep
9-Oct
13-Nov
8-Dec
Howard L. Cohen
Frederick W. Hamann
Frederick G. Gregory
Richard Schneider
Elizabeth Indianos
Bud Cridlin / Chuck
Broward / Randy
Palmer
Joe Haldeman
Jeffrey Pettitt
Jack J. Fox
David Ciardi
Rafael Guzmán
None
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Title of Talk
The Secret of the Sanhedrin: Understanding the Hebrew Calendar
Teaching Astronomy in The Public Schools or Why The Schools Need The AAC More Than Ever!
Splendors of the Universe
The Winter Star Party
How To Accessorize Your Telescope
The International Space Station
Planet X and Beyond
Captain Ron's Intergalactic Voyage
Astronomical League Observing Clubs
The RLT ("Rather Large Telescope")
Solving the Puzzle of Star Formation in our Galaxy
Holiday Party: 13th Anniversary at Howard & Marian Cohen
Praising and Perverting the Heavens: Visions of Our Universe
Quasars, Black Holes and the Birth of Galaxies
Extraterrestrials: Ancient Historical Challenges to Religion
Is There a Fourth Dimension?
The Gainesville Solar Walk
Members Medley
Astronomy in Science Fiction
Observe the Sun (tentative)
Earth, Moon, Mars and Beyond! (Cancelled)
Astrophysics with Infrared Interferometers: The Impending Revolution
Astronomy in the Twenty First Century: From Extrasolar Planets to the Early Universe
Holiday Party: 14th Anniversary at Gainesville Garden Club
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AAC MONTHLY SPEAKER INDEX (1996-2013)
Date Speaker(s)
2002
8-Jan
12-Feb
12-Mar
9-Apr
14-May
11-Jun
9-Jul
13-Aug
10-Sep
Bill Carter
Eric McKenzie
Charles Broward
Jack J. Fox
Steve Thomas
Francisco Reyes
Hank Monkhorst
Ron Irby
Ken Brandt
Don Loftus / Alicia
8-Oct Kemper
12-Nov Holger Stoeck
14-Dec None
2003
14-Jan
11-Feb
11-Mar
8-Apr
13-May
10-Jun
8-Jul
12-Aug
9-Sep
14-Oct
11-Nov
13-Dec
Michael Toomey
Howard L. Cohen
James Webb
Remigio Trujillo
Karen L. Jenson
Tom Clark
Vic Menard
Joe Haldeman
Roy H. Johanson, Jr.
Tom Crowley
Holgar Stoeck
None
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Title of Talk
Latitude
The Basics of Open Clusters
The Messier Marathon
Earth, Moon, Mars and Beyond!
Fun with Astrohistory: The People of Parallax
Learning About the Plasma Processes in the Jovian Magnetosphere From the Decametric Radio Emission
The Future of Fusion Power: Do Not Look at the Stars
Astrophotography: The Lessons I've Learned
The Latest From Mars: 2001 Odyssey and More
Man on the Moon
Solar Neutrino Observatories: A "New" Kind of Telescopes for Looking at the Sky
Holiday Party: 15th Anniversary at Mark & Cindy Barnett
History Needs a Home
The Sky Above, The Land Below
Gravitational Waves: Seeing the Universe in a New "Light"
The Amateur Astronomer
Spectroscopic Methods in the Investigation of the Interstellar Medium
Amateur Telescope Making
Realigning Newtonian Collimation
Mars and Martians in Science and Science Fiction
Mars: Is It the Next Logical Step?
An Introduction to Amateur Radio Astronomy
The Accelerating Dark Matter
Holiday Party: 16th Anniversary at Mark & Cindy Barnett
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AAC MONTHLY SPEAKER INDEX (1996-2013)
Date Speaker(s)
2004
13-Jan
10-Feb
9-Mar
13-Apr
11-May
8-Jun
13-Jul
10-Aug
14-Sep
12-Oct
9-Nov
11-Dec
Matthew Terry
Howard L. Cohen
Ata Sarajedini
Remi Trujillo
Fred Hamann
Ali Nayeri
Tandy W. Carter
Women of AAC
Vicki L. Sarajedini
Matthew Terry
Charles M. Telesco
None
Title of Talk
Stalking the Fires of Creation: Gould's Belt & the Astrophysics of Our Part of the Milky Way
Crossing the Sun: Transits of Venus— One of Nature's Rarest Curiosities
The Eating Habits of the Milky Way and Andromeda Galaxies
From Galileo's Telescope to the Hubble Telescope
Twinkle, Twinkle, Huge Explosion: The Story of Gamma-Ray Bursts
Universe with Extra Dimensions?
Will There Be Astronomy Tonight?
Women in Astronomy
The Universe Through the Eyes of Hubble
CSI in the Sky: The Case for the Stone Age Mega Comet
In Search of Distant Worlds
Holiday Party: 17th Anniversary at Mark & Cindy Barnett
2005
11-Jan
8-Feb
8-Mar
12-Apr
10-May
M. Barnett / F.
Heinrich
Fred Hamann
Justin Crepp
Jose Olivarez
Howard L. Cohen
14-Jun
12-Jul
9-Aug
13-Sep
11-Oct
8-Nov
10-Dec
Chuck Broward
Don Loftus
Russell Romanella
John P. Oliver
Tandy W. Carter, Jr.
Bill Helms
None
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So You Want To Build Your Own Backyard Observatory!
From Darkness Into Light: The End of the Dark Ages
Direct Imaging of Extrasolar Planets
Observing the Wonders of Jupiter
Arizona Wonders: Astronomy, Archaeology & Geology of the Grand Canyon State
plus Drama on the High Seas: The 2005 Hybrid Solar Eclipse
2005 Winter Star Party / The Astronomical League
The Moon Since Apollo
NASA's Vision for Space Exploration (MOVED FROM JULY)
Reflections of a Retiring Astronomer
Observing Mars
So Your Kid Wants a Telescope for Christmas: How to Avoid a Lemon
Holiday Party: 16th Anniversary at Mark & Cindy Barnett
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AAC MONTHLY SPEAKER INDEX (1996-2013)
Date Speaker(s)
2006
10-Jan
14-Feb
14-Mar
11-Apr
9-May
13-Jun
11-Jul
Title of Talk
Lunar Observing Software
Lunar Books, Atlases & Maps
The Search for Other Worlds
Simon Newcomb: America's Unofficial Astronomer Royal
Falling Stars: An Introduction to Meteorites
Heaven on Earth: Planetaria and their Development (Cancelled due to Tropical Storm Alberto)
Life on the Edge: The Story of Eta Carinae
14-Nov
9-Dec
Howard L. Cohen
Bill Helms
Stephen Kane
Bill Carter
Mike Reynolds
Brent Abbatantuono
Fred Hamann
Bob O'Connell / Don
Loftus
Stephen Eikenberry
Howard L. Cohen
Brent Abbatantuono
Jaydeep Mukherjee
None
2007
9-Jan
13-Feb
13-Mar
10-Apr
8-May
12-Jun
10-Jul
14-Aug
11-Sep
9-Oct
13-Nov
8-Dec
David Liles
Justin Crepp
Don Loftus
Frederick Gregory
Scott McCartney
John Axe
Sally Hoffman
Bob O'Connell
Bill Helms
Howard L. Cohen
Patrick Simpkins
None
Personal Observatory Domes: The SkyShed POD
Gamma-Ray Bursts and the SWIFT Space Satellite
Weird Telescopes
Extraterrestrial Life Over the Ages
A History of the Telescope: What You Don't Know
Gamow's Fireball
The Solar System (at SFCC Planetarium)
Why and How to Observe the Moon
Building the Suwannee Skies Observatory
Celestial Perversions: Distorted Visions of Our Heavens
Vision for Exploration
Holiday Party: 20th Anniversary at Mark & Cindy Barnett
8-Aug
12-Sep
10-Oct
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Transient Lunar Phenomena
Monsters of the Deep: Fishing for the Most Massive Stars in the Universe
Heaven on Earth: Planetaria and their Development
The Planetarium That UF Never Built (Resched. from June talk due to Tropical Storm Alberto)
NASA's Vision for Space Exploration
Holiday Party: 19th Anniversary at Mark & Cindy Barnett
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AAC MONTHLY SPEAKER INDEX (1996-2013)
Date Speaker(s)
Title of Talk
2008
8-Jan
12-Feb
11-Mar
8-Apr
13-May
10-Jun
8-Jul
12-Aug
9-Sep
14-Oct
11-Nov
6-Dec
Chuck Broward / Bob
O'Connell
Scott McCartney
Tyler Desjardins
Tim Malles
Chuck Broward / Joe
Haldeman / Fred
Heinrich / Tim Malles
Eric Ford
J. William Doyle
Fred Hamann
Ata Sarajedini
Fred Hamann
George F. Haddad
None
2009
13-Jan Fred Palgon
10-Feb Howard Cohen
Chuck Broward
Rich Russin
10-Mar Laurent Pellerin
Fiaccato
14-Apr Kristen
Rich Russin
12-May Eric Ford
9-Jun Bob Duvall
14-Jul Howard Eskildsen
11-Aug Tippy D'Auria
8-Sep Bill Helms
13-Oct Russ Romanella
10-Nov Howard Cohen
12-Dec None
The New "Golden Age" of Lunar Exploration
The History of the Optical Telescope: Part 2
Characteristics of Active Galactic Nuclei and Correlations in Variability
Astronomy and Space Art: An Artist's Impression
Review of the 2008 Winter Star Party
Searching for Extrasolar Planets: Care to Join the Hunt?
How the Eye Works to Let You See the Stars
Cancelled (Due to unforseen circumstances)
Globular Clusters Seen in a Whole New Light
Which Came First, the Chicken or the Egg?: Super-massive Black Holes and the Birth of Galaxies
NASA Science Missions I have Know and Loved
Holiday Party: 21st Anniversary at Mark & Cindy Barnett
Rocket Propulsion: History & Development of World's 1st Liquid Oxygen & Liquid Hydrogen Engine, the RL 10
Astronomy's Right-Hand Rule (Cohen)
How Do I tell My Budget-Master I need Another Scope? (Broward)
Eyepiece Selection (Russin)
Visit to the Kika Silva Pla Planetarium
Sinagua Sunwatchers - Archaeoastronomy of the V-BAR-V Heritage Site
Recent Results from Extrasolar Planet Searches
Re-Discovering the Moon
Solar Minimum to the Max
Volcano Suite
How You Can Know, Absolutely and Positively, Whether We Landed On The Moon, No Matter What NASA Says
NASA’s Current and Future Exploration Activities
Galileo's Affair with Venus
Holiday Party: 22nd Anniversary at Mark & Cindy Barnett
2010
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AAC MONTHLY SPEAKER INDEX (1996-2013)
Date
12-Jan
9-Feb
9-Mar
13-Apr
11-May
8-Jun
13-Jul
10-Aug
14-Sep
12-Oct
9-Nov
11-Dec
Speaker(s)
Tim Malles
Fred Hamann
Howard Eskildsen
Bob O'Connell
Tippy D'Auria
Bob O'Connell
David Cochrane
Joe Haldeman
Scott Fleming
Jean M. Hil
Knicole Colón
None
Title of Talk
An Artist In Residence - Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Kitt Peak National Observatory
Making the First Massive Objects in the Universe : Galaxies, Quasars and Black Holes
Hooked on the Moon - A Light-hearted Look at the Joys of Lunar Observing
Revisiting "The 1963 Aristarchus Events"
Solar Heliocentric Illustration Tissue: A New Way to Measure Astronomical Distances
What caused "The 1963 Aristarchus Events?"
Astrology: Science or Superstition?
Space Travel—The Near Future & Far Future
The Marvels Survey—Searching Ten Thousand Stars for Extrasolar Planets
Space Telescopes
Characterizing Extrasolar Planets and the Search for Potentially Habitable/Earth-like Planets
Holiday Party: 23rd Anniversary at Mark & Cindy Barnett
2011
11-Jan
8-Feb
8-Mar
12-Apr
10-May
14-Jun
12-Jul
9-Aug
13-Sep
11-Oct
8-Nov
3-Dec
Bob Lightner
Tim Malles
Arne Reykowski
Tippy D'Auria
Francisco Reyes
Andy Howell
Mike Generale
Dante Buckley
Martin Durant
Bill Carter
Robert Morehead
None
Grand Opening of the Newberry Star Park
The Keyhole Project: Voyage of Discovery
An Introduction to Astrophotography
Amateur Astronomy: Frustrations and Rewards
Radio JOVE Education and Public Outreach
AAVSO 100th Anniversary
History of the Space Shuttle, Final Shuttle Mission, and Multipurpose Crew Vehicle
Small Satellite Design
A multi wavelength view of the universe
The Astronomer, the Clockmaker, and the Sea-Captain Extraordinaire
Strange New Worlds: The Planets of the Kepler Mission
Holiday Party: 24th Anniversary at Mark & Cindy Barnett
2012
10-Jan
14-Feb
13-Mar
10-Apr
8-May
12-Jun
James Albury
Howard Eskildsen
Howard L. Cohen
Bob O'Connell
Barbara Harris
Bill Helms
Star Gazers - Behind the Scenes
State of the Solar Cycle Address
Crossing the Sun One Last Time—The 2012 Rare Transit of Venus
The Current State of TLP Research
Collecting Astronomical Data
Launching Moon Rockets: Recollections of a Launch Team "Console Jockey
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AAC MONTHLY SPEAKER INDEX (1996-2013)
Date
10-Jul
14-Aug
11-Sep
9-Oct
13-Nov
7-Dec
Speaker(s)
Bill Helms
Neil White
Carolin Villforth
Aaron Boley
Michael Downs
None
2013
8-Jan Fred Hamann
12-Feb Robert E. Wilson
Amir Abdullah, Andy
12-Mar Howell
9-Apr Howard Cohen
14-May Bill Helms
11-Jun Tom Field
9-Jul John Axe
13-Aug Howard Eskildsen
10-Sep Elizabeth Lada
8-Oct James Albury
12-Nov Bill Helms
None
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Title of Talk
Physics for Responsible Voters. Mainly about Energy, Security, and Climate.
Orbit Determination: How I Found Your Ellipse
Active Galactic Nuclei: A monster in the history of every galaxy?
Heating of solids in protoplanetary disks
NASA Analog Missions and Project NEEMO
Holiday Party: 25th Anniversary at United Church of Gainesville
Super-Massive Black Holes and the Formation of Galaxies
Rock Solid Concepts in Astrophysics
Asteroids: Deadly Impact (video)
An Eclipse for a Nation
Design and Development of the Space Shuttle
Spectroscopy 101: How you can almost touch the stars
Numbers that Matter: The Physical Constants that Shape Our Universe
Citizen Science on the Moon
Stellar Clusters and Our Origins
Tales of the Maya
Choosing a Beginning Telescope
Holiday Party at Mark and Cindy Barnett Residence
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