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This page is owned and managed by the Vancouver Centre of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (RASC). All RASC lectures and observing events are open to the public, family friendly, and there is no charge for admission. Our organization is run entirely by volunteers who love astronomy and astrophysics.
Whether you're a complete beginner, a seasoned astronomer, or you hope to work for NASA some day, anyone fascinated by space exploration is welcome and will enjoy our events. Membership requests MUST INCLUDE a recent and clear headshot. This is part of our safety policy so that we can recognize our members at events.
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Paul Sykes Lecture - Exploring Our Horizons: Working with NASA Data
Simon Fraser University, Burnaby Campus, Burnaby, BC, CAJoin us for our yearly Paul Sykes Lecture on Thursday, March 19, 2026! Please ensure that you get a free ticket at the link below as seating is limited.
Free tickets here:
Location: SFU Burnaby Mountain Campus
Topic: Exploring Our Horizons: Working with NASA Data
Speaker: Jennie "Starstuff" King, James Tauber
Bio: Jennie “Starstuff” King is a NASA Solar System Ambassador with a degree in astronomy. While studying astronomy and physics, she discovered her love of science education through work with elementary school students. As a high school physics and engineering teacher, she brought her love of space exploration to the classroom. Jennie now manages education programming for Science World in Vancouver. She also has a feline co-pilot named Kepler.
James Tauber is a doctoral candidate and programmer with a background in linguistics, mathematics, and online education. He was involved in the development of web standards like XML and worked as a software developer in industry for over two decades before returning to academia where he now writes open-source software for studying texts and crafts online educational experiences in both the sciences and humanities.
Together, Jennie and James collaborate on space-missions.com, projectamaze.com, and digitaltolkien.com
Abstract: NASA produces a wealth of stunning visuals and interactive websites as a result of their deep space missions. But they also provide the raw data to enable others to process images and build new experiences. In this talk, we will share projects that we’ve created utilizing NASA-provided data, which is free and available for anyone to explore. We will show how we apply information from NASA’s Deep Space Network and JPL Horizons on our Space Missions website. We’ll also demonstrate how you can process raw exposures from space science instruments like those aboard JWST into beautiful astronomical imagery. Open science means that you’re all invited to participate in this journey!
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All RASC lectures and observing events are open to the public, family friendly, and there is no charge for admission. Our organization is run entirely by volunteers who love astronomy and astrophysics. Whether you're a complete beginner, a seasoned astronomer, or you hope to work for NASA some day, anyone fascinated by space exploration is welcome and will enjoy our events
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