Mtg&Talks

The Warren Astronomical Society meets on the first Monday of the month in the auditorium of the Cranbrook Institute of Science.

We simulcast meetings online using Zoom. Meetup charges even more money to set up hybrid meetings, so subscribe to our email list on warrenastro.org to get the Zoom links! Meetings are also livestreaming on our YouTube channel.

At the meetings, we spend the first hour or so of the meeting on club business and observing reports, then have two presentations, one short and one full-length.

Main Talk:
The Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence – An Update
By Dr Dale Partin
Many people think that intelligent life is common in our galaxy. Radio astronomers have been trying to detect signals from other star systems since 1960. These studies have been extended to searching for optical signals. Most recently, the atmospheres of nearby exoplanets are being assessed in a search for evidence of life. Subsurface life may even exist in our own Solar System on Mars and on moons of Jupiter and Saturn. Finally, some think that aliens have visited Earth in the past or are here now. These issues will be discussed.
About the Speaker
Dale Partin has a Ph.D. from Carnegie-Mellon University. Until his partial retirement, he worked in advanced research in the auto industry. He has over 80 scientific publications and 38 patents, and is a fellow of the American Physical Society. He is an amateur astronomer and teaches astronomy at Macomb Community College in Michigan.
Short Talk:
Our Wobbly Moon
by Dale Thieme
Our moon only shows us a bit less than half of itself at any given time. But, through the magic of libration, we get to peek around the edges and eventually get to see 59% of the lunar surface. This talk will show how the "wobble" of libration works.
About the Speaker
Dale joined the WAS in 2007, then, starting in 2012 served on the board for eight years in the capacity of secretary, treasurer, and publications director. He has edited the WASP for nine years and received the Mabel Sterns Newsletter Award from the Astronomical League in 2021. He is the proud owner of two very nice recliners to aid in his armchair astronomy research.

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If you would like to present either a short talk (10-15 minutes) or a full-length talk (45-60 minutes) at a future meeting, please email Jonathan Kade at firstvp@warrenastro.org.

The views expressed in presentations are those of the speakers and do not necessarily represent, and should not be attributed to, the Warren Astronomical Society.