Mtg & Talk: Where Do Auroras Come From?

The Warren Astronomical Society meets monthly on the third Thursday in Room 208 in the "E" building at Macomb Community College, 14500 E 12 Mile Road, Warren, MI, 48088.

We do a bit of club business early on, then have a major presentation usually put together by one of our members.

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.

Feature Presentation:
Where Do Auroras Come From?
I will be discussing the interaction of the solar wind with Earth’s magnetic field to create the aurora polaris, the reason we see different colours of aurora and viewing conditions in your area.

Janet Hart is a professor at the University of Windsor in the departments of Physics and the School of the Environment, where she has taught a wide variety of classes such as Astronomy, Atmosphere and Climate and Planetary science classes for the past 10 years. She has a Masters degree in Earth Science and a Bachelors (Honours) degree in Environmental Geoscience both from the University of Windsor. She has been involved in public outreach for the School of the Environment.

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If you would like to present a short talk (5-15 minutes) or a long talk (40-60 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.