SLAS Regular Meeting
Friday, March 17, 2017 7:30pm
McDonnell Hall, Washington University

Astronomy with a Microscope: Studying Stardust in the Laboratory
by
Christine Floss, PhD
Washington University

Dr. Christine Floss of Washington University will be featured at the March meeting of the St. Louis Astronomical Society.McDonnell Hall is accessible from Forsyth Boulevard via Tolman Way. Yellow zone and street parking are available to the audience.

Presolar grains are dust-sized particles that are older than the solar system. They formed in stars that existed before our sun was born, and so they can tell us about those stars. Presolar grains provide information about how the heavier elements were created, as well as how stars and galaxies have evolved since they were formed. Dr. Floss will review the history of how presolar grains were discovered and what we have learned from them in the last thirty years.

Christine Floss is a research professor in the Department of Physics at Washington University. Her research focuses on laboratory studies of extraterrestrial materials such as star dust, comet dust, and meteorites to better understand the origin and evolution of the dust cloud from which the sun and planets formed.

ASTRO 101: Zana Dujmovic: St. Louis LED Roadway Lighting: Dark Sky Recommendations

Upcoming Meetings:

April - Kevin Evans, PhD - Weaubleau Impact Structure - Missouri State University
May - Kara Kundert - Cosmic Epoch of Re-Ionization "Skype" - University of California - Berkeley
June: Eclipse Panel Discussion *Note: NOTE THAT THIS MEETING SITE IS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE ECLIPSE EXPO TO BE HELD AT QUEENY PARK ON JUNE 17, 2017
July: Ryan Clegg-Watkins, PhD - Exploring the Moon from Orbit: Paving the Way for Future Astronaut Explorers - Washington University
August: TBA
September SLAS Collective - Solar Eclipse Results
October: TBA
November: William McKinnon, PhD PLUTO Washington University
December: Amy E Kimball - Skype Event - Radio Quasars & the VLA

Meeting Agenda

Welcome

Parking

Introduction of Officers and Visitors

Main Speaker:  Dr. Christine Floss

Astro 101:  St. Louis LED Roadway Lighting: Dark Sky Recommendations by Zana Dujmovic

Eclipse Expo Saturday, June 17, 2017
Click here for your FREE ticket to the Expo

Meeting for June moved to Queeny Park (site of the Eclipse Expo)

Eclipse Task Force

Star Parties: March/April is BUSY!

Sky Orienteering 6:00 pm Sunday

Neil deGrasse Tyson Raffle

Equinox Attendance Prizes!!!

Library Telescopes

SLAS Coffee Mugs for Sale!

Infini-tees Shirts for Sale!

Eclipse Glasses for Sale!

Eyepiece kits for sale!

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