SAC Speakers

Month Name Organization Topic
Jan-83 Members SAC Show and Tell
Feb-83 Rik Hill KPNO Amateur solar observations
Mar-83 John Winters Glendale Comm. Coll. Variable star observing
Apr-83 Clyde Tombaugh Lowell Observatory Search for Planet X
May-83 Members SAC Show and Tell
Jun-83 Wally Brown SAC Sketching planets
Jul-83 Delores Hill KPNO Meteorite study
Aug-83 Gerry Rattley SAC The Java Eclipse
Sep-83 Steve Coe SAC Piggyback Astrophotography
Oct-83 Ron Greeley ASU Solar System spacecraft exploration
Nov-83 Brad  Whitmore ASU Gyroscope galaxies
Dec-83 Scottsdale Hilton   Christmas party
Jan-84 Peter Wehinger ASU Comet Halley - amateur work
Feb-84 Anne Cowley ASU LMC X-1: A Black Hole?
Mar-84 Members SAC Show and Tell
Apr-84 Dan Brocious MMT World's largest telescopes
May-84 Kim Poor Novaspace Space art
Jun-84 Ken Ziegler Amateur Asteroid photometry
Jul-84 Steve Coe SAC Planetary nebulae
Aug-84 Mark Wagner ASU SS433
Sep-84 Robert Millis Lowell Observatory Asteroid occultations
Oct-84 Frank Bronwell ? FAR telescope in Tasmania
Nov-84 G. Harry Stein ? The development of space
Dec-84 Betty Gardner   Christmas party
Jan-85 Susan Wyckoff ASU QSO's, also Comet Halley
Feb-85 Dave Schleicher ASU Solar System history/recent discovery
Mar-85 David Levy Amateur Observing in shadow of Kitt Peak
Apr-85 Bil Romonshin ASU Gases in galaxy clusters
May-85 Paul Schmidtke ASU Epslion Aurigae
Jun-85 Chris Schur/Steve Coe SAC Comets
Jul-85 Gerry Rattley SAC Orbits of visual binary stars
Aug-85 Paul Knauth ASU Climactic History of Earth
Sep-85 None Swap meet
Oct-85 Russell Genet Amateur Automatic photoelectric telescopes
Nov-85 ? ? ?
Dec-85 Pinnacle Peak Patio   Christmas party
Jan-86 Kathy Terry  ASU Impact of Comet Halley on people
Feb-86 Steve Coe SAC His 18" f/6 Dobsonian
Mar-86 Gerry Rattley SAC Lunar grazing occultation timing
Apr-86 Jeff Charles SAC Eclipses
May-86 Coe/Fredericksen/Schur SAC Australia trip
Jun-86 Pete Manly SAC Radio astronomy/VLA
Jul-86 Ure Corsenty ASU? Formation of the Solar System
Aug-86 Carleton Moore ASU Meteorite study
Sep-86 Curt Taylor SAC Visual sensitivity and observing techniques
Oct-86 Members SAC Q&A panel discussion
Nov-86 David Burstein ASU Cosmology
Dec-86 Reata Pass Steakhouse   Christmas party
Jan-87 Pete Manly SAC Planetary ring formation
Feb-87 Peter Wehinger ASU Comet Halley results
Mar-87 Members SAC Show and Tell
Apr-87 Steve Coe SAC Lord Rosse's career
May-87 Ed Phillips KTAR radio Phx weather and Australia trip
Jun-87 David Levy Amateur History of comet discoveries
Jul-87 Jim Scotti Steward Observatory Faint comet recovery
Aug-87 Paul Tierney Amateur Australian amateur astronomy
Sep-87 Ken Ziegler Amateur High school astronomy program
Oct-87 Anne Cowley ASU Astronomy in China
Nov-87 Brian Skiff Lowell Observatory Atmospheric haloes and rainbows
Dec-87 Steve Coe SAC Christmas party
Jan-88 Carleton Moore ASU Moon rocks
Feb-88 Pete Manly SAC Weird telescopes
Mar-88 Clyde Tombaugh Lowell Observatory Discovery of Pluto (at Brophy Prep.)
Apr-88 Members SAC Show and Tell
May-88 Merle Parmer DeVry Institute JPL and the Galileo Project
Jun-88 Members SAC Show and Tell
Jul-88 7 from SAC SAC Australia trip
Aug-88 Rik Hill KPNO Amateur solar work
Sep-88 Pierre Schwaar SAC Close approach of Mars
Oct-88 Jeff Charles SAC Mt. Kobau Star Party in Canada
Nov-88 Steve Coe SAC History of the NGC
Dec-88 Steve Coe SAC Christmas party
Jan-89 David Crawford SAC IDA
Feb-89 Chris Schur SAC Astro films
Mar-89 Linda Striker ASU? Cosmology/galaxy collisions
Apr-89 Arthur Hoag Lowell Observatory Simple experiments
May-89 Carolyn Collins Peterson U. of Colorado Planetary science and comets
Jun-89 David Levy Amateur Comet hunting, variable stars
Jul-89 Pete Manly SAC Bright sky astronomy
Aug-89 Ted Bowell Lowell Observatory Asteroid research
Sep-89 Randy Whitlock ASU Meteorite study
Oct-89 Dan Brocious SAO/MMT MMT
Nov-89 AJ Crayon SAC Drawing astronomical objects
Dec-89 Steve Coe SAC Christmas party
Jan-90 Ken Ziegler Amateur High school astronomical consortium
Feb-90 George Coyne Vatican Observatory Birth of stars and galaxies
Mar-90 Robert Fried Braeside Observatory Photometry
Apr-90 Tom Polakis/Pierre Schwaar SAC Five years in SAC/Video
May-90 Neville Woolf UofA Planned telescopes/Mt. Graham
Jun-90 David Levy Amateur Comet, nova, comet
Jul-90 Brian Skiff Lowell Observatory Chile observing
Aug-90 5 from SAC SAC Australia trip
Sep-90 Peter Wehinger ASU Mt Graham Observatory
Oct-90 Pierre Schwaar SAC Video of moon and planets
Nov-90 Steve Coe SAC Serendipity in astronomy
Dec-90 Steve Coe SAC Christmas party
Jan-91 Pete Burggraaf SAC Harquahala Observatory
Feb-91 Paul Knauth ASU Malin Slides and ESO
Mar-91 Pera Annestad ASU Gases and dust between the stars
Apr-91 ? ? ?
May-91 Kurt Zebatel ASU Tunguska movie
Jun-91 Members SAC Eclipse preparation
Jul-91 ? ? ?
Aug-91 Members SAC Baja solar eclipse
Sep-91 Jack Larmer ASU Planetary formation in the Solar System
Oct-91 Steve Coe SAC History of astrophotography
Nov-91 None Swap meet
Dec-91 Paul Lind SAC Christmas party
Jan-92 Chris Schur SAC Astrophotography with SBIG autoguider
Feb-92 Stan Student SAC Backyard observatory in Scottsdale
Mar-92 None None
Apr-92 Derald Nye Amateur Past eclipse results
May-92 Brian Skiff Lowell Observatory Starspots and tomorrow's weather
Jun-92 David Levy Amateur Art of finding comets
Jul-92 Gerry Rattley SAC Planetary nebulae
Aug-92 Rick Rotramel SAC UofA mirror lab
Sep-92 Jeff Hester ASU HST experiences
Oct-92 Members SAC Piggyback astrophotography
Nov-92 None Swap meet
Dec-92 Paul Lind SAC Christmas party
Jan-93 Leon Knott Amateur Telescope making
Feb-93 Phil Christensen ASU Mars Observerver
Mar-93 David Crawford IDA Light pollution and how to fight it
Apr-93 David Burstein ASU Dark matter and the fate of the universe
May-93 Members SAC Show and tell
Jun-93 David Levy Amateur Breakup of Shoemaker-Levy 9
Jul-93 Chris Schur SAC Darkroom procedures for astrophotography
Aug-93 Frank Zullo Amateur Astrophotography
Sep-93 Steve Coe SAC Humanity discovers island universes
Oct-93 None None
Nov-93 None None
Dec-93 Leroy Paller SAC Christmas party
Jan-94 Tom Polakis SAC Chile observing
Feb-94 Henry Vanderbilt ? Space Access Society
Mar-94 Rick Blakely Amateur Evaluating telescopes
Apr-94 Paul Comba Amateur Asteroid discovery
May-94 David Jacobs/Ben Mixon ASU/SW Museum Archeoastronomy
Jun-94 Members SAC Show and tell
Jul-94 Jeff Hopkins SAC Astrology and astronomy
Aug-94 Steve Mutz ASU Images of faint galaxies from HST
Sep-94 Jim Scotti KPNO Spacewatch program
Oct-94 Jeff Hester ASU HST: recent improvements
Nov-94 Pierre Schwaar/Paul Lind SAC Eclipse trip to Peru
Dec-94 Leroy Paller SAC Christmas party
Jan-95 Kim Poor Novaspace Space art
Feb-95 Dan Matlaga ASU planetarium 40,000 years of mythology
Mar-95 Ralph Aeschliman USGS-Flagstaff Planetary mapping
Apr-95 Gene Lucas SAC The eye in astronomy
May-95 Pete Manly SAC Airborne astronomy
Jun-95 Peter Wehinger ASU ASU telescope for students
Jul-95 Randall Whitlock ASU How to spot a meteorite
Aug-95 Members SAC Show and tell
Sep-95 Steve Coe SAC Eyepieces
Oct-95 Amanda Bosh Lowell Observatory Saturn's disappearing rings
Nov-95 Jim Rice/Ken Edgett ASU Mars Planned Missions
Dec-95 Susan Pritchard SAC Christmas party
Jan-96 Jeff Hester ASU HST view of M16 and other nebulae
Feb-96 Chris Schur SAC Astrophotography
Mar-96 Kim Poor Novaspace Space art
Apr-96 Peter Wehinger ASU Comets: the three H's
May-96 John Spencer Lowell Observatory The great comet crash
Jun-96 None Swap meet
Jul-96 Ed Vega/Max Bray Amateur Vega-Bray Observatory
Aug-96 Dan Matlaga ASU planetarium Astronomical asterisks
Sep-96 David Burstein ASU Cosomology: H-R diagram for galaxies
Oct-96 Joason Offenburg ASU Stellar winds and mass loss in stars
Nov-96 Jim Crisman SAC A new look at galaxy morphology
Dec-96 Steve Coe SAC Christmas party
Jan-97 None None
Feb-97 Gerry Rattley SAC Supernovae
Mar-97 Steve Coe/Chris Schur SAC Comets
Apr-97 Members SAC Show and tell
May-97 Gerry Rattley SAC ASP slide set: famous astronomers
Jun-97 None Swap meet
Jul-97 ? ? ?
Aug-97 Sheri Cahn EVAC HST observing project
Sep-97 Warren Kutok Photon Instruments Refurbishing old telescopes
Oct-97 Peter Wehinger ASU ASU observatory progress
Nov-97 Paul Scowen ASU HST observations
Dec-97 Susan Pritchard SAC Christmas party
Jan-98 Paul Knauth ASU Astrobiology
Feb-98 Derald Nye Amateur Eclipse chasing
Mar-98 Members SAC Show and tell
Apr-98 Paul Comba Amateur Discovering asteroids
May-98 Tom Polakis SAC Backyard CCD imaging
Jun-98 None Swap meet
Jul-98 Stan Celestian JPL Ambassador Galileo mission
Aug-98 Steve Coe SAC Meteor showers
Sep-98 Peter Wehinger ASU Large Binocular Telescope
Oct-98 Jason Aufdenberg ASU Star and interstellar medium
Nov-98 Marc Buie Lowell Observatory Pluto
Dec-98 Steve and Rosie Dodder SAC Christmas party
Jan-99 Glen Sanner Amateur Visual observing
Feb-99 ? ? ?
Mar-99 Brian Skiff Lowell Observatory Where is the edge in deep-sky observing
Apr-99 Rik Hill KPNO Solar observing
May-99 Bill Peters Amateur Meteorite hunting
Jun-99 Chris Schur SAC Digitized Schmidt astrophotography
Jul-99 Tom McGrath ASU Binary stars
Aug-99 Dean Ketelsen Steward Observatory Steward Mirror Lab
Sep-99 Amanda Bosh Lowell Observatory Saturn's rings
Oct-99 Derald Nye Amateur August eclipse
Nov-99 Steve Coe SAC Simple astrophotography
Dec-99 Camelback Arms   Christmas party
Jan-00 Michael Bakich Amateur Constellations
Feb-00 Bob Erdmann SAC NGC/IC Project
Mar-00 Wil Milan SAC History of astrophotography
Apr-00 David Burstein ASU Current state of cosmology
May-00 Jeff Hester ASU Origins of stars
Jun-00 None Swap meet
Jul-00 Amanda Bosh Lowell Observatory Planetary rings
Aug-00 Marilyn Unruh Amateur Sketching the moon
Sep-00 Rik Hill KPNO Spectrographs and spectroscopes
Oct-00 Steve Coe SAC Dark nebulae
Nov-00 Chris Schur SAC CCD imaging
Dec-00 AJ Crayon SAC Christmas party
Jan-01 Vicky Hamilton ASU Mars Global Surveyor
Feb-01 John Casella/Bill Kelly Amateur ATM projects
Mar-01 Wil Milan SAC VLBI astronomy project
Apr-01 Chris Schur SAC Color CCD astrophotography
May-01 AJ Crayon SAC Astronomical drawings
Jun-01 John Spencer Lowell Observatory Jupiter's moons
Jul-01 Dan McKenna Steward Observatory Seeing and turbulence
Aug-01 Laura Wodney Lowell Observatory Comets
Sep-01 Tom Polakis SAC Southern sky observing
Oct-01 Paul Scowen ASU Molecular clouds
Nov-01 ? ? ?
Dec-01 AJ Crayon SAC Christmas party
Jan-02 Maggie Turnbull UofA SETI
Feb-02 Sally Oey Lowell Observatory Galaxy formation
Mar-02 Ted Dunham Lowell Observatory SOFIA airborne observatory
Apr-02 Brian Skiff Lowell Observatory Narrative over Chris Schur's images
May-02 Peter Wehinger Steward Observatory Steward Observatory
Jun-02 None Swap meet
Jul-02 Bob Millis Lowell Observatory Kuiper Belt
Aug-02 Members SAC Show and tell
Sep-02 Ted Dunham Lowell Observatory Search for habitable planets
Oct-02 ? ? ?
Nov-02 AJ Crayon SAC Astronomical drawings
Dec-02 AJ Crayon SAC Christmas party
Jan-03 David Burstein ASU Q&A session
Feb-03 Doug Snyder Amateur Planetary nebulae
Mar-03 Paul Scowen ASU Wolf-Rayet stars
Apr-03 Joe Bergeron Amateur Space art
May-03 Rich Jakiel Amateur Challenging deep-sky objects
Jun-03 Members SAC Show and tell
Jul-03 Chris Schur SAC Happy Jack Observatory
Aug-03 Herve Dole ? Cosmological surveys
Sep-03 Adam Block KPNO Advanced observers program
Oct-03 Tom Polakis SAC Planetarium software
Nov-03 Brent Archinal USGS-Flagstaff Mars lander missions
Dec-03 David Fredericksen SAC Christmas party
Jan-04 Fulvio Melia UofA Black hole at the center of the Milky Way
Feb-04 Paul Knauth Amateur Mars geology
Mar-04 Chuck Wood Amateur Lunar observing
Apr-04 George Coyne Vatican Observatory Dance of the fertile universe
May-04 George DeLange Amateur Archaeoastronomy
Jun-04 Bill Hartmann UofA Mars geology
Jul-04 Steve Dodder Amateur Overview of the sun
Jul-04 Doug Snyder/Dave Healy Amateurs Venus transit trips
Aug-04 Gene Turner Amateur Telescopes In Education
Sep-04 Michael Schwartz/Steve Coe Tenagra Observatory/SAC Supernova discovery
Oct-04 Tom Polakis SAC Namibia Observing
Nov-04 Jack Newton Amateur ASV
Dec-04 David Fredericksen SAC Christmas party
Jan-05 Ted Dunham Lowell Observatory SOFIA observatory update
Feb-05 Christopher Watson Amateur SkyGX star atlas
Mar-05 Brian Skiff Lowell Observatory Minimalist observing
Show and tell 16
Steve Coe 12
Chris Schur 8
Peter Wehinger 8
David Levy 6
Gerry Rattley 6
Brian Skiff 5
David Burstein 5
Pete Manly 5
Tom Polakis 5
Jeff Hester 4
Paul Knauth 4
Rik Hill 4
AJ Crayon 3
Amanda Bosh 3
Derald Nye 3
Ken Ziegler 3
Kim Poor 3
Paul Scowen 3
Ted Dunham 3
Anne Cowley 2
Clyde Tombaugh 2
Dan Brocious 2
Dan Matlaga 2
David Crawford 2
George Coyne 2
Jeff Charles 2
Jim Scotti 2
John Spencer 2
Paul Comba 2
Pierre Schwaar 2
Bob Millis 2
Wil Milan 2