21st
Indiana Family Star Party
2024
GUEST SPEAKERS
GUEST SPEAKERS
Kyoung-Soo Lee - (topic) Galactic structure

Dr. Lee is an associate professor of Physics and Astronomy at Purdue. Her research interests include observational cosmology, galaxy formation, star formation and cosmic structure.  These provide for a very solid formation for a presentation to us about galactic structure.  This should be a very interesting presentation!
Stephen Case - Sir John Herschel and the many fascinating contributions Herschel made to Astronomy and Science

Dr. Steve Case is the Director of the University Honors Program at Olivet Nazarene University in Kankakee, Illinois.  Dr. Case teaches astronomy, physics and courses on the history of science and science and theology.  Dr. Case is also Olivet’s Planetarium Director and oversaw the complete refurbishment and update of Strickler Planetarium to a full-dome digital system.

In 2014 he completed a doctorate degree in the history and philosophy of science at the University of Notre Dame.  In 2018, the University of Pittsburgh Press published his first nonfiction book, Making Stars Physical: The Astronomy of Sir John Herschel.
Kevin Schindler - From Mulberry, Indiana, to Mars & Back (via Bloomington & Flagstaff) - The Story of the Slipher Brothers - Vesto & Earl

Kevin Schindler is the historian at Lowell Observatory - where he has worked for 29 years - and an active member of the Flagstaff history and science communities. He has authored eight books and contributes a bi-weekly astronomy column, “View from Mars Hill”, for the Arizona Daily Sun newspaper.

Growing up on a farm in Indiana, Vesto and Earl Slipher honed their talents for tinkering with machinery while learning the value of hard work.  They put these skills and lessons to good use throughout their careers, both working in the field of astronomy and both spending their entire professional careers at Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona.  They both helped revolutionize our understanding of the cosmos.  Vesto detected the expanding nature of the universe, and Earl photographed Mars more than anyone else in the world.  And that’s just the tip of the iceberg of their contributions.

Fun fact: Kevin has both a fossil crab and asteroid named after him.
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