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AAVSO Speakers Bureau
To request a speaker for your astronomical function simply send an
email to aavso@aavso.org with 'Speakers Bureau' in the title. We will
put you in touch with the individual you request or suggest one for
you.
The speakers are listed alphabetically. Simply clicking
on the speaker's name will link you to a short biography of each.
Most are willing to travel a reasonable distance, generally two hours
drive from home, free of charge. Reimbursement for speaking
engagements requiring more miles and time can be negotiated on an individual basis with the speakers themselves. Speakers
home town and distance they will travel for free are listed below.
The presentation topics included here are presentations that are
already prepared. If you require a topic of interest not listed here, you can contact the individual speaker or send a general inquiry to
aavso@aavso.org.
AAVSO Speakers and Topics
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Tom Bretl
Plymouth, MN (western suburb of Minneapolis), 50 miles
Basic astronomy, observing with small telescopes, variable stars,
amateur telescope making
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Glenn Chaple
Townsend, MA (1 hour drive)
Variable Stars and the AAVSO, Astronomy With Small Telescopes
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Tim Crawford
Arch Cape, OR (100 miles)
Variable Star Observing (both Visual and CCD); Choosing a CCD Camera
for Science; Roll-Off Roof Construction vs. Dome Construction
(w/building hints for both); Why We Can't See Colors in DSO's & The
Importance of Averted Vision.
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Pamela Gay
Edwardsville, IL (100 miles)
Variable Stars, New Media, EPO
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Albert Holm
Columbia, MD (60 miles, ask)
AAVSO & Variable Stars Overview; Hubble Space Telescope; Black Holes,
Dark Energy, & Dark Matter; Solar System Science
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Kate Hutton
Pasadena, CA (100 miles)
Variable Stars for Beginners
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Tom Krajci
Cloudcroft, NM (2 hr drive)
Photometry, Amateur Science, Amateur Telescope Making
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Doug Lombardi
Las Vegas, NV (100 miles)
Variable Stars, NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory
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Alex McConahay
Moreno Valley, CA (Southern California (LA, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego Counties easily for clubs. Schools I prefer Western Riverside, Western San Bernardino counties. Others as needed))
Introductory Astro-Imaging, Beginner's Corner Topics, Various Eclipse Trips
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Mario Motta
Gloucester, MA (100 miles)
AAVSO, general astronomy, and light pollution efforts
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Gordon Myers
Stamford, CT (100 miles)
General Astronomy, Comets, Variable Stars, Cataclysmic Variables, Big Bang,
Apollo and Shuttle Programs
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Chuck Pullen
Sacramento, CA (100 miles)
What's VSO, GRB Network
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Michael Richmond
Rochester, NY (60 miles)
Any astronomy topic
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Michael Rupen
Albuquerque, NM (150 miles)
Radio photometry, polarimetry, and imaging of variable sources, Things that go BANG in the night, Radio stars, Imaging stellar death and re-birth, The transient radio sky, Radio telescopes, Accretion and outflow: building structure by throwing away mass, Imaging stellar variables, Astrometry: why precise positions are exciting, High energies and wimpy photons
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Mike Simonsen
Imlay City, MI (200 miles)
Variable Stars, Visual Observing, Stellar Evolution, Cataclysmic Variables, History of the AAVSO
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Chris Stephan
Sebring, FL (100 miles)
Variable Star Astronomy
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Bob Stine
Newbury Park, CA (50 miles
Zip codes: 91320-93283)
Basic Astronomy, Basic Variable Stars, Amateur Astronomy
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Paul Temple
Deming, New Mexico ( Arizona, New Mexico and West Texas )
Asteroids, Variable Stars, Navajo Cosmology
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