Seventeenth Annual Star Party
The 2019 seventeenth GLSG star party will be held September 26 through September 29, 2019. Mail in registration is now closed but you can still register at the welcome tent the day of the event! For your future planning, the 2020 star party is tentatively scheduled for September 17-20, 2020. Also, the 2021 star party is tentatively scheduled for September 9-12, 2021. We're excited to see you all at the star party!
Presenting this year is Dr. Larry Molnar, Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan. Like the universe itself, Prof. Molnar has a three degree background (a BS from the University of Michigan and an MA and PhD from Harvard University). His thesis was a study of Cygnus X-3, a binary star at the edge of our galaxy shining brightly in X-rays with a relativistic jet of radio emitting plasma. His interests range widely, including asteroid families and radio emission from the rings of Saturn. He and his students research binary stars remotely, using a fully robotic 16-inch telescope located under the dark skies of northwest New Mexico.