Bartlesville Astronomical Society
Next BAS Monthly Meeting:
Monday, April 1, 2024 at 7:00 p.m. at the library (meeting room C) and via Zoom
Topic: The Eclipse That Verified Einstein's Theory of Relativity by Dr. Brian Turner, Oklahoma Wesleyan University
Einstein's Eclipse: The total solar eclipse of 1919 confirmed Einstein's Theory of Relativity and made him a world-wide celebrity with his brilliant and revolutionary ideas. It was not an easy measurement, however, and scientists had to battle travel, weather, and even world war to bring Einstein what he needed. This is the story of how an eclipse could prove Einstein correct, and how photographing such an eclipse would become an adventure - full of failures, but ultimately success.
The Great American Eclipse of April 8, 2024 is coming up soon! Are you ready? At the April 1 BAS meeting, the countdown will be at T-minus 7 days to the April 8 eclipse, and after that, we won’t have another total solar eclipse visible from the contiguous U.S. until August 23, 2044! That's twenty years from now. Don’t be left without the dark!
Club members will be sent a link to the Zoom meeting. Here is a link to the Join page on our website! If you are not a Club member but would like to attend, please email bvilleastro@gmail.com and ask to have the Zoom link sent to you!
BAS meetings feature presentations on a variety of astronomy and space science topics. Meetings are usually on the first Monday evening of each month and are open to the public. Guests are always welcome. More event details are listed on our calendar.
Next Bartian Youth Astronomers (BYA) Monthly Meeting:
To be determined. BYA meetings are on hiatus right now.
Any youth-related questions can be directed to our main Club email address, bvilleastro@gmail.com.
This is a link to the former Bartian Youth Astronomers page on our website.
Any future youth meetings will be listed on our calendar.
Horsehead Nebula, February 2024, by Daryl Doughty
Rosette Nebula, March 2024, by Daryl Doughty
Girl Scout Event at WahShahShe, April 2023
Bartlesville Public Library Display for May 2023
Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) near Mars in Taurus on February 11, 2023.
You can also see the Pleiades, Aldebaran, and the Hyades.
Total lunar eclipse taken by one of our Club members May 15, 2022
Bartlesville Clear Outside Chart
Visit TheSkyLive.com for more information about the moon and many other objects in our solar system.
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