Northeast Astronomy Forum 2015

On the coach bus to NEAF

Arriving at Rockland Community College

Main convention hall

Sara browses a selection of astronomy prints

Moonraker reflectors and an ASA Newtonian

Dhruv tests out a pair of binoculars

MOVA Globes and a double-Coronado 40 mm Personal Solar Telescope

Infrared camera powered by a Raspberry Pi

Raf, Rid and Tyler try on helmets

Tyler, Sasi, Lorena, and Sandhiya in some weird psychadelic room

Solar observing in the courtyard

Club members observe the sun using amateur's solar telescopes

Sun viewed through a 150 mm refracting telescope and a neutral-density solar filter (note the large sunspots around 30° below the equator)

Sunspots (left) and solar flares (center and right) viewed through H-alpha filters

Principal Investigator, Peter Saulson, explains how the LIGO gravity wave project listens to black holes

Matt Penn, chief telescope scientist at the Kitt Peak McMath-Pierce Solar Telescope, discusses the 2017 solar eclipse

Bill Gerstenmaier, NASA Associate Administrator for Human Spaceflight, describes NASA's objective to send a manned mission to Mars

Squad.