And the winners are…….. “What’s this?” you ask, another award ceremony where Hollywood parties and then pats themselves on the back? No, it’s what will be announced at the March, Sacramento Valley Astronomical Society General Meeting after our annual SVAS elections. Every March at the General Meeting the Members vote for and elect all the [...]
by Perry Preston Porter For those of you that have been hibernating for the winter, it’s time to wake up, rub the sleep from your eyes, have some coffee, or in my case, some hot cocoa. “Why” you ask? Well you need time to unbury the telescope that’s in the back of the closet or [...]
When it comes to notorious greenhouse gases, carbon dioxide is like Al Capone—always in the headlines. Meanwhile, ozone is more like Carlo Gambino—not as famous or as powerful, but still a big player. After tracking this lesser-known climate culprit for years, NASA’s Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer (TES) has found that ozone is indeed a shifty [...]
Flipping the Lights on Cosmic Darkness Exploring the universe is a bit like groping around a dark room. Aside from the occasional pinprick of starlight, most objects lurk in pitch darkness. But with the recent launch of the largest-ever infrared space telescope, it’s like someone walked into the room and flipped [...]
Ross Gorman, Candidate for President Walt Heiges, Candidate for Vice President As many of you know, two long-standing members of the SVAS are running for President and Vice President in the upcoming March elections. For those who don’t know us yet, let us introduce ourselves: We are Ross Gorman and Walt Heiges. We have [...]
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