NOVAC Public Meeting, Cal Powell presents Aliens in Your Hands: Outreach...

Cal will be presenting in person. Join Cal and your NOVAC colleagues at GMU:

Meet at George Mason University, Exploratory Hall, Room 3301. Check the GMU web site for nearby parking options. Some lots or garages do charge for parking.

Room will be open as early as 7:00 pm. for socializing ahead of the meeting.

GMU Maps and Directions link:  https://info.gmu.edu/campus-maps-and-directions/

Join virtually using Google Meet:

Video call link: meet.google.com/cbf-jusw-dsm

Or dial: ‪(US) +1 252-344-1407 PIN: ‪ ‪937 923 741‬#

7:00 pm Join the online meeting for participant open discussion
7:30 pm NOVAC news, announcements and events
8:00-9:00 pm Cal Powell’s presentation

Presentation Details

Talk Title: Aliens in Your Hands: Outreach with Meteorites

Biography:

Cal Powell discovered his passion for astronomy at the age of eight and he has been looking skyward ever since. He enjoys describing the wonders of the universe to one and all, whether in the planetarium, observatory, classroom, museum, or the great outdoors. A native New Yorker, Cal grew up in Brooklyn, attended New York City public schools, and is a graduate of M.I.T. He is currently a Lead Volunteer in Astronomy Education at the National Air and Space Museum (NASM), as well as an informal educator as a member of the Analemma Society in Great Falls, VA.

As an active member of the Northern Virginia Astronomy Club (NOVAC), Cal has earned an Astronomical League Outreach Award (Master Level). He is a former president and life member of the Westport (CT) Astronomical Society (WAS) where he writes a monthly column for the club’s newsletter and presents a brief astronomy segment “Cal’s Corner” at each WAS meeting. He has given planetarium lectures at NASM’s Einstein Planetarium, the duPont Planetarium at the Discovery Museum in Bridgeport, and the Edgerton Memorial Planetarium at the Stamford Museum and Nature Center.

Cal has been collecting meteorites since the early 2010s. He is a member of the International Meteorite Collectors Association (IMCA), the Meteoritical Society, the International Planetarium Society, and the Middle Atlantic Planetarium Society. 

*** The program will be recorded and available a few days after the meeting on the NOVAC YouTube channel ***