Program: "The Life and Death of Stars"

Presented by Russell Arcuri, MVAS

Program: "Exploring Jupiter's Icy Moons: NASA's Europa Clipper Mission and ESA's JUICE Mission"

JUICE and Europa Clipper Missions

Presented by Carol Higgins, NASA Solar System Ambassador, NASA Member

Program: "Celestial Lighthouses in a Sea of Gravitational Waves"

Presented by Michael T. Lam, Visiting Professor

Program: "Observing the Sun"

Presented by Chuck Higgins, MVAS

Program: "Mercury: New Messages From An Old World "

Presented by Perry Pezzolanella

Program: "What's Up Next in Astronomy for 2024?"

T CrB, Comets, Aurora, Meteor Showers

Presented by MVAS Members

Program: "April 8, 2024 Total Solar Eclipse Roundup"

Experiences and Photos from the April 8, 2024 Total Solar Eclipse

Presented by MVAS Members

Program: "Eclipse 2024: The April 8, 2024 Total Solar Eclipse"

Learn about the upcoming total eclipse of the sun and how to safely observe the event.

Presented by Perry Pezzolanella and MVAS Members

Program: "2024 Total Solar Eclipse T-Shirt Contest Revealed"

Submissions for the Solar Eclipse T-Shirt Contest will be revealed along with the winning design.

Presented by Joel Seif

Program: "2023: The Year In Review - Astronomy & Mohawk Valley Weather"

Presented by David Bishop, Astronomy Section of the Rochester Academy of Science and Perry Pezzolanella, MVAS

Program: "Members' Show 'n Tell"

Presented by MVAS Members

Program: "How Did Voyager Take Photos?"

A history of light detection in Astronomy from Clyde Tombaugh to James Web

Presented by Russell Arcuri, MVAS

Program: "Exploring Ancient Solar System Relics: NASA's OSIRIS-REx and PSYCHE Missions"

Update on the sample return OSIRIS-REx mission, its landing in Utah and storage, along with overview of PSYCHE mission and launch dates.

Presented by Carol Higgins, NASA Solar System Ambassador and MVAS member

Program: "The Theory of Everything - So Far"

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Presented by Peter Costianes, Physicist-retired, Air Force Research Laboratory, Rome, NY, and MVAS member

Program: "Venus: The Deadly Pressurized Inferno"

Presented by Perry Pezzolanella, MVAS member

Program: "An Antarctic Odyssey: Winter-Over at South Pole Station"

Presented by John W Briggs, Curator at the Astronomical Lyceum, Magdalena, New Mexico

Program: "Options for Observing the April 8, 2024 Total Solar Eclipse, both within Upstate New York and Elsewhere"

Information about the path, observing locations, weather conditions, equipment, and travel for the April 8, 2024 total eclipse of the Sun.

Presented by Dan Schneiderman of the Rochester Museum & Science Center (RMSC) and MVAS Members

Program: "The Many Ways of Imaging Variable Stars: It Doesn't Need to be Rocket Science or Cost a Bundle!"

Presented by Peter Bealo, Chair Instrumentation and Equipment Observing Section of AAVSO

Program: "The Wacky World of Exoplanets and How We Discover Them"

Presented by Dennis Conti, AAVSO

Program: "2022: The Year In Review - Astronomy & Mohawk Valley Weather"

Presented by David Bishop, Astronomy Section of the Rochester Academy of Science and Perry Pezzolanella, MVAS