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(Lecture) Guest Speaker Meetings 2025
January 10, 2025 - Bob Victor, author of the Abrams Planetarium "Sky Calendar," will be speaking on "What's Up for 2025." This will be held at the Portola Community Center, 45-480 Portola Ave., Palm Desert, 92260. Doors open at 6:30 pm for refreshments and the talk begins at 7:00 pm.
February 14, 2025 - Dr. Stephenie Slahor is a lawyer, writer, lecturer, and professor. She will be speaking about the "Light Pollution Problem from the Starlink and Multitude of other Artificial Satellites." What effect will they have on our amateur and professional astronomers? This will be held at the Portola Community Center, 45-480 Portola Ave., Palm Desert, 92260. Doors open at 6:30 pm for refreshments and the talk begins at 7:00 pm.
March 7, 2025 - Dennis Mammana is author of six books on astronomy and the “Stargazer” nationally syndicated newspaper column. He has held planetarium positions at the Smithsonian Institute and San Diego’s Reuben H. Fleet Science Center. The topic of his talk will be "One People, One Sky." Our world supports 8 billion people of all races, religions, and politics. Yet for all our diversity, we share one thing in common: the heavens. In this enlightening program, you will see spectacular night sky photos by members of TWAN (The World At Night) -- some of the most highly acclaimed night sky photographers on the Earth -- and learn why we really are one people, one sky. This will be held at the Portola Community Center, 45-480 Portola Ave., Palm Desert, 92260. Doors open at 6:30 pm for refreshments and the talk begins at 7:00 pm.
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