The Enchanted Skies Star Party

The 17th Annual Enchanted Skies Star Party

October 6-9, 2010

2010 Speaker Information

Here you will find links to most of the presentations given by the speakers at the 2010 star party. All of the presentations are in pdf format, additional animations or movies are linked as well. You may need to install additional software in order to properly view these files. These files may be downloaded for personal use only.

• Dr. Richard Aster
  • Bio
  • ''Alternative Earths'' (pdf,14mb)
• Matt Aurand
  • ''Introduction to Astronomical Imaging'' (pdf,15.4mb)
• Phil Cigan
  • ''What Does It All Mean? Stellar Classification Demystified'' (pdf,1.9mb)
• G.B. Cornucopia
  • U.S. National Park Service - Campfire Lecture
• Dr. Michelle Creech-Eakman
  • Bio
  • ''The Search for and Characterization of Exoplanets'' (pdf, 4.1mb)
  • Radial Velocity Graph
  • Transit animation
• Stas Edel
  • ''Introduction to Webcam Astrophotography'' (pdf,4.7mb)
  • Jupiter rotation movie (gif, 990kb)
  • Sunspot movie (mpg, 1.9mb)
• Lisa Foley
  • ''Secret Rainbows'' (pdf, 10.7mb)
• Paul Harden
  • ''The History of the El Camino Real''
• Mark 'Indy' Kochte*
  • Bio
  • ''Mercury: Past, Present, Future'' (pdf,59.7mb)
  • Mercury Orbit Insertion Movie (mov, 5.6mb)
• Jason Speights
  • ''Beginning Amateur Astronomy''

*Keynote Lecturer