Hi All,
Just a reminder that I will be giving an astronomy presentation on August 15th at the Bendigo Discovery Science & Technology Centre.
The theme of my presentation will be my journey in astronomy. How an ex mine worker from Broken Hill came to observe with the Keck telescopes, "From Broken Hill to the Keck's".
Following my talk I will show a DVD that I have made from the stills of my trip to Hawaii to observe on the pre-eminent telescopes of our time, the twin 10m Keck telescopes atop the summit of Mauna Kea at 14,000ft on The Big Island. I have a really nice sound track behind it and each image pans and zooms.
This includes images from the summit and inside the observatories with up close and personal images of the telescopes and control rooms. The operators even tilted Keck II over far enough for me to image my reflection in the largest primary mirror on Earth. There are also images from the remote control rooms at 3,000ft at Waimea Keck HQ from our actual observing sessions.
For more info see the attached link.
http://www.discovery.asn.au/index.ph...d=56&Itemid=66
Hope to catch up with any local IIS members from around the region.
Regards
Trevor