Southern Vermont Astronomy (SoVerA) will be hosting a four-part mini-series at the Whiting Library on four consecutive Fridays at the Whiting Library in Chester, Vermont starting March 24th. Each program will begin at 6PM. If the skies cooperate after any one of the presentations, binoculars and telescopes will be set up for the participating audience to observe some of the celestial wonders our Vermont skies provide. SoVerA members Rick Bates, Rick Hunter and Claudio Véliz will be providing a little of the intrigue astronomy inspires, while imparting some of the knowledge which can help us appreciate some of its mysterious aspects.
Claudio Véliz will present one of his most popular course segments which he teaches at Keene State College: an informal, “back to basics” review of what we now understand about the universe, distances to different celestial objects, and how astronomers collect information from “out there”. Images from the Hubble- and James Webb space telescopes will be shown and discussed.