DPAS Monthly Meeting

At the November meeting, DPAS Board Member and Master Naturalist Jim Gallt will present the lecture “Electronically Assisted Astronomy.”  EAA was born when someone inserted the webcam from their PC into the eyepiece holder on a telescope.  EAA has come a long way since those early days of low resolution analog video cameras! This presentation is an overview of this increasingly popular flavor of astrophotography, where real time observing rather than carefully processed pretty pictures is the primary goal. Visitors are encouraged.

The Door Peninsula Astronomical Society (DPAS)  typically meets monthly at 7:00pm on the second Tuesday of the month at the Ray and Ruthie Stonecipher Astronomy Center, 2200 Utah Street, Sturgeon Bay, WI.

DPAS operates and maintains the Leif Everson Observatory. This is equipped with a PlaneWave Instruments 17 inch f/6.8 Corrected Dall-Kirkham Astrograph telescope on a state-of-the-art L-500 mount that provides exceptional optical and tracking performance for astrophotography, or research. DPAS also owns and operates a portable planetarium with a state-of-the-art computer projection system which is used on cloudy nights, daytime activities and for public outreach in local schools and libraries.