The Solar System from Your Backyard
Dr Joe Izen will be sharing his expertise in and passion for imaging the amazing objects in our solar neighborhood. In addition to Dr. Izen's professional work in high-energy particle physics, he is an avid amateur astronomer and has contributed to the Modern Eddington Experiment. Please see his description of his talk below. It will be wonderful to have him visit and share his knowledge and excitement with us, and it would be great to have you join us!
Solar System objects (except for comets) are particularly suitable
astrophotography targets from cities. Planets, moons, and the Sun appear differently every day; some even have weather! Amateurs today shoot photos inconceivable in 1960's, even with professional observatories. The impossible has become doable due to the clever innovations of amateur astronomers and new imaging sensors. Joe will present a photographic tour of the solar system in pictures with glimpses into some astrotech magic.
About Dr. Joe Izen
Dr. Joe Izen of the Northern Colorado Astronomical Society is Prof.
Emeritus of Physics at the Univ. of Texas at Dallas. He is a member of the ATLAS experiment at CERN's Large Hadron collider, but is also an amateur astronomer. Joe has been photographing planets since the wet chemistry era of the 1960's. Joe now lives under very dark skies in Wyoming where he hosts astronomy star, comet, and eclipse parties at his home.