RAS General Meeting

GENERAL MEETING

Saturday March 27, 2010 7:30 PM
La Sierra University, E. E. Cossentine Hall (Riverside, CA.)

Astronomy students, and kids age 1 to 100 are welcome. Campus MAP and Directions Area Map

Public is invited, and admission is always free!

Pre-meeting Dinner
5:00 PM - Coco's Bakery Restaurant Map
10098 Magnolia Riverside, CA 92503
(951) 687-3846

Are you new to astronomy?
Beginner's Corner Learn more about the sky and how to use a telescope
7:00 PM at the meeting hall

Mary Lunetto

Mars Mission:
How You Can Participate

Mars by NASA

Photo by NASA, ESA, Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)

Topic:

A Tale of Two Moons

Guest Speaker Trina L. Ray

Trina started her career at NASA s Jet Propulsion Laboratory with a bang. Her first and still favorite experience was working on the Voyager Neptune Encounter in August of 1989. She currently splits her time between management and the Cassini-Huygens Mission to Saturn. She is the co-chair of the Titan Orbiter Science Team (TOST), where she helps coordinate the Titan science opportunities for the Prime, Equinox, and hopefully the extended, extended Cassini Missions.

Trina received her Bachelor's degree in Physics from California State University, Northridge, and her master's degree in Astronomy from San Diego State University, where her research specialty was Planetary Nebulae.

Trina is an active public speaker for NASA, JPL, and Cassini and a founding member of the Cassini Virtual Singers: a group of project staff that rewrites lyrics to popular melodies and performs at various Project and Laboratory functions.

Trina is a Figure Skating fanatic, traveling to the U.S. Figure Skating Championships every year. She has recently become involved in the skeptic movement, has befriended a stray cat, and is a long time volunteer for Recording for the Blind and Dyslectic.

At the end of the meeting, we will conduct our door prize raffle and Show & Tell session.
We hope you can join us.

MEETING INFORMATION

RAS general meetings are held monthly, and always on a Saturday evening
General Meetings begin at 7:30 PM sharp. Beginner's Corner starts at 7:00 PM
Admission is always free

Meeting Schedule

Directions to Meeting Location at La Sierra University:

Going west on the 91 freeway, exit at Magnolia Avenue. After exiting, make first right turn onto Pierce St. (at ARCO station) which will become Riverwalk Parkway. Proceed on Riverwalk for ~0.8 mile to Sierra Vista Avenue (Sierra Vista is at the traffic signal after the main entrance to the university). Make a left on Sierra Vista. Proceed through the next traffic signal at the church (Pierce St. again), and make an immediate left onto the small campus road adjacent to Sierra Vista Hall. Proceed up the road to parking lot "F". E. E. Cossentine Hall is the building adjacent to the parking lot. Cossentine Hall is also labeled "The World Museum of Natural History".

If you are coming from the Corona area, go east on 91 freeway and exit at Pierce Street. Turn left on Pierce and continue as stated above.

Club meetings include guest speakers, "What's Up" session, Chief Observer's Report, star party information, special events information, show & tell session, and a raffle of several door prizes. The public is invited (you don't need to be a member to attend). These meetings are always educational and fun. Best of all, admission is free.