A young observer peers through the CAA's vintage Celestron 16 telescope.
PUBLIC EVENTS
The CAA hosts at least 12 Saturday Public Observing events featuring a guest speaker that is followed—weather permitting—by celestial viewings through telescopes at the facility. During viewing hours, society members will be available to answer questions and provide everyone with an opportunity to look through the Society's telescopes and those of our members.
This site will be updated through out the year as we assemble our speakers and events.
2018 Presentations
April 14, 7:30 p.m.
Brent Studer
Kirkwood Community College, CAA member
Here Be Dragons. Unsolved Mysteries in Astronomy
We are living in the midst of a Golden Age in astronomy. From our vantage point in the Milky Way, astronomers have surveyed billions of light-years of space and peered billions of years back in time. Despite the many triumphant discoveries and successful theories, there remains much that is unexplained. This presentation will discuss the unsolved mysteries of what makes up the universe, are we likely to find more planets in the outer solar system, and can we find life beyond Earth.May 5, 8:30 p.m.
TBA
June 2, 8:30 p.m.
TBA
June 30, 9:00 p.m.
TBA
July 14, 8:30 p.m.
TBA
August 4, 8:00 p.m.
TBA
August 18, 3:00 p.m. -- Solar Day
TBA
The Sun
September 1, 7:30 p.m.
TBA
September 29, 7:30 p.m.
TBA
November 3, 7:30 p.m.
TBA
2018 Past Presentations
March 10, 7:30 p.m.
Prof. Steve Spangler
University of Iowa, Department of Physics and Astronomy
New Views of the Universe: Gravitational Waves and Neutron Star Mergers
Public observing events are held in the Eastern Iowa Observatory and Learning Center at the Palisades-Dows Observatory and Preserve through a generous agreement with the Linn County Conservation Department. For directions, please visit our Map to Pal-Dows page or download a pdf version (276 kB.)
The Cedar Amateur Astronomers, Inc. is a participating member of Night Sky Network.
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