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Fernbank Science Center Hosting Astronomy Convention
ALCON 2013, the Astronomical League Convention, will be held Wednesday-Saturday at the science center at 156 Heaton Park Drive.
The Astronomical League Convention will be held Wednesday-Saturday at the Fernbank Science Center.
The Atlanta Astronomy Club is sponsoring ALCON 2013.
Speakers include Chris Hetlage of the Deerlick Astronomy Village, a dark sky community; Richard Schmude, author of “The Remote Planets: Uranus and Neptune” and “The Polar Caps of Mars: 2007-2012;″ Doug Hrabe, director of the Fernbank Science Center; Dan Llewellyn, author of “High Resolution Planetary Imaging with a Color Camera” and “Best Capture and Processing Techniques for Color and Mono Cameras;” and Kelly Beatty of Sky and Telescope magazine.
The keynote speaker for the Saturday awards banquet is Charles Wood, the Sky and Telescope Lunar 100 creator.
On Friday a "StarBQ" will be held at the Agnes Scott College Bradley Observatory.
For more a full list of speakers and schedule, go to the ALCON 2013 website. The Fernbank Science Center is at 156 Heaton Park Drive, across from the old Fernbank Elementary School.
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