Free and Open to the Public

In-person and via Zoom
Ask for the Zoom link from paulwaav@together.net or theresamarie11@GMAIL.COM
VAS Members will be emailed the Zoom link

The in-person will be at the Brownell Library on 2A near 5-Corners in Essex Junction.

If you attend via Zoom please get on-line before 7:30.  If you don’t have Zoom installed, the application will automatically download and install when you click the meeting link.  This may take a couple minutes.

PRESENTATION:
Galaxies : Great islands in space
By David J Eicher
A galactic focus on the structure of our universe.
Evolution classification and morphology.

Bio:
Dave Eicher is Editor Emeritus of Astronomy Magazine, where he was on staff for 43 years; author of Deep-Sky Wonders in Sky & Telescope; author of 26 books on science and history; and a member of the boards of the Starmus Festival and of Lowell Observatory.

RECENT BOOKS:
A CHILD’S INTRODUCTION TO SPACE EXPLORATION (Black Dog & Leventhal, 2022)
COSMIC CLOUDS 3-D: WHERE STARS ARE BORN (London Stereoscopic Co. and MIT Press, Spring 2020)
GALAXIES (Penguin Random House, Spring 2020)
MISSION MOON 3-D (London Stereoscopic Co. and MIT Press, Oct. 2018)
Following the main presentation, our recurring monthly presentations will include Constellation of the Month  by Terri Zittritsch.