Eight Wonders of the Universe

Our ancestors marveled at the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Every night, our universe displays its own set of wonders that are available to anyone with a small telescope or access to a public observatory.

During this seminar we will explore my favorite eight outer space objects that I study when I set up my telescope at night: our nearest neighbor the moon, the moons of Jupiter, the rings of Saturn, breathtaking double suns radiating gold and blue light, the remains of a star like our sun that is dying in space, the oldest stars in the universe, a distant galaxy on a collision course with our Milky Way galaxy and the Great Nebula in Orion—a magnificent nursery birthing new stars and planets.

David A. Aguilar is an internationally recognized naturalist/astronomer, author, onscreen science contributor and space artist with the unique ability to open minds to the vast frontiers of space and their potential effects on our own world. He is the former director of science information at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA) in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and past director of marketing communications for Ball Aerospace in Boulder, Colorado. David has written and illustrated 12 award-winning children's books for National Geographic, was a member of the NASA Pluto Encounter Mission, has consulted and appeared in the History Channel's Universe series and has been honored with his own asteroid for achievements in furthering science education. He is also the science consultant for the TV series “UFO Hunters.” www.aspenskies.com