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Marian and Max Farash Center for Observational Astronomy, Ionia, NY
The Astronomy Section of the Rochester Academy of Science (ASRAS) will hold the 29th annual RocheStar Fest on July 10th to July 11th. This weekend-long event features astronomy, lectures, demonstrations, and camping at ASRAS’s Ionia, NY observing grounds. A picnic dinner will be held on Saturday. Door prizes and a silent auction add to the fun. Proceeds benefit ASRAS, a non-profit organization devoted to education and public outreach in the fields of astronomy and space sciences. Camping arrangements are available at no charge, tents and small campers permitted. These are primitive camping sites – no electric hookups, water hookups, or showers are available. No pets or ground fires are allowed.
Featured Speaker – Peter Miller on The Nancy Roman Space Telescope. Peter graduated from the University of Rochester with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and began his career at Xinetics (now part of Northrop Grumman). He then continued his education at Boston University, earning an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering. Following graduate school, Peter returned to Rochester and joined Kodak, now L3Harris, for the past 23 years.
At L3Harris, Peter has held a variety of technical roles spanning structural and dynamic analysis, opto-mechanical design, control systems, and spaceflight operations. His broad experience across multiple disciplines led him to the Systems Engineering organization, where he currently serves as Chief Systems Engineer for the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Optical Telescope Assembly as well as for a telescope technology development program supporting the next NASA flagship astrophysics observatory.