Astronomers’ program on ‘Great

Courses’ video series

Hill Country Astronomers (HCA) will meet at 6:30 p.m. Monday, May 2, in the H-E-B Activity Room at Hill Country University Center, 2818 U.S. 290 East.

Participants will watch two videos from the Great Courses video series titled “Experiencing Hubble: Understanding the Greatest Images of the Universe.”

Professor David M. Meyer, Northwestern University, is the speaker.

The videos will cover two areas of the sky — the Sagittarius star cloud and the Eagle nebula. Topics will include the structure of the Milky Way galaxy, interstellar distances, star colors, Hertzsprung-Russell diagram, interstellar clouds, star formation and the impact of young stars on their interstellar environment.

HCA President Bruce Barton will lead a discussion following the videos. Barton is a longtime amateur astronomer, becoming fully engaged in the hobby 36 years ago with the appearance of Halley’s Comet. He has been vice president and president of West Texas Astronomers (based in Midland/Odessa) and Hill Country Astronomers. He owns a number of telescopes of different sizes