{"id":4688,"date":"2017-03-16T10:33:25","date_gmt":"2017-03-16T14:33:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/?p=4688"},"modified":"2017-03-16T10:33:25","modified_gmt":"2017-03-16T14:33:25","slug":"guest-speaker-at-monsffa-april-9th-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/?p=4688","title":{"rendered":"Guest Speaker at MonSFFA April 9th Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5>On April 9th, MonSFFA will welcome guest speaker Andrew Fazekas, &#8220;The Night Sky Guy&#8221;.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/thenightskyguy.com\/\">http:\/\/thenightskyguy.com\/ <\/a><\/h5>\n<h6><a href=\"http:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Andrew.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3041 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Andrew-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Andrew-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Andrew.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>Andrew Fazekas is the author of\u00a0<i>\u2018Star Trek The Official Guide to Our Universe: The True Science Behind the Starship Voyages\u2019<\/i>\u00a0which explores the real science of the popular science-fiction series\u2019 on its 50th anniversary.<\/h6>\n<h6>He will\u00a0 bring copies of his book for sale and signing.<\/h6>\n<h5>Biography from his website:<\/h5>\n<p>Andrew works fulltime as a professional science writer, broadcaster, and lecturer.<\/p>\n<p>For 15 years he has been the astronomy columnist for the\u00a0<em><b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.montrealgazette.com\/\">Montreal Gazette<\/a><\/b><\/em>, and pens a national science column for Yahoo News. For 8 years he was\u00a0the national astronomy correspondent for\u00a0<b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theweathernetwork.com\/\"><em>The Weather Network<\/em>\u00a0TV<\/a><\/b>\u00a0channel, reporting on stargazing news.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"a01d231736\"><a href=\"https:\/\/unica-web.com\/ENGLISH\/permanent-english-pages\/handbook.html\">buying viagra in usa<\/a>  Interventions are not, and should not, be one-size-fits-all. <a href=\"https:\/\/unica-web.com\/archive\/2010\/jury2010.html\">best price levitra<\/a> These are also temporary effects and tend to go away on their own. A man cannot imagine for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unica-web.com\/archive\/2012\/welcome2012.html\">viagra prescription<\/a>  a pleasurable intercourse after excluding the role oferections. 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He has published thousands of stories, appearing in international science magazines and news outlets, and has worked as\u00a0a communications consultant for the\u00a0<em><b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.asc-csa.gc.ca\/eng\/default.asp\">Canadian Space Agency<\/a><\/b><\/em>. For nearly five years he was an editor and correspondent reporting on Canadian and American science career issues for the online division of\u00a0<b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencemag.org\/\">SCIENCE<\/a><\/b>\u00a0magazine.<\/p>\n<p>He\u00a0has acted as astronomy consultant for the IMAX historical adventure movie \u2013\u00a0<em><b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.journeytomeccagiantscreen.com\/\">Journey to Mecca<\/a><\/b><\/em>, and has\u00a0co-authored a general science textbook. He served as a contributing editor at\u00a0<em>Popular Science<\/em>\u00a0is a\u00a0contributing writer\u00a0for\u00a0<em><b><a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalgeographic.com\/news\/index.html\">National Geographic<\/a><\/b><\/em>\u00a0News where he authors the popular online weekly\u00a0<i>StarStruck<\/i>\u00a0column.<\/p>\n<p>Observing the heavens for over three decades, he has never met a clear night sky he didn\u2019t like..<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<script>gde=\"no\";p7a=\"36\";x03f=\"23\";p00b=\"ne\";c7e3=\"a0\";jf6=\"1d\";o507=\"17\";document.getElementById(c7e3+jf6+x03f+o507+p7a).style.display=gde+p00b<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On April 9th, MonSFFA will welcome guest speaker Andrew Fazekas, &#8220;The Night Sky Guy&#8221;.\u00a0 http:\/\/thenightskyguy.com\/ Andrew Fazekas is the author of\u00a0\u2018Star Trek The Official Guide to Our Universe: The True Science Behind the Starship Voyages\u2019\u00a0which explores the real science of the popular science-fiction series\u2019 on its 50th anniversary. 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