Hamptons Observatory

### Context Profile for Hamptons Observatory

1. **Organization Mission & Cause**:
   - **Mission**: Hamptons Observatory is dedicated to fostering interest in science, particularly astronomy, through educational programs. Their goal is to make astronomy accessible to everyone, encouraging learning and appreciation of the universe.
   - **Cause**: The organization aims to provide free public programs, including lectures, star parties, and collaborations with other nonprofits, to inspire curiosity and knowledge about astronomy.

2. **Type of Activities**:
   - **Events**: Regularly hosts star parties, educational lectures, and art exhibits (e.g., the "New Space" art exhibit).
   - **Fundraising Campaigns**: Encourages donations during events to support their mission, emphasizing that all contributions go directly to the organization without deductions.
   - **Community Programs**: Offers free public programs to engage the community in astronomy and science education.

3. **Tone of Voice**:
   - The tone is **friendly**, **inspiring**, and **informative**. The language used is accessible and welcoming, aiming to engage a broad audience. The organization communicates with enthusiasm about astronomy and education, creating a sense of community and shared interest.

4. **Emoji Usage**:
   - The website and communications do not prominently feature emojis. The tone remains professional and straightforward, focusing on clarity and engagement without the use of visual emojis.

5. **Key Facts**:
   - **Founding Info**: Established in 2005 as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit in New York State.
   - **Scale**: Engages in various community outreach and educational programs, with 29 total forms and 37 email campaigns indicating active community involvement.
   - **Impact Metrics**: Offers free public programs, aiming to reach a wide audience and enhance public understanding of astronomy.
   - **Volunteer Info**: Specific volunteer opportunities are not detailed on the website, but the organization likely relies on community support for events and programs.

6. **Writing Guidelines**:
   - **Style**: Use clear, concise language that is accessible to a general audience. Avoid jargon unless it is explained.
   - **Engagement**: Foster a sense of community and excitement about astronomy. Use an inviting tone that encourages participation and learning.
   - **Calls to Action**: Clearly state how individuals can get involved, whether through attending events, making donations, or volunteering.
   - **Formatting**: Maintain a professional layout in communications, ensuring readability and accessibility, especially for event details and donation information.

This context profile provides a comprehensive overview of Hamptons Observatory, enabling AI assistants to generate tailored content that aligns with the organization's mission, tone, and community engagement strategies.

Thank you for registering for this free, virtual lecture on Tuesday, November 12, 2024 at 7:00 PM, ET. The day before the event, you will receive a reminder notice with the info you'll need to login. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact us at HamptonsObservatory@gmail.com

General admission

The image above is of the series of United States Post Office stamps (issued in 2021) that highlight images of the Sun as captured by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory. Credits: NASA/SDO/USPS.<figcaption> </figcaption>Registration is required for this free, virtual event.<a href="https://coldatomlab.jpl.nasa.gov/what-we-do/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank"> </a>On November 12, 2024 at 7:00 PM, ET, Hamptons Observatory and Suffolk County Community College<a href="https://www.sunysuffolk.edu/explore-academics/majors-and-programs/science/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit"></a> are honored to present a free, virtual lecture by <a href="https://science.nasa.gov/people/lead-program-scientist-for-lws/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">Dr. Madhulika Guhathakurta</a>, NASA’s Senior Advisor for New Initiatives and the driving force behind its <a href="https://frontierdevelopmentlab.org/about" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">Frontier Development Laboratory</a>. Dr. Guhathakurta will discuss Heliophysics, aka Space Weather, and how the <a href="https://science.nasa.gov/heliophysics/programs/living-with-a-star/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">Living With a Star</a> (LWS) program targets specific aspects of the Sun-Earth system that affect life and society. Years ago, the study of the Sun-Earth connection was edgy stuff; few scientists had the breadth of knowledge to marshal the many disciplines required to gain a full picture. Over recent decades, more and more practitioners of disciplines like solar physics, geophysics, atmospheric physics, cosmic ray physics and magnetohydrodynamics, collaborated and helped to create a synthesis and a new discipline that today is called “<a href="https://science.nasa.gov/heliophysics/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">Heliophysics</a>,” popularly known as Space Weather.  Today, a single strong solar flare could bring civilization to its knees. Modern society has come to depend on technologies sensitive to solar radiation and geomagnetic storms. Particularly vulnerable are intercontinental power grids, interplanetary robotic and human exploration, satellite operations and communications, and GPS navigation. These technologies are woven into the fabric of daily life, from health care and finance to basic utilities. Both short- and long-term forecasting models are urgently needed to mitigate the effects of solar storms and to anticipate their collective impact on aviation, astronaut safety, terrestrial climate and more. As human activity expands into the solar system, the need for accurate space weather and space climate forecasting is expanding, too. Space probes are now orbiting or en route for flybys of Mercury, Venus, Earth and the Moon, Mars, Vesta, Ceres, Saturn, and Pluto. Agencies around the world are preparing to send robotic spacecraft into interplanetary space. Each of these missions (plus others on the drawing board) has a unique need to know when a solar storm will pass through its corner of space or how the subsequent solar cycle will behave. By monitoring the Sun from widely different angles simultaneously, they provide early warnings of explosive events on the Sun as they develop on the solar far side. These explosive events may pose threatening conditions for both earth-bound commerce and national security, as well as orbiting satellites and probes, both robotic and human-tended. Even during a relatively weak solar maximum, the potential consequences that such events can have on society are too important to ignore. The challenges associated with space weather affect all developed and developing countries. It is basic research with a high public purpose and the stated goal of the Living With A Star program is to achieve the Sun-Earth, Sun-Planet system understanding.  <a href="https://science.nasa.gov/people/lead-program-scientist-for-lws/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">Dr. Guhathakurta</a> has led the development of Heliophysics as an integrated scientific discipline from which fundamental discoveries about our universe provide direct societal benefits. She made possible flagship missions (e.g. the Solar Dynamics Observatory, Van Allen Probes, Solar Orbiter Collaboration and Parker Solar Probe), including <a href="https://stereo.gsfc.nasa.gov/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">STEREO</a>, that would revolutionize our understanding of how the Sun shapes space weather in the solar system. Since 2017, she has been the driving force (at NASA Headquarters and at NASA Ames) behind the growth of <a href="https://frontierdevelopmentlab.org/about" style="color:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit">Frontier Development Laboratory</a>, both in terms of the breadth of problem areas tackled, as well as in the number of agency and industry partners (e.g. Google, Nvidia, IBM, Intel, Lockheed Martin, Planet). She is currently a Senior Advisor for New Initiatives at Goddard Space Flight Center and Program Scientist at NASA’s <a href="https://science.gsfc.nasa.gov/heliophysics" style="color:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit">Heliophysics Division</a>. Hamptons Observatory extends its deepest thanks to Dr. Guhathakurta for generously taking the time to share her expertise and to co-host <a href="https://www.sunysuffolk.edu/explore-academics/majors-and-programs/science/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">Suffolk County Community College</a> for their kind collaboration. While Hamptons Observatory offers this and other public lectures free-of-charge, donations to support our programs are needed and deeply appreciated. To make a tax-deductible donation to support our mission, please "Add a Donation to Hamptons Observatory" on the left side of the registration page, below the area where you select the number of tickets to this event, and we will receive 100% of the funds you donate, no fees will be deducted or paid by you. Please note: you are not obligated to also "Add a contribution to keep the platform we use 100% free!" although Zeffy, too, would appreciate your support. Thanks! Hamptons Observatory (HO), a 501(c)(3) New York State nonprofit since 2005. Its mission: to foster interest in science, particularly astronomy, through educational programs. Lectures, star parties, portable planetarium shows and other events are held frequently and often in collaboration with other nonprofit organizations. HO has an observatory in East Hampton that it is endeavoring to restore and to make accessible (in-person and remotely) to students, researchers, educators and the general public. We offer our public programs free of charge so that everyone has the opportunity to learn about and enjoy the wonders of the universe. For further information about us or to join our mailing list, please visit our website: <a href="https://HamptonsObservatory.org" style="color:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">HamptonsObservatory.org </a>

Hello <span contenteditable="false" data-custom-variable="{{firstname}}" fr-original-class="fr-deletable styled-tag-chip " fr-original-style style="background-color:rgb(248, 248, 255);border:1px solid rgb(191, 191, 255);border-radius:4px;color:rgb(42, 42, 196);display:inline-block;margin:0px;padding:1px 8px;font-size:11px;line-height:16px;overflow-wrap:anywhere;user-select:none;box-sizing:inherit">First name <span contenteditable="false" data-custom-variable="{{lastname}}" fr-original-class="fr-deletable styled-tag-chip " fr-original-style style="background-color:rgb(248, 248, 255);border:1px solid rgb(191, 191, 255);border-radius:4px;color:rgb(42, 42, 196);display:inline-block;margin:0px;padding:1px 8px;font-size:11px;line-height:16px;overflow-wrap:anywhere;user-select:none;box-sizing:inherit">Last name, Thank you for registering for Hamptons Observatory's free, virtual lecture on Tuesday, November 12, 2024 at 7:00 PM, ET: "Living With A Star: Science that Matters to People," to be presented by Dr. Madhulika Guhathakurta, NASA Senior Advisor for New Initiatives. Please mark your calendar and save the information below in case you do not receive a reminder email: Click on the following link to login to the lecture: <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89952591248?pwd=MgyXUEnVaEfKl47uqlXcE2tbvwvFK1.1" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank"> https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89952591248?pwd=MgyXUEnVaEfKl47uqlXcE2tbvwvFK1.1   </a>      Meeting ID:    899 5259 1248         Passcode:      7CzW0r A week or so after the event, a recording of it will be posted on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@hamptonsobservatory595" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">Hampton Observatory's YouTube Channel</a>. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me. Meanwhile, thanks for your interest in our work. I hope you enjoy the talk! All the best,Donna L. McCormickExecutive Director<a href="http://www.hamptonsobservatory.org" style="color:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">Hamptons Observatory</a>

The image above is of the series of United States Post Office stamps (issued in 2021) that highlight images of the Sun as captured by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory. Credits: NASA/SDO/USPS.<figcaption> </figcaption>Registration is required for this free, virtual event.<a href="https://coldatomlab.jpl.nasa.gov/what-we-do/" target="_blank"> </a>On November 12, 2024 at 7:00 PM, ET, Hamptons Observatory and Suffolk County Community College<a href="https://www.sunysuffolk.edu/explore-academics/majors-and-programs/science/" target="_blank"></a> are honored to present a free, virtual lecture by <a href="https://science.nasa.gov/people/lead-program-scientist-for-lws/" target="_blank">Dr. Madhulika Guhathakurta</a>, NASA’s Senior Advisor for New Initiatives and the driving force behind its <a href="https://frontierdevelopmentlab.org/about" target="_blank">Frontier Development Laboratory</a>. Dr. Guhathakurta will discuss Heliophysics, aka Space Weather, and how the <a href="https://science.nasa.gov/heliophysics/programs/living-with-a-star/" target="_blank">Living With a Star</a> (LWS) program targets specific aspects of the Sun-Earth system that affect life and society. Years ago, the study of the Sun-Earth connection was edgy stuff; few scientists had the breadth of knowledge to marshal the many disciplines required to gain a full picture. Over recent decades, more and more practitioners of disciplines like solar physics, geophysics, atmospheric physics, cosmic ray physics and magnetohydrodynamics, collaborated and helped to create a synthesis and a new discipline that today is called “<a href="https://science.nasa.gov/heliophysics/" target="_blank">Heliophysics</a>,” popularly known as Space Weather.  Today, a single strong solar flare could bring civilization to its knees. Modern society has come to depend on technologies sensitive to solar radiation and geomagnetic storms. Particularly vulnerable are intercontinental power grids, interplanetary robotic and human exploration, satellite operations and communications, and GPS navigation. These technologies are woven into the fabric of daily life, from health care and finance to basic utilities. Both short- and long-term forecasting models are urgently needed to mitigate the effects of solar storms and to anticipate their collective impact on aviation, astronaut safety, terrestrial climate and more. As human activity expands into the solar system, the need for accurate space weather and space climate forecasting is expanding, too. Space probes are now orbiting or en route for flybys of Mercury, Venus, Earth and the Moon, Mars, Vesta, Ceres, Saturn, and Pluto. Agencies around the world are preparing to send robotic spacecraft into interplanetary space. Each of these missions (plus others on the drawing board) has a unique need to know when a solar storm will pass through its corner of space or how the subsequent solar cycle will behave. By monitoring the Sun from widely different angles simultaneously, they provide early warnings of explosive events on the Sun as they develop on the solar far side. These explosive events may pose threatening conditions for both earth-bound commerce and national security, as well as orbiting satellites and probes, both robotic and human-tended. Even during a relatively weak solar maximum, the potential consequences that such events can have on society are too important to ignore. The challenges associated with space weather affect all developed and developing countries. It is basic research with a high public purpose and the stated goal of the Living With A Star program is to achieve the Sun-Earth, Sun-Planet system understanding.  <a href="https://science.nasa.gov/people/lead-program-scientist-for-lws/" target="_blank">Dr. Guhathakurta</a> has led the development of Heliophysics as an integrated scientific discipline from which fundamental discoveries about our universe provide direct societal benefits. She made possible flagship missions (e.g. the Solar Dynamics Observatory, Van Allen Probes, Solar Orbiter Collaboration and Parker Solar Probe), including <a href="https://stereo.gsfc.nasa.gov/" target="_blank">STEREO</a>, that would revolutionize our understanding of how the Sun shapes space weather in the solar system. Since 2017, she has been the driving force (at NASA Headquarters and at NASA Ames) behind the growth of <a href="https://frontierdevelopmentlab.org/about">Frontier Development Laboratory</a>, both in terms of the breadth of problem areas tackled, as well as in the number of agency and industry partners (e.g. Google, Nvidia, IBM, Intel, Lockheed Martin, Planet). She is currently a Senior Advisor for New Initiatives at Goddard Space Flight Center and Program Scientist at NASA’s <a href="https://science.gsfc.nasa.gov/heliophysics">Heliophysics Division</a>. Hamptons Observatory extends its deepest thanks to Dr. Guhathakurta for generously taking the time to share her expertise and to co-host <a href="https://www.sunysuffolk.edu/explore-academics/majors-and-programs/science/" target="_blank">Suffolk County Community College</a> for their kind collaboration. While Hamptons Observatory offers this and other public lectures free-of-charge, donations to support our programs are needed and deeply appreciated. To make a tax-deductible donation to support our mission, please "Add a Donation to Hamptons Observatory" on the left side of the registration page, below the area where you select the number of tickets to this event, and we will receive 100% of the funds you donate, no fees will be deducted or paid by you. Please note: you are not obligated to also "Add a contribution to keep the platform we use 100% free!" although Zeffy, too, would appreciate your support. Thanks! Hamptons Observatory (HO), a 501(c)(3) New York State nonprofit since 2005. Its mission: to foster interest in science, particularly astronomy, through educational programs. Lectures, star parties, portable planetarium shows and other events are held frequently and often in collaboration with other nonprofit organizations. HO has an observatory in East Hampton that it is endeavoring to restore and to make accessible (in-person and remotely) to students, researchers, educators and the general public. We offer our public programs free of charge so that everyone has the opportunity to learn about and enjoy the wonders of the universe. For further information about us or to join our mailing list, please visit our website: <a href="https://HamptonsObservatory.org" target="_blank">HamptonsObservatory.org </a>

Hamptons Observatory

Living With A Star: Science that Matters to People (A Free, Virtual Lecture)

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