The Stars Belong to Everyone

Featured Speaker: Dennis Mammana, M.S.

Our planet supports eight billion people of all races,
religions, and perspectives, yet for all our diversity
we share one thing in common: the heavens. In this
enlightening program, you will view the universe
as photographed by our speaker and his The World
at Night (TWAN) colleagues from locations as near
as San Diego and as far as the most distant, exotic
locations on Earth. From these remarkable images
and their stories, you will enjoy the color, motion,
and majesty of the heavens in ways one rarely sees,
and you will learn why the stars really do belong to
everyone.

Presenter Biography

For nearly five decades, Dennis
Mammana has delivered the wonder and mystery
of the cosmos to audiences around the world. A
syndicated newspaper columnist and author of
six books on popular astronomy, Mammana is
also a renowned sky photographer and invited
member of TWAN, a team of the most highly
acclaimed astronomical photographers on the
planet. Mammana has held positions at the
Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and Space
Museum in Washington, D.C., and the Reuben H.
Fleet Science Center. He received his M.S. from
Vanderbilt University.

Coordinator: Steve Clarey