Council Meetings

Council Meetings are are open to the public and are held at 7:30 PM on the third Monday of each month except February, July and August.

These meetings are the forum for the Oregon Ridge Nature Center Speaker Series. Our speakers give presentations on a wide range of nature related subjects.

Below are speakers for some of our upcoming meetings.

Speaker Series

May 19, 2008

Photographing the Night Sky. Did you know that you can take beautiful celestial images with a simple "point and shoot" digital camera? Our speaker for May,Timothy Kent, has written a book on digital astrophotography for beginners. Tim will show some of the photographs he has taken and he'll demonstrate how amateur star gazers of any age can enhance their enjoyment of this hobby by taking pictures of the night sky with or without a telescope. Tim challenges the concept that astrophotography has to be an expensive hobby. This talk will appeal to all who enjoy the experience of looking up at night and would who like to take that enjoyment to the next step by photographing the noon, planets and stars, on a shoestring budget. Tim is a Starlab portable planetarium resource teacher for Baltimore County Schools. In this role he has taught astronomy concepts to children at grade levels from K through fifth grade. He has combined his interests in astronomy and photography by writing "StarQuest - A Beginner's Guide to Digital Astrophotography."