Guest Speaker: Peggy Hill

“How Spaceweather Affects Flight:  What pilots need to know about the solar environment and the Sun’s effect on navigation and communication,” Peggy Hill will give a short talk and lead an activity exploring the Sun’s magnetic field and it’s interaction with the earth’s environment.  If skies are clear we will image the Sun and look for sunspots.

Dr. Margaret (Peggy) Hill retired from Southeast Missouri State University after 20 years of teaching and research in physics, where her specialty was the development of novel magnetic materials.  She has been a lifelong amateur astronomer, building her own telescope in a class offered by the St. Louis Astronomical Society.  She is currently President of the Astronomical Association of Southeast Missouri, a new local astronomy club.