From a class I taught at the California Academy of Sciences

Outside the Planetarium at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco

About the AstroWizard !

“Using the Science of Magic to teach the Magic of Science!”

The AstroWizard !

 

Dave Rodrigues (a.k.a. the AstroWizard) is a lecturer at Morrison Planetarium and at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco.  He is also the program director of the East Bay Astronomical Society at Chabot Space and Science Center in Oakland.  He is often interviewed on astronomical topics in the Oakland Tribune, San Francisco Chronicle, KCBS news radio, and local TV.  He has been a guest on the “KidTalk with Dr. Mary” show on Radio Disney.  He assisted in the rescue of Apollo 13 at Chabot Observatory in 1970.  Asteroid 24626 “Astrowizard” was named after him for his contributions to Astronomy education.

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