A Sky Full of Stars – 1:00 p.m.

Presentation | June 9 – August 26, 2012 every day | 1-1:45 p.m. |  Lawrence Hall of Science

Sponsor: Lawrence Hall of Science (LHS)

What's that in the sky? We use our friendly Planetarium as a time machine to speed through a day, observing the sky from the Sun to the stars. Once night falls, the audience can stargaze at the Big Dipper, and imagine pictures in the stars. Then we can planet-hop within our Solar System to visit planets up close. What can you see in a sky full of stars?
Recommended for ages 4–8, with adult.

Target audiences: All Audiences, Children

Open to audiences: All Audiences, Children

Attendance restrictions: Recommended for ages 4–8, with adult.

Tickets required:$4

Ticket info: Purchased at the Visitor Services desk. Buy tickets by calling 510-642-5132.

A Sky Full of Stars – 1:00 p.m.

Presentation | June 9 – August 26, 2012 every day | 1-1:45 p.m. |  Lawrence Hall of Science

Sponsor: Lawrence Hall of Science (LHS)

What's that in the sky? We use our friendly Planetarium as a time machine to speed through a day, observing the sky from the Sun to the stars. Once night falls, the audience can stargaze at the Big Dipper, and imagine pictures in the stars. Then we can planet-hop within our Solar System to visit planets up close. What can you see in a sky full of stars?
Recommended for ages 4–8, with adult.

Target audiences: All Audiences, Children

Open to audiences: All Audiences, Children

Attendance restrictions: Recommended for ages 4–8, with adult.

Tickets required:$4

Ticket info: Purchased at the Visitor Services desk. Buy tickets by calling 510-642-5132.

A Sky Full of Stars – 1:00 p.m.

Presentation | June 9 – August 26, 2012 every day | 1-1:45 p.m. |  Lawrence Hall of Science

Sponsor: Lawrence Hall of Science (LHS)

What's that in the sky? We use our friendly Planetarium as a time machine to speed through a day, observing the sky from the Sun to the stars. Once night falls, the audience can stargaze at the Big Dipper, and imagine pictures in the stars. Then we can planet-hop within our Solar System to visit planets up close. What can you see in a sky full of stars?
Recommended for ages 4–8, with adult.

Target audiences: All Audiences, Children

Open to audiences: All Audiences, Children

Attendance restrictions: Recommended for ages 4–8, with adult.

Tickets required:$4

Ticket info: Purchased at the Visitor Services desk. Buy tickets by calling 510-642-5132.

Physics Graduate Student Social Hour

Social Event | August 28, 2009 – December 28, 2012 every Friday | 5-7 p.m. | LeConte Hall, 375 - Helmholz Room

Sponsor: Graduate Assembly

Graduate students, staff, and faculty from any department are invited to this weekly event held by the Physics Graduate Student Association as a forum for informal networking and communication between scientists and science enthusiasts from all career levels. Come by for a relaxing atmosphere with delicious refreshments usually sponsored by the GA.

A Sky Full of Stars – 1:00 p.m.

Presentation | June 9 – August 26, 2012 every day | 1-1:45 p.m. |  Lawrence Hall of Science

Sponsor: Lawrence Hall of Science (LHS)

What's that in the sky? We use our friendly Planetarium as a time machine to speed through a day, observing the sky from the Sun to the stars. Once night falls, the audience can stargaze at the Big Dipper, and imagine pictures in the stars. Then we can planet-hop within our Solar System to visit planets up close. What can you see in a sky full of stars?
Recommended for ages 4–8, with adult.

Target audiences: All Audiences, Children

Open to audiences: All Audiences, Children

Attendance restrictions: Recommended for ages 4–8, with adult.

Tickets required:$4

Ticket info: Purchased at the Visitor Services desk. Buy tickets by calling 510-642-5132.

A Sky Full of Stars – 1:00 p.m.

Presentation | June 9 – August 26, 2012 every day | 1-1:45 p.m. |  Lawrence Hall of Science

Sponsor: Lawrence Hall of Science (LHS)

What's that in the sky? We use our friendly Planetarium as a time machine to speed through a day, observing the sky from the Sun to the stars. Once night falls, the audience can stargaze at the Big Dipper, and imagine pictures in the stars. Then we can planet-hop within our Solar System to visit planets up close. What can you see in a sky full of stars?
Recommended for ages 4–8, with adult.

Target audiences: All Audiences, Children

Open to audiences: All Audiences, Children

Attendance restrictions: Recommended for ages 4–8, with adult.

Tickets required:$4

Ticket info: Purchased at the Visitor Services desk. Buy tickets by calling 510-642-5132.

A Sky Full of Stars – 1:00 p.m.

Presentation | June 9 – August 26, 2012 every day | 1-1:45 p.m. |  Lawrence Hall of Science

Sponsor: Lawrence Hall of Science (LHS)

What's that in the sky? We use our friendly Planetarium as a time machine to speed through a day, observing the sky from the Sun to the stars. Once night falls, the audience can stargaze at the Big Dipper, and imagine pictures in the stars. Then we can planet-hop within our Solar System to visit planets up close. What can you see in a sky full of stars?
Recommended for ages 4–8, with adult.

Target audiences: All Audiences, Children

Open to audiences: All Audiences, Children

Attendance restrictions: Recommended for ages 4–8, with adult.

Tickets required:$4

Ticket info: Purchased at the Visitor Services desk. Buy tickets by calling 510-642-5132.

A Sky Full of Stars – 1:00 p.m.

Presentation | June 9 – August 26, 2012 every day | 1-1:45 p.m. |  Lawrence Hall of Science

Sponsor: Lawrence Hall of Science (LHS)

What's that in the sky? We use our friendly Planetarium as a time machine to speed through a day, observing the sky from the Sun to the stars. Once night falls, the audience can stargaze at the Big Dipper, and imagine pictures in the stars. Then we can planet-hop within our Solar System to visit planets up close. What can you see in a sky full of stars?
Recommended for ages 4–8, with adult.

Target audiences: All Audiences, Children

Open to audiences: All Audiences, Children

Attendance restrictions: Recommended for ages 4–8, with adult.

Tickets required:$4

Ticket info: Purchased at the Visitor Services desk. Buy tickets by calling 510-642-5132.

A Sky Full of Stars – 1:00 p.m.

Presentation | June 9 – August 26, 2012 every day | 1-1:45 p.m. |  Lawrence Hall of Science

Sponsor: Lawrence Hall of Science (LHS)

What's that in the sky? We use our friendly Planetarium as a time machine to speed through a day, observing the sky from the Sun to the stars. Once night falls, the audience can stargaze at the Big Dipper, and imagine pictures in the stars. Then we can planet-hop within our Solar System to visit planets up close. What can you see in a sky full of stars?
Recommended for ages 4–8, with adult.

Target audiences: All Audiences, Children

Open to audiences: All Audiences, Children

Attendance restrictions: Recommended for ages 4–8, with adult.

Tickets required:$4

Ticket info: Purchased at the Visitor Services desk. Buy tickets by calling 510-642-5132.

A Sky Full of Stars – 1:00 p.m.

Presentation | June 9 – August 26, 2012 every day | 1-1:45 p.m. |  Lawrence Hall of Science

Sponsor: Lawrence Hall of Science (LHS)

What's that in the sky? We use our friendly Planetarium as a time machine to speed through a day, observing the sky from the Sun to the stars. Once night falls, the audience can stargaze at the Big Dipper, and imagine pictures in the stars. Then we can planet-hop within our Solar System to visit planets up close. What can you see in a sky full of stars?
Recommended for ages 4–8, with adult.

Target audiences: All Audiences, Children

Open to audiences: All Audiences, Children

Attendance restrictions: Recommended for ages 4–8, with adult.

Tickets required:$4

Ticket info: Purchased at the Visitor Services desk. Buy tickets by calling 510-642-5132.

A Sky Full of Stars – 1:00 p.m.

Presentation | June 9 – August 26, 2012 every day | 1-1:45 p.m. |  Lawrence Hall of Science

Sponsor: Lawrence Hall of Science (LHS)

What's that in the sky? We use our friendly Planetarium as a time machine to speed through a day, observing the sky from the Sun to the stars. Once night falls, the audience can stargaze at the Big Dipper, and imagine pictures in the stars. Then we can planet-hop within our Solar System to visit planets up close. What can you see in a sky full of stars?
Recommended for ages 4–8, with adult.

Target audiences: All Audiences, Children

Open to audiences: All Audiences, Children

Attendance restrictions: Recommended for ages 4–8, with adult.

Tickets required:$4

Ticket info: Purchased at the Visitor Services desk. Buy tickets by calling 510-642-5132.

Physics Graduate Student Social Hour

Social Event | August 28, 2009 – December 28, 2012 every Friday | 5-7 p.m. | LeConte Hall, 375 - Helmholz Room

Sponsor: Graduate Assembly

Graduate students, staff, and faculty from any department are invited to this weekly event held by the Physics Graduate Student Association as a forum for informal networking and communication between scientists and science enthusiasts from all career levels. Come by for a relaxing atmosphere with delicious refreshments usually sponsored by the GA.

A Sky Full of Stars – 1:00 p.m.

Presentation | June 9 – August 26, 2012 every day | 1-1:45 p.m. |  Lawrence Hall of Science

Sponsor: Lawrence Hall of Science (LHS)

What's that in the sky? We use our friendly Planetarium as a time machine to speed through a day, observing the sky from the Sun to the stars. Once night falls, the audience can stargaze at the Big Dipper, and imagine pictures in the stars. Then we can planet-hop within our Solar System to visit planets up close. What can you see in a sky full of stars?
Recommended for ages 4–8, with adult.

Target audiences: All Audiences, Children

Open to audiences: All Audiences, Children

Attendance restrictions: Recommended for ages 4–8, with adult.

Tickets required:$4

Ticket info: Purchased at the Visitor Services desk. Buy tickets by calling 510-642-5132.

A Sky Full of Stars – 1:00 p.m.

Presentation | June 9 – August 26, 2012 every day | 1-1:45 p.m. |  Lawrence Hall of Science

Sponsor: Lawrence Hall of Science (LHS)

What's that in the sky? We use our friendly Planetarium as a time machine to speed through a day, observing the sky from the Sun to the stars. Once night falls, the audience can stargaze at the Big Dipper, and imagine pictures in the stars. Then we can planet-hop within our Solar System to visit planets up close. What can you see in a sky full of stars?
Recommended for ages 4–8, with adult.

Target audiences: All Audiences, Children

Open to audiences: All Audiences, Children

Attendance restrictions: Recommended for ages 4–8, with adult.

Tickets required:$4

Ticket info: Purchased at the Visitor Services desk. Buy tickets by calling 510-642-5132.

A Sky Full of Stars – 1:00 p.m.

Presentation | June 9 – August 26, 2012 every day | 1-1:45 p.m. |  Lawrence Hall of Science

Sponsor: Lawrence Hall of Science (LHS)

What's that in the sky? We use our friendly Planetarium as a time machine to speed through a day, observing the sky from the Sun to the stars. Once night falls, the audience can stargaze at the Big Dipper, and imagine pictures in the stars. Then we can planet-hop within our Solar System to visit planets up close. What can you see in a sky full of stars?
Recommended for ages 4–8, with adult.

Target audiences: All Audiences, Children

Open to audiences: All Audiences, Children

Attendance restrictions: Recommended for ages 4–8, with adult.

Tickets required:$4

Ticket info: Purchased at the Visitor Services desk. Buy tickets by calling 510-642-5132.

Peter Williams (Berkeley): Exploring the Variable Radio Sky with the Allen Telescope Array

Seminar: RAL Seminars | August 13 | 3:10-4 p.m. | B5 Hearst Field Annex | Note change in date

Speaker/Performer: Peter Williams, UC Berkeley

Sponsor: Radio Astronomy Lab

I'll describe just what exactly I've been up to for the past six years
with an eye to the big picture. Why are we interested in the radio time
domain? How do we observe it? What's the outlook for time-domain radio
astronomy in the near future? I'll emphasize astrophysical results from
a large search for Galactic radio transients performed with the Allen
Telescope Array known as ASGARD....   More >

A Sky Full of Stars – 1:00 p.m.

Presentation | June 9 – August 26, 2012 every day | 1-1:45 p.m. |  Lawrence Hall of Science

Sponsor: Lawrence Hall of Science (LHS)

What's that in the sky? We use our friendly Planetarium as a time machine to speed through a day, observing the sky from the Sun to the stars. Once night falls, the audience can stargaze at the Big Dipper, and imagine pictures in the stars. Then we can planet-hop within our Solar System to visit planets up close. What can you see in a sky full of stars?
Recommended for ages 4–8, with adult.

Target audiences: All Audiences, Children

Open to audiences: All Audiences, Children

Attendance restrictions: Recommended for ages 4–8, with adult.

Tickets required:$4

Ticket info: Purchased at the Visitor Services desk. Buy tickets by calling 510-642-5132.

Cosmological Constraints from Moments of the Thermal Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect

Seminar: Cosmology Seminars | August 14 | 1:10 p.m. | B5 Hearst Field Annex

Speaker/Performer: Colin Hill, Princeton

Sponsor: Department of Astronomy

The thermal Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (tSZ) effect is a distortion of the spectrum of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) due to the inverse Compton scattering of CMB photons off hot electrons in the intracluster medium (ICM) of galaxy clusters. The tSZ effect is a powerful cosmological probe, but the traditional statistic with which it has been characterized -- the power spectrum -- suffers from...   More >

A Sky Full of Stars – 1:00 p.m.

Presentation | June 9 – August 26, 2012 every day | 1-1:45 p.m. |  Lawrence Hall of Science

Sponsor: Lawrence Hall of Science (LHS)

What's that in the sky? We use our friendly Planetarium as a time machine to speed through a day, observing the sky from the Sun to the stars. Once night falls, the audience can stargaze at the Big Dipper, and imagine pictures in the stars. Then we can planet-hop within our Solar System to visit planets up close. What can you see in a sky full of stars?
Recommended for ages 4–8, with adult.

Target audiences: All Audiences, Children

Open to audiences: All Audiences, Children

Attendance restrictions: Recommended for ages 4–8, with adult.

Tickets required:$4

Ticket info: Purchased at the Visitor Services desk. Buy tickets by calling 510-642-5132.

A Sky Full of Stars – 1:00 p.m.

Presentation | June 9 – August 26, 2012 every day | 1-1:45 p.m. |  Lawrence Hall of Science

Sponsor: Lawrence Hall of Science (LHS)

What's that in the sky? We use our friendly Planetarium as a time machine to speed through a day, observing the sky from the Sun to the stars. Once night falls, the audience can stargaze at the Big Dipper, and imagine pictures in the stars. Then we can planet-hop within our Solar System to visit planets up close. What can you see in a sky full of stars?
Recommended for ages 4–8, with adult.

Target audiences: All Audiences, Children

Open to audiences: All Audiences, Children

Attendance restrictions: Recommended for ages 4–8, with adult.

Tickets required:$4

Ticket info: Purchased at the Visitor Services desk. Buy tickets by calling 510-642-5132.

A Sky Full of Stars – 1:00 p.m.

Presentation | June 9 – August 26, 2012 every day | 1-1:45 p.m. |  Lawrence Hall of Science

Sponsor: Lawrence Hall of Science (LHS)

What's that in the sky? We use our friendly Planetarium as a time machine to speed through a day, observing the sky from the Sun to the stars. Once night falls, the audience can stargaze at the Big Dipper, and imagine pictures in the stars. Then we can planet-hop within our Solar System to visit planets up close. What can you see in a sky full of stars?
Recommended for ages 4–8, with adult.

Target audiences: All Audiences, Children

Open to audiences: All Audiences, Children

Attendance restrictions: Recommended for ages 4–8, with adult.

Tickets required:$4

Ticket info: Purchased at the Visitor Services desk. Buy tickets by calling 510-642-5132.

Physics Graduate Student Social Hour

Social Event | August 28, 2009 – December 28, 2012 every Friday | 5-7 p.m. | LeConte Hall, 375 - Helmholz Room

Sponsor: Graduate Assembly

Graduate students, staff, and faculty from any department are invited to this weekly event held by the Physics Graduate Student Association as a forum for informal networking and communication between scientists and science enthusiasts from all career levels. Come by for a relaxing atmosphere with delicious refreshments usually sponsored by the GA.

Can one see a flower through a granite wall? Amazing capabilities of neutron imaging

Lecture | August 18 | 11 a.m.-12 p.m. | 100 Genetics & Plant Biology Building

Speaker: Anton Tremsin, UC Berkeley

Sponsor: Science@Cal

Anton Tremsin, Research Associate at UC Berkeley's Space Sciences Laboratory, gives a free public talk about the capabilities and challenges of neutron imaging.

Target audience: General Public

Open to audience: All Audiences

A Sky Full of Stars – 1:00 p.m.

Presentation | June 9 – August 26, 2012 every day | 1-1:45 p.m. |  Lawrence Hall of Science

Sponsor: Lawrence Hall of Science (LHS)

What's that in the sky? We use our friendly Planetarium as a time machine to speed through a day, observing the sky from the Sun to the stars. Once night falls, the audience can stargaze at the Big Dipper, and imagine pictures in the stars. Then we can planet-hop within our Solar System to visit planets up close. What can you see in a sky full of stars?
Recommended for ages 4–8, with adult.

Target audiences: All Audiences, Children

Open to audiences: All Audiences, Children

Attendance restrictions: Recommended for ages 4–8, with adult.

Tickets required:$4

Ticket info: Purchased at the Visitor Services desk. Buy tickets by calling 510-642-5132.

A Sky Full of Stars – 1:00 p.m.

Presentation | June 9 – August 26, 2012 every day | 1-1:45 p.m. |  Lawrence Hall of Science

Sponsor: Lawrence Hall of Science (LHS)

What's that in the sky? We use our friendly Planetarium as a time machine to speed through a day, observing the sky from the Sun to the stars. Once night falls, the audience can stargaze at the Big Dipper, and imagine pictures in the stars. Then we can planet-hop within our Solar System to visit planets up close. What can you see in a sky full of stars?
Recommended for ages 4–8, with adult.

Target audiences: All Audiences, Children

Open to audiences: All Audiences, Children

Attendance restrictions: Recommended for ages 4–8, with adult.

Tickets required:$4

Ticket info: Purchased at the Visitor Services desk. Buy tickets by calling 510-642-5132.

A Sky Full of Stars – 1:00 p.m.

Presentation | June 9 – August 26, 2012 every day | 1-1:45 p.m. |  Lawrence Hall of Science

Sponsor: Lawrence Hall of Science (LHS)

What's that in the sky? We use our friendly Planetarium as a time machine to speed through a day, observing the sky from the Sun to the stars. Once night falls, the audience can stargaze at the Big Dipper, and imagine pictures in the stars. Then we can planet-hop within our Solar System to visit planets up close. What can you see in a sky full of stars?
Recommended for ages 4–8, with adult.

Target audiences: All Audiences, Children

Open to audiences: All Audiences, Children

Attendance restrictions: Recommended for ages 4–8, with adult.

Tickets required:$4

Ticket info: Purchased at the Visitor Services desk. Buy tickets by calling 510-642-5132.

A Sky Full of Stars – 1:00 p.m.

Presentation | June 9 – August 26, 2012 every day | 1-1:45 p.m. |  Lawrence Hall of Science

Sponsor: Lawrence Hall of Science (LHS)

What's that in the sky? We use our friendly Planetarium as a time machine to speed through a day, observing the sky from the Sun to the stars. Once night falls, the audience can stargaze at the Big Dipper, and imagine pictures in the stars. Then we can planet-hop within our Solar System to visit planets up close. What can you see in a sky full of stars?
Recommended for ages 4–8, with adult.

Target audiences: All Audiences, Children

Open to audiences: All Audiences, Children

Attendance restrictions: Recommended for ages 4–8, with adult.

Tickets required:$4

Ticket info: Purchased at the Visitor Services desk. Buy tickets by calling 510-642-5132.

A Sky Full of Stars – 1:00 p.m.

Presentation | June 9 – August 26, 2012 every day | 1-1:45 p.m. |  Lawrence Hall of Science

Sponsor: Lawrence Hall of Science (LHS)

What's that in the sky? We use our friendly Planetarium as a time machine to speed through a day, observing the sky from the Sun to the stars. Once night falls, the audience can stargaze at the Big Dipper, and imagine pictures in the stars. Then we can planet-hop within our Solar System to visit planets up close. What can you see in a sky full of stars?
Recommended for ages 4–8, with adult.

Target audiences: All Audiences, Children

Open to audiences: All Audiences, Children

Attendance restrictions: Recommended for ages 4–8, with adult.

Tickets required:$4

Ticket info: Purchased at the Visitor Services desk. Buy tickets by calling 510-642-5132.

A Sky Full of Stars – 1:00 p.m.

Presentation | June 9 – August 26, 2012 every day | 1-1:45 p.m. |  Lawrence Hall of Science

Sponsor: Lawrence Hall of Science (LHS)

What's that in the sky? We use our friendly Planetarium as a time machine to speed through a day, observing the sky from the Sun to the stars. Once night falls, the audience can stargaze at the Big Dipper, and imagine pictures in the stars. Then we can planet-hop within our Solar System to visit planets up close. What can you see in a sky full of stars?
Recommended for ages 4–8, with adult.

Target audiences: All Audiences, Children

Open to audiences: All Audiences, Children

Attendance restrictions: Recommended for ages 4–8, with adult.

Tickets required:$4

Ticket info: Purchased at the Visitor Services desk. Buy tickets by calling 510-642-5132.

Shake, Rattle and Explode: Short GRBs and the Electromagnetic Counterparts of Gravitational Wave Sources

Colloquium: Astronomy Colloquia | August 23 | 4 p.m. | 2 LeConte Hall

Speaker/Performer: Edo Berger, CfA

Sponsor: Department of Astronomy

The bimodality of gamma-ray burst (GRB) durations points to distinct progenitor classes for the long- and short-duration GRBs. While the progenitors of long-duration GRBs are now known to be massive stars, the progenitors of short-duration GRBs remain unidentified. In this talk I will discuss the discovery of short GRB afterglow and their host galaxies, detailed studies of their environments from...   More >

A Sky Full of Stars – 1:00 p.m.

Presentation | June 9 – August 26, 2012 every day | 1-1:45 p.m. |  Lawrence Hall of Science

Sponsor: Lawrence Hall of Science (LHS)

What's that in the sky? We use our friendly Planetarium as a time machine to speed through a day, observing the sky from the Sun to the stars. Once night falls, the audience can stargaze at the Big Dipper, and imagine pictures in the stars. Then we can planet-hop within our Solar System to visit planets up close. What can you see in a sky full of stars?
Recommended for ages 4–8, with adult.

Target audiences: All Audiences, Children

Open to audiences: All Audiences, Children

Attendance restrictions: Recommended for ages 4–8, with adult.

Tickets required:$4

Ticket info: Purchased at the Visitor Services desk. Buy tickets by calling 510-642-5132.

Physics Graduate Student Social Hour

Social Event | August 28, 2009 – December 28, 2012 every Friday | 5-7 p.m. | LeConte Hall, 375 - Helmholz Room

Sponsor: Graduate Assembly

Graduate students, staff, and faculty from any department are invited to this weekly event held by the Physics Graduate Student Association as a forum for informal networking and communication between scientists and science enthusiasts from all career levels. Come by for a relaxing atmosphere with delicious refreshments usually sponsored by the GA.

A Sky Full of Stars – 1:00 p.m.

Presentation | June 9 – August 26, 2012 every day | 1-1:45 p.m. |  Lawrence Hall of Science

Sponsor: Lawrence Hall of Science (LHS)

What's that in the sky? We use our friendly Planetarium as a time machine to speed through a day, observing the sky from the Sun to the stars. Once night falls, the audience can stargaze at the Big Dipper, and imagine pictures in the stars. Then we can planet-hop within our Solar System to visit planets up close. What can you see in a sky full of stars?
Recommended for ages 4–8, with adult.

Target audiences: All Audiences, Children

Open to audiences: All Audiences, Children

Attendance restrictions: Recommended for ages 4–8, with adult.

Tickets required:$4

Ticket info: Purchased at the Visitor Services desk. Buy tickets by calling 510-642-5132.

A Sky Full of Stars – 1:00 p.m.

Presentation | June 9 – August 26, 2012 every day | 1-1:45 p.m. |  Lawrence Hall of Science

Sponsor: Lawrence Hall of Science (LHS)

What's that in the sky? We use our friendly Planetarium as a time machine to speed through a day, observing the sky from the Sun to the stars. Once night falls, the audience can stargaze at the Big Dipper, and imagine pictures in the stars. Then we can planet-hop within our Solar System to visit planets up close. What can you see in a sky full of stars?
Recommended for ages 4–8, with adult.

Target audiences: All Audiences, Children

Open to audiences: All Audiences, Children

Attendance restrictions: Recommended for ages 4–8, with adult.

Tickets required:$4

Ticket info: Purchased at the Visitor Services desk. Buy tickets by calling 510-642-5132.

Weak Lensing Simulations and Precision Cosmology with Large Area Sky Surveys

Seminar | August 28 | 1:10 p.m. | B1 Hearst Field Annex

Speaker/Performer: Matt Becker, Chicago

Sponsor: Department of Astronomy

Weak lensing measurements are an essential part of near- and long-term large-area sky surveys aimed at an array of scientific goals, like understanding Dark Energy, elucidating further the connection between galaxies and dark matter halos, constraining modifications to General Relativity, etc. The weak lensing community has undertaken extensive simulation efforts, both CCD image simulations and...   More >

WFIRST: A Cold, Gold, Unobstructed Three-Mirror-Anastigmat with a Large HgCdTe Focal Plane

Colloquium: Astronomy Colloquia | August 30 | 2 LeConte Hall

Speaker/Performer: Paul Schechter, MIT

Sponsor: Department of Astronomy

The Wide-Field Infra-Red Survey Telescope, WFIRST, is a 1.3-m three mirror anastigmatic telescope with 36 HgCdTe 2048x2048 arrays. These will be used both for direct imaging and for slitless spectroscopy out to 2.4 microns. The WFIRST design reference mission includes: one year of direct imaging; one year of deep spectroscopy for a galaxy redshift survey to z=2.5, a year and a half microlensing...   More >

Physics Graduate Student Social Hour

Social Event | August 28, 2009 – December 28, 2012 every Friday | 5-7 p.m. | LeConte Hall, 375 - Helmholz Room

Sponsor: Graduate Assembly

Graduate students, staff, and faculty from any department are invited to this weekly event held by the Physics Graduate Student Association as a forum for informal networking and communication between scientists and science enthusiasts from all career levels. Come by for a relaxing atmosphere with delicious refreshments usually sponsored by the GA.