One Astronomer's Noise

Poking my head out from my mire of work to write about some upcoming astronomy events in Charlottesville!

First, in an act of shameless self-promotion, please come to the Charlottesville Astronomical Society’s meeting at McCormick Observatory on September 3rd at 7pm. I will be talking about my research in low frequency radio astronomy, and the group will be opening up the historic 26-inch telescope for viewing, weather depending. Many thanks to Richard for saying such nice things about me on the site

Next, the National Radio Astronomy Observatory will be hosting the 2008 Karl Jansky Lecture by Dr. Arthur M. Wolfe at UVa on Monday, September 15 at 7pm at 130 Gilmer Hall. Click the link for more information about this presentation and similar ones being given in Green Bank, West Virginia and Socorro, New Mexico. The title of the public lecture is “Finding the Gas that Makes Galaxies“.

Finally, get your tickets now for the Fan Mountain Observatory’s fall public night! Tickets are free for the event on October 24th, but you need to reserve your space now. It’s a lot of fun, where you can see presentations by astronomers, get a tour of the night sky, and look through our 40-inch and 30-inch telescopes!