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Mt. Tam Star Programs
Mt. Tamalpais State Park
Northern California

Speaker: Dr. Alex Filippenko, University of California Berkeley
Topic: Dark Energy and the Runaway Universe
Date & Time: Saturday, July 17, 2010, 8:30 p.m.
Location: Mt. Tamalpais State Park, California

Observations of very distant exploding stars (supernovae) show that the expansion of the Universe is now speeding up, rather than slowing down due to gravity as expected.

Even if the day is hot, wear layers as it can chill down at night. And don’t forget your flashlights. Please car pool if at all possible. If there is any change in the program due to weather, it will be on the hot line: 415-455-5370 after 4:00pm.

Directions: From Highway 101 take the Highway 1, Stinson Beach exit. At Tam Junction (the first stop light), turn left onto the Shoreline Highway (also called Highway 1). In about 2 miles turn right onto Panoramic Highway. In another 3/4 miles the road splits 3 ways. Take the middle fork. In about 5 miles the Pan Toll Ranger Station will be on your left. Turn right through the gates across the road from the station and continue for about another 1 1/2 miles to the Rock Springs parking area.

For more information, go to www.mttam.net.


Mt. Tam Star Programs
Mt. Tamalpais State Park
Northern California

Speaker: Dr. Helen Quinn, SLAC-Stanford University
Topic: The Many Mysteries of Antimatter
Date & Time: Saturday, August 14, 2010, 8:30 p.m.
Location: Mt. Tamalpais State Park, California

How and when the imbalance of matter over antimatter developed is one of the great mysteries to unravel to understand the underlying properties of the universe.

Even if the day is hot, wear layers as it can chill down at night. And don’t forget your flashlights. Please car pool if at all possible. If there is any change in the program due to weather, it will be on the hot line: 415-455-5370 after 4:00pm.

Directions: From Highway 101 take the Highway 1, Stinson Beach exit. At Tam Junction (the first stop light), turn left onto the Shoreline Highway (also called Highway 1). In about 2 miles turn right onto Panoramic Highway. In another 3/4 miles the road splits 3 ways. Take the middle fork. In about 5 miles the Pan Toll Ranger Station will be on your left. Turn right through the gates across the road from the station and continue for about another 1 1/2 miles to the Rock Springs parking area.

For more information, go to www.mttam.net.


Mt. Tam Star Programs
Mt. Tamalpais State Park
Northern California

Speaker: Kenneth Frank, Astronomical Society of the Pacific-Dark Sky Network
Topic: The GLOBE at Night: How and Why to Preserve the Night Sky
Date & Time: Saturday, September 11, 2010, 8:30 p.m.
Location: Mt. Tamalpais State Park, California

Saving our Dark Skies is a Global Problem. Find out how light pollution is measured and what you can do to understand and help preserve this natural resource locally.

Even if the day is hot, wear layers as it can chill down at night. And don’t forget your flashlights. Please car pool if at all possible. If there is any change in the program due to weather, it will be on the hot line: 415-455-5370 after 4:00pm.

Directions: From Highway 101 take the Highway 1, Stinson Beach exit. At Tam Junction (the first stop light), turn left onto the Shoreline Highway (also called Highway 1). In about 2 miles turn right onto Panoramic Highway. In another 3/4 miles the road splits 3 ways. Take the middle fork. In about 5 miles the Pan Toll Ranger Station will be on your left. Turn right through the gates across the road from the station and continue for about another 1 1/2 miles to the Rock Springs parking area.

For more information, go to www.mttam.net.


Mt. Tam Star Programs
Mt. Tamalpais State Park
Northern California

Speaker: Jim Brown, The Mars Society
Topic: Terraforming the Second Home for Humanity
Date & Time: Saturday, October 9, 2010, 8:30 p.m.
Location: Mt. Tamalpais State Park, California

The ultimate development of a planet as a second home for Earth life is terraforming. Why is Mars the most productive next place to settle and how can it be terraformed.

Even if the day is hot, wear layers as it can chill down at night. And don’t forget your flashlights. Please car pool if at all possible. If there is any change in the program due to weather, it will be on the hot line: 415-455-5370 after 4:00pm.

Directions: From Highway 101 take the Highway 1, Stinson Beach exit. At Tam Junction (the first stop light), turn left onto the Shoreline Highway (also called Highway 1). In about 2 miles turn right onto Panoramic Highway. In another 3/4 miles the road splits 3 ways. Take the middle fork. In about 5 miles the Pan Toll Ranger Station will be on your left. Turn right through the gates across the road from the station and continue for about another 1 1/2 miles to the Rock Springs parking area.

For more information, go to www.mttam.net.


Pennsylvania State - Erie

Lectures by a faculty member or visitor are followed by astronomical observing, weather permitting. Most of the talks are about astronomy, although sometimes there is another science topic. Access the Full Schedule.

The Schedule is at http://www.pserie.psu.edu/science/Seminars.htm under "Open House Nights In Astronomy."


Steward Observatory Public Evening Series

Monday night public astronomy lectures
Location: Steward Observatory at the University of Arizona - Tucson

For more information on the lectures go to their website - Steward Observatory Public Evening Series.

 
 

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