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September 28 (Monday)

Pizza Lunch: Ethan Dederick

Sep 28 @ 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm

Mars One: Current State & Future PlansShare this:TweetPrint

October 16 (Friday)

Colloquium: Doug Biesecker

Oct 16 @ 3:15 pm – 4:15 pm BX102

Why Space Weather Matters and How Forecasting Will Improve in the DSCOVR Era Doug Biesecker, NOAA/NWS/Space Weather Prediction Center Space Weather is a growing enterprise, with growing recognition of its importance inside and outside government. ...
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February 12 (Friday)

Colloquium: Lauren Woolsey

Feb 12 @ 3:15 pm – 4:15 pm BX102

Magnetic Influences on Coronal Heating and the Solar Wind Lauren Woolsey, Harvard University Abstract The physical mechanism(s) that generate and accelerate the solar wind have not been conclusively determined after decades of study, though not...
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March 4 (Friday)

Colloquium: Gail Zasowski (Host: Drew Chojnowski)

Mar 4 @ 3:15 pm – 4:15 pm BX102

New Tools for Galactic Archaeology from the Milky Way Gail Zasowski, John Hopkins University One of the critical components for understanding galaxy evolution is understanding the Milky Way Galaxy itself — its detailed structure and...
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April 29 (Friday)

Colloquium: Betsy Mills (Host: Moire Prescott)

Apr 29 @ 3:15 pm – 4:15 pm BX102

Do star formation laws break in the center of the Galaxy? Betsy Mills, University of Arizona I will review our understanding of molecular gas conditions in the central 500 parsecs of the Milky Way, and summarize recent studies that find that the Galactic center deviates...
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March 3 (Friday)

Colloquium: Bart De Pontieu

Mar 3 @ 3:15 pm – 4:15 pm BX 102

Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph Views of How the Solar Atmosphere is Energized Dr. Bart De Pontieu, Lockheed Martin At the interface between the Sun’s surface and million-degree outer atmosphere or corona lies the chromosphere. At...
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March 10 (Friday)

Colloquium: Hazel Bain

Mar 10 @ 3:15 pm – 4:15 pm BX 102

Antarctic high altitude balloon observations of solar flares: Life and work on the ice Dr. Hazel Bain, University of California, Berkeley The Gamma-Ray Imager/Polarimeter for solar flares (GRIPS) instrument is a balloon-borne telescope designed to...
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April 24 (Monday)

Pizza Lunch: Laurel Farris

Apr 24 @ 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm AY 119

Determining the size of coronal bright points using cross-correlation methods Laurel Farris Share this:TweetPrint

September 1 (Friday)

Colloquium: Isak Wold (Host: Moire Prescott)

Sep 1 @ 3:15 pm – 4:15 pm BX102

A Faint Flux-Limited LAE Sample at z = 0.3 Isak Wold, UT Austin Observational surveys of Lya emitters (LAEs) have proven to be an efficient method to identify and study large numbers of galaxies over...
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October 16 (Monday)

Pizza Lunch: Ken Naiff

Oct 16 @ 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm AY 119

Dark Sky Images Ken Naiff Ken, an retired engineer, is a highly technically skilled and artistic astrophotographer. He will be sharing some of his work and elaborating on the technical methods and processing techniques he...
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