Public Evening Lecture Series
STEWARD OBSERVATORY PUBLIC EVENING LECTURE SERIES
Since September 1922, Steward Observatory has been hosting public evening lectures in astronomy. The lectures begin at 7:30 p.m. MST and will be held in Steward Observatory Room N210 on the University of Arizona campus.
All of the lectures are free of charge and open to the general public.
For more information, contact Dr. Thomas Fleming at 621-5049 or taf@email.arizona.edu.
Click here to stream podcasts of previous Public Evening Lectures.
Fall 2021 Lectures
For Fall 2021, if you attend the lecture in person, we ask that you wear a face mask while you are inside Room N210. Face masks will be available in the room should you need one.
Should you not wish to attend in person, you can watch the lecture LIVE on ZOOM at: https://arizona.zoom.us/my/astr.n305
Date |
Speaker(s) |
Title |
|---|---|---|
September 13 |
Dr. George RiekeRegents ProfessorSteward Observatory |
The Biggest Telescope in Space -- JWST, How Did We Get Here? |
September 27 |
Maj. James McGaha (Ret.), M.S.DirectorGrasslands Observtory |
Chasing Space Ghosts: The Hunt for Imaginary Aliens |
October 11 |
Dr. Marcia RiekeRegents ProfessorSteward Observatory |
The Biggest Telescope in Space -- JWST, How We Built It |
October 25 |
Dr. Christina WilliamsDr. Everett SchlawinSteward Observatory |
How JWST Will Give Us the Ingredients of New Worlds |
November 8 |
Dr. Andras GasparDr. Stacey AlbertsSteward Observatory |
Into the Mid-infrared with JWST: a Universe of Dusty Debris Disks, Galaxies and Black Holes |
November 22 |
TBA |
TBA |
December 6 |
Dr. Jinyi YangDr. Feige WangSteward Observatory |
Peering into the Early Universe with JWST: the Most Distant Quasars and Their Environment |
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