Astronomy Department and NRAO Joint Colloquia are held in the auditorium of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory on Edgemont Road. Usually colloquia are held on Thursdays at 4:00 PM. Coffee and cookies are served 15-20 min before the talks. The schedules for the Tuesday UVa-NRAO Astronomy (TUNA) talks and the NRAO colloquia can be found on the NRAO web site. The Center for Chemistry of the Universe talk schedule is available at the CCU site. All three series of talks are also listed below (as soon as we can update the information), as this site is an attempt to list all of the local NRAO and UVa Astronomy talks. Occasional colloquia and seminars of interest to astronomers that are sponsored by other departments are also listed here, as are other astronomy-related events in the Charlottesville area. Other goings-on around the Astronomy Department can be found on the main page. If you know of any astronomy-related events in the area, please let us know so that we may add them to this list. Other CalendarsThe Observatory Public Night Schedule and the ASTR 121/124 Lab Sign-Up System are maintained separately. For a listing of events elsewhere at the University, visit the UVa Events Calendar. The University Holiday Schedule is maintained by Human Resources. Academic Calendars are maintained by the College of Arts & Sciences and the University Registrar. |
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| Spring 2010 Calendar | |||
February |
just this month | ||
| Time | Event | Location | Details |
| 3rd (Wednesday) 10-11am |
Joint UVA/NRAO Colloquium | NRAO Auditorium | Introduction To NAOJ Shoken Miyama (NAOJ) |
| 4th (Thursday) 4-5pm |
Joint UVA/NRAO Colloquium | NRAO Auditorium | Lessons On Galactic Nuclear Activity From Cosmic Voids Anca Constantin (JMU) Coffee will be served at 3:45. |
| 5th (Friday) 7-7:15pm |
Public Night | McCormick Observatory | Museum exhibit: CANCELED due to winter storm Use of the telescopes is contingent upon clear skies. |
| 9th (Tuesday) 12:10-1pm |
TUNA Lunch Talk | NRAO Auditorium | US Ground-Based Astronomy in 2020--How Do We Get There From Here? Jim Ulvestad (incoming head of NSF-AST) (NRAO & NSF) |
| 11th (Thursday) 4-5pm |
Joint UVA/NRAO Colloquium | NRAO Auditorium | Discovering and Understanding the Most Luminous Galaxies Andrew Blain (Caltech) Coffee will be served at 3:45. |
| 18th (Thursday) 4-5pm |
Joint UVA/NRAO Colloquium | NRAO Auditorium | TBA Josh Winn (MIT) Coffee will be served at 3:45. |
| 19th (Friday) 7-9pm |
Public Night | McCormick Observatory | Museum exhibit: The Origins of the Elements: Where Does Gold Come From? Use of the telescopes is contingent upon clear skies. |
| 25th (Thursday) 4-5pm |
Joint UVA/NRAO Colloquium | NRAO Auditorium | TBA Thomas Roellig (Ames) |
| 26th (Friday) 4-5pm |
Physics Colloquium | Physics, Room 204 | Dark Energy: Taking Sides Rocky Kolb (U. Chicago) Coffee will be served at 3:45. |
March |
just this month | ||
| Time | Event | Location | Details |
| 4th (Thursday) 4-5pm |
Joint UVA/NRAO Colloquium | NRAO Auditorium | TBA Phil Hopkins (U. C. Berkeley) Coffee will be served at 3:45. |
| 5th (Friday) 7-9pm |
Public Night | McCormick Observatory | Museum exhibit: The Origins of the Elements: Where Does Gold Come From? Use of the telescopes is contingent upon clear skies. |
| 19th (Friday) 9-11pm |
Public Night | McCormick Observatory | Museum exhibit: The Origins of the Elements: Where Does Gold Come From? Use of the telescopes is contingent upon clear skies. |
April |
just this month | ||
| Time | Event | Location | Details |
| 1st (Thursday) 4-5pm |
Joint UVA/NRAO Colloquium | NRAO Auditorium | TBA Paul Schechter (MIT) Coffee will be served at 3:45. |
| 2nd (Friday) 9-11pm |
Public Night | McCormick Observatory | Museum exhibit: The Origins of the Elements: Where Does Gold Come From? Use of the telescopes is contingent upon clear skies. |
| 9th (Friday) 8-11:30pm |
Public Night | Fan Mountain Observatory | Tickets will be available after March 1st. Tickets required. After March 1st, send self-addressed stamped envelope to: Fan Mountain Public Night PO Box 400325 Charlottesville, VA 22904-04325 Use of the telescopes is contingent upon clear skies. |
| 15th (Thursday) 4-5pm |
Joint UVA/NRAO Colloquium | NRAO Auditorium | TBA Christopher Matzner (Toronto) Coffee will be served at 3:45. |
| 16th (Friday) 9-11pm |
Public Night | McCormick Observatory | Museum exhibit: The Origins of the Elements: Where Does Gold Come From? Use of the telescopes is contingent upon clear skies. |
| 22nd (Thursday) 4-5pm |
Joint UVA/NRAO Colloquium | NRAO Auditorium | Filtering AGN with VLBI: Surveying with New Wide-field Capabilities of the VLBA Adam Deller (NRAO) Coffee will be served at 3:45. |
May |
just this month | ||
| Time | Event | Location | Details |
| 7th (Friday) 9-11pm |
Public Night | McCormick Observatory | Museum exhibit: The Origins of the Elements: Where Does Gold Come From? Use of the telescopes is contingent upon clear skies. |
| 20th (Thursday) 4-5pm |
Joint UVA/NRAO Colloquium | NRAO Auditorium | TBA Mike Zingale (Stony Brook University) Coffee will be served at 3:45. |
| 21st (Friday) 9-11pm |
Public Night | McCormick Observatory | Museum exhibit: The Origins of the Elements: Where Does Gold Come From? Use of the telescopes is contingent upon clear skies. |


