Date

Speaker

Title

Aug 27

No talk scheduled.

Sep 3

No talk scheduled.

Sep 10

No talk scheduled.

Sep 17

No talk scheduled.

Sep 24

Taft Armandroff

Director, McDonald Observatory

"Discussion: Ideas for McDonald Observatory's submission of a Whitepaper, in response to the National Research Council's Committee's call for a Whitepaper on 'The Strategy to Optimize the US Optical and Infrared (OIR) System in the Era of the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST)' "

Oct 1

No talk scheduled.

Oct 8

Tanja Rindler-Daller

University of Michigan

"Dark Stars: Evolution and First Pulsation Results"

abstract

Oct 15

No talk scheduled.

Oct 22

No talk scheduled. Slot Reserved for AWARE kickoff meeting.

Oct 29

No talk scheduled.

Nov 5

Warren Skidmore

TMT Observatory

(host: Edward Robinson) "Thirty Meter Telescope: The Next Generation of Ground-Based Optical/Infrared Observatory"

I will discuss some of the observational capabilities that the Thirty Meter Telescope will provide and some of the areas of study that will benefit from the TMT's capabilities. I'll describe how the telescope design was developed to support a broad range of observing capabilities and how the observatory is being engineered. Finally I'll describe the avenues through which astronomers can actively participate in the project, in particular in the planning for a potential TMT/NSF partnership.

close

Nov 12

No talk scheduled.

Nov 19

host: Shardha Jogee

University of Texas at Austin

AWARE (Association of Women in Astronomy Research and Education) Meeting

Nov 26

No talk scheduled.

Dec 3

Speaker: TBD

Affiliation: TBA

Title: TBA.