The 'Evening with the Stars' program gives the public a chance to experience Lick Observatory at night!
Activities include an astronomy talk by a "star" scientist, viewings through both the historic 36-inch Great Lick Refractor telescope and 40-inch Nickel Reflector telescope, a fascinating talk about Lick Observatory's rich history, after-hours gift shop access, light refreshments, and astronomy discussions with amateur astronomers using their own ground telescopes.
Lecture by:
Dr. Graeme Smith, UCSC
8:30 p.m.
A native Australian, Dr. Smith received his PhD from the Australian National University. He is currently an astronomer at University of California Observatories (UCO) and a Professor at UC Santa Cruz.
Much of Dr. Smith's research centers around properties of red giant stars in globular star clusters within the Milky Way galaxy: their physical evolution, their surface activity and mass loss, and what they can tell us about the chemical enrichment history of our Galaxy. Globular star clusters are ancient stellar systems formed at a time when the process of chemical enrichment was just commencing within the Milky Way galaxy. Dr. Smith also has a keen interest in the space program and the exploration of the moon.
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Activities include an astronomy talk by a "star" scientist, viewings through both the historic 36-inch Great Lick Refractor telescope and 40-inch Nickel Reflector telescope, a fascinating talk about Lick Observatory's rich history, after-hours gift shop access, light refreshments, and astronomy discussions with amateur astronomers using their own ground telescopes.
Lecture by:
Dr. Graeme Smith, UCSC
8:30 p.m.
A native Australian, Dr. Smith received his PhD from the Australian National University. He is currently an astronomer at University of California Observatories (UCO) and a Professor at UC Santa Cruz.
Much of Dr. Smith's research centers around properties of red giant stars in globular star clusters within the Milky Way galaxy: their physical evolution, their surface activity and mass loss, and what they can tell us about the chemical enrichment history of our Galaxy. Globular star clusters are ancient stellar systems formed at a time when the process of chemical enrichment was just commencing within the Milky Way galaxy. Dr. Smith also has a keen interest in the space program and the exploration of the moon.
The 'Evening with the Stars' program gives the public a chance to experience Lick Observatory at night!
Activities include an astronomy talk by a "star" scientist, viewings through both the historic 36-inch Great Lick Refractor telescope and 40-inch Nickel Reflector telescope, a fascinating talk about Lick Observatory's rich history, after-hours gift shop access, light refreshments, and astronomy discussions with amateur astronomers using their own ground telescopes.
Lecture by:
Dr. Graeme Smith, UCSC
8:30 p.m.
A native Australian, Dr. Smith received his PhD from the Australian National University. He is currently an astronomer at University of California Observatories (UCO) and a Professor at UC Santa Cruz.
Much of Dr. Smith's research centers around properties of red giant stars in globular star clusters within the Milky Way galaxy: their physical evolution, their surface activity and mass loss, and what they can tell us about the chemical enrichment history of our Galaxy. Globular star clusters are ancient stellar systems formed at a time when the process of chemical enrichment was just commencing within the Milky Way galaxy. Dr. Smith also has a keen interest in the space program and the exploration of the moon.
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Activities include an astronomy talk by a "star" scientist, viewings through both the historic 36-inch Great Lick Refractor telescope and 40-inch Nickel Reflector telescope, a fascinating talk about Lick Observatory's rich history, after-hours gift shop access, light refreshments, and astronomy discussions with amateur astronomers using their own ground telescopes.
Lecture by:
Dr. Graeme Smith, UCSC
8:30 p.m.
A native Australian, Dr. Smith received his PhD from the Australian National University. He is currently an astronomer at University of California Observatories (UCO) and a Professor at UC Santa Cruz.
Much of Dr. Smith's research centers around properties of red giant stars in globular star clusters within the Milky Way galaxy: their physical evolution, their surface activity and mass loss, and what they can tell us about the chemical enrichment history of our Galaxy. Globular star clusters are ancient stellar systems formed at a time when the process of chemical enrichment was just commencing within the Milky Way galaxy. Dr. Smith also has a keen interest in the space program and the exploration of the moon.
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