Dudley Observations

Volume 8, No 7 - September 2009

Greetings,

It's September - time to sharpen your pencils, and open the door to new opportunities. We have some wonderful events for you to put on your calendar. See you there!

Clear Skies,

Janie Schwab
Executive Director

"Dudley Night" at Union College Observatory

September 26, 2009
Saturday
8:00 - 10:00pm Rain or Shine

Dudley Observatory is hosting a series of open houses to showcase the observatories and planetariums in the Capital Region. The first will be held at Union College Observatory.

Bring your Family, Bring your Class!

Three popular lectures celebrate the 2009 International Year of Astronomy, the 400th anniversary of the first use of an astronomical telescope by Galileo, and the 40th anniversary of the first moon landing.

Tickets:
Oct 13 - FREE
Nov 10 & Dec 8:
$5 Students
$8 Members of Dudley Observatory & UCALL
$10 General

Sponsorship opportunities STILL AVAILABLE

SkyWatch Lectures 2009

"Cosmic Evolution: The Rise of Complexity in Nature"

Eric Chaisson - October 13, 2009 at 7:30pm
Free tickets for this talk will be available at the door!

Using astronomical telescopes and biological microscopes, among a virtual arsenal of other tools of high technology, modern scientists are weaving a thread of understanding spanning the origin, existence, and destiny of all things. Now emerging is a unified scenario of the cosmos, including ourselves as sentient beings, based on the time-honored concept of change. From galaxies to snowflakes, from stars and planets to life itself, we are beginning to identify an underlying, ubiquitous pattern penetrating the fabric of all the natural sciences--a sweepingly encompassing view of the order and structure of every known class of object in our richly endowed Universe.

Cold Dark Matter Theory (tentative title)
Michael Turner - November 10, 2009

Kepler, Galileo, and the Birth of Modern Astronomy
Owen Gingerich - December 8, 2009