Reaching for the Stars: The Story of the Dudley
Observatory
October 20th - December 22nd, 2002
Opening Reception Sunday, October 20, 2 - 4PM
Nott Memorial, Union College
Safe Solar Observing from 2 - 4PM, weather permitting
All events are free and open to the public
Sesquicentennial Lecture Series
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Star Wars, Stellar Motions and Space Dust: The Dudley Observatory 1852 - 2002
by George Wise, Dudley Observatory
Sunday, October 27, 2PM, Nott Memorial
reception to follow in Hale House
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Communicating Humanity's Widening Universe - 500 Years of Astronomical Publications in the
Collection of The Dudley Observatory by Dr. Jan Ludwig, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy,
Union College
Sunday, November 10, 2PM, Olin Auditorium, reception to follow
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Panel Discussion : The Future of Astronomy
with Professor John Delano, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of
Albany; Professor Rebecca Koopmann, Department of Physics, Union College; Professor Wayne
Roberge, Department of Physics, RPI; Dr. Eric Schlegel, Harvard - Smithsonian Center for
Astrophysics
Sunday, November 24, 2PM, Nott Memorial
reception to follow in Hale House
Friday Film Series
* Friday, November 1, 7:30pm, Olin Center Auditorium
Powers of Ten (Charles and Ray Eames, 1968, 9 min.)
The Trouble with Tribbles - Star Trek (1967, 45 min.)
Trials and Tribble-ations - Star Trek Deep Space Nine (1996, 45 min.)
Powers of Ten (Charles and Ray Eames, 1977, 9 min.)
* Friday, November 8, 7:30pm, Olin Center Auditorium
Chuck's Rocket (c. 1960, 13 min.)
October Sky (Joe Johnston, 1999, 108 min.)
* Friday, November 15, 7:30pm, Olin Center Auditorium
A Trip to the Moon (George Melies, 1902, 14 min.)
Koyaanisqatsi, (Godfrey Reggio, 1982, 87 min.)
Celestial Observing Nights
Observe planets and stars through the Union College telescope
Friday, November 1; Friday, November 8; Friday, November 15
(weather permitting) beginning at 9:30pm, Olin Center
All events held on Union College Campus |
