Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Astronomy and Space Events at Cal Day

Berkeley Cal Day

On Saturday, April 21 UC Berkeley will hold its Annual Open House with over 300 events in including tours of the Space Sciences Laboratory. The full schedule is available at http://calday.berkeley.edu/

Here's a list of astronomy and space related events :

Touch a Meteorite!
9:00-4:00
145 McCone Hall
http://calday.berkeley.edu/detail.php?eventID=2192

Why Are There Stars? New Answers to an Old Question
10:00-11:00
2 LeConte Hall
http://calday.berkeley.edu/detail.php?eventID=2222

Astronomy Demonstrations and Hands-On Activities
10:00-3:30
Hearst Field Annex
http://calday.berkeley.edu/detail.php?eventID=2220

Astronomy Undergraduate Lab Tour
10:00-3:30
Hearst Field Annex
http://calday.berkeley.edu/detail.php?eventID=2382

Portable Planetarium Shows
10:00-3:30
Hearst Field Annex
http://calday.berkeley.edu/detail.php?eventID=2219

Solar Viewing
10:00-3:30
Lawn North of Sproul Hall
http://calday.berkeley.edu/detail.php?eventID=2221

The Expanding Universe: An Interview With Saul Perlmutter, 2011 Nobel Laureate
11:00-11:45
1 Pimentel Hall
http://calday.berkeley.edu/detail.php?eventID=2130

Art in Science: The Intersection of Image and Research
11:00-3:00
Free Speech Movement Café Moffitt Library
http://calday.berkeley.edu/detail.php?eventID=2140

Space Sciences Laboratory
11:00-5:00
Space Sciences Laboratory (take Hill Shuttle from Evans Hall east entrance)
http://calday.berkeley.edu/detail.php?eventID=2241

Walking Tour of Space Sciences Laboratory
11:00-5:00
Space Sciences Laboratory (take Hill Shuttle from Evans Hall east entrance)
http://calday.berkeley.edu/detail.php?eventID=2242

Make a Comet!
12:00-12:30
Space Sciences Laboratory (take Hill Shuttle from Evans Hall east entrance)
http://calday.berkeley.edu/detail.php?eventID=2247

2012 Is Not the End of the World: Astronomy and the Maya Calendar
12:00-1:00
Space Sciences Laboratory (take Hill Shuttle from Evans Hall east entrance)
http://calday.berkeley.edu/detail.php?eventID=2263

ChronoZoom: Visualizing the History of Everything
1:00-1:30
141 McCone Hall
http://calday.berkeley.edu/detail.php?eventID=2380

Is Anybody Out There?
1:00-2:00
2 LeConte Hall
http://calday.berkeley.edu/detail.php?eventID=2103

Neutron Imaging: Can You See a Flower Through a Granite Wall?
1:00-2:00
Space Sciences Laboratory (take Hill Shuttle from Evans Hall east entrance)
http://calday.berkeley.edu/detail.php?eventID=2246

Stardust Lab Tour
1:00-2:00
Space Sciences Laboratory (take Hill Shuttle from Evans Hall east entrance)
http://calday.berkeley.edu/detail.php?eventID=2243

Cool Careers in Space Science
2:00-3:00
Space Sciences Laboratory (take Hill Shuttle from Evans Hall east entrance)
http://calday.berkeley.edu/detail.php?eventID=2244

Stardust Lab Tour
2:00-3:00
Space Sciences Laboratory (take Hill Shuttle from Evans Hall east entrance)
http://calday.berkeley.edu/detail.php?eventID=2243

Two Amazing, Rare Celestial Events Visible Soon From California
2:00-3:00
105 Stanley Hall
http://calday.berkeley.edu/detail.php?eventID=2104

Make a Comet!
3:00-3:30
Space Sciences Laboratory (take Hill Shuttle from Evans Hall east entrance)
http://calday.berkeley.edu/detail.php?eventID=2247

High-Energy Astrophysics: From Neutron Stars to Supermassive Black Holes
3:00-4:00
Space Sciences Laboratory (take Hill Shuttle from Evans Hall east entrance)
http://calday.berkeley.edu/detail.php?eventID=2245

Can Ice Tell Us About Past Climate and the Sun? A Cosmochemist's Perspective
4:00-5:00
Space Sciences Laboratory (take Hill Shuttle from Evans Hall east entrance)
http://calday.berkeley.edu/detail.php?eventID=2264

Wednesday, April 04, 2012

Sunday, April 01, 2012

Bay Area Space and Science Events for the week of 4/2/12-4/8/12

Getting ready for Day 2 of SpaceUpSF. Here's some other Space events in the Bay Area this week.
Bay Area Space and Science Events for the week of 4/2/12-4/8/12