[AANC Contacts] Fwd: UC Berkeley Astronomy Department- Lecture Event jan.17

[Alan Gould]

Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 16:27:53 -0800 (PST)
Subject: UC Berkeley Astronomy Department- Lecture Event jan.17
From: "J. Diana Song" <dianajsong at berkeley.edu>

Hello,

We thought that some of your membership would be 
interested in our events celebrating the 
International Year of Astronomy. Attached with 
this letter is the IYA2009 poster for our event 
this month. If you could pass this information 
along or post it on your website to those would 
be interested, it would be appreciated. Below are 
some details regarding the event. If you have any 
questions, please contact Barbara Hoverstein: 
bhovers at astro.berkeley.edu or 510-642-8678.

The International Year of Astronomy 2009 
(IYA2009) is a global celebration of astronomy 
and its contribution to society and culture, 
emphasizing education, public participation, and 
the involvement of young people. The grand 
opening ceremony will be held Jan. 15 and 16 in 
Paris at the headquarters of the United Nations 
Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization 
(UNESCO).

While hundreds are expected to attend the Paris 
event, including members of royal families, 
ministers, Nobel Laureates, scientists and 
students, many national and regional events also 
are scheduled.

UC Berkeley's Department of Astronomy joins the 
international celebration with talks on the 
science and history of astronomy on the third 
Saturday of each month, from 11 a.m. to 12 noon, 
including two talks on April 18, UC Berkeley's 
annual CalDay open house. Next month's talk, 
scheduled for Feb. 21, is "Black Holes: Monsters 
Lurking at the Centers of Galaxies," by 
theoretician Eliot Quataert, professor of 
astronomy and physics. Upcoming topics include 
dark matter, dark energy, the search for 
extraterrestrial intelligence, star birth and 
their explosive deaths, the solar system, and 
Galileo Galilei, who first turned a telescope on 
the heavens 400 years ago.

To kick off the celebration, UC Berkeley will be 
hosting a lecture, “The Search for Habitable 
Planets and Life in the Universe” in which 
Geoffrey Marcy, UC Berkeley professor of 
astronomy, director of the Center for Integrative 
Planetary Science, and the world’s foremost 
planet hunter, will be speaking. It will take 
lace this Saturday, January 17th at 11 a.m in 
room 100 Genetics and Planet Biology Building UC 
Berkeley. The building is located in the 
northwest corner of the campus: 
http://www.berkeley.edu/map/maps/AB23.html.

For a complete list of the year's talks and other 
UC Berkeley activities planned to celebrate the 
International Year of Astronomy, link to 
http://astro.berkeley.edu/iya/. For more 
information on IYA2009, link to 
http://www.astronomy2009.org/

Thank you,

University of California, Berkeley Astronomy Department
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