There will not be any Star Party / Open House events throughout the Summer Session. Please check back here for the Fall Events.
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News and Events
Star Party / Open House
All Star Party/Open House Events will take place on C.C.S.F.'s Ocean/Phelan Campus, 50 Phelan Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94112.
All Star Party Events are held on the roof of Science Hall which is accessible only via a stairwell through Room 405. As this is the only means of access, we unfortunately cannot accomodate anyone who is unable to climb a stairwell. These telescopic events are held, Weather Permitting; it will be indicated if alternate events are scheduled.
Lecture Series
All lectures will last for an hour and be held on CCSF's Ocean/Phelan Campus, 50 Phelan Avenue, San Francisco, CA, 94112 unles otherwise noted.
There will not be any Lectures througout the Summer Session. Please check back here for the Fall Series.
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Other Astronomy Events
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Past Lectures
March 19, 2012
Dr. Tristan Smith, UC Berkeley
"Neutrinos in Cosmology"
September 12, 2011
Dr. Claude-Andre Faucher-Giguere, UC Berkeley
"From the Big Bang to Stars, Galaxies, and Balck Holes"
May 13, 2011
Dr. Samantha Edgington, City College of San Francisco
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May 6, 2011
Dr. James Gibson, City College of San Francisco
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April 29, 2011
Dr. Peter Williams will discuss
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April 22, 2011
Dr. Lancelot Kao, City College of San Francisco
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April 15, 2011
Dr. Orkan Umurhan, City College of San Francisco
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April 8, 2011
Dr. Alessando Airo-Farulla, City College of San Francisco
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March 11, 2011
Dr. Claia Bryja, City College of San Francisco
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November 18, 2005
Dr. Bill" Pezzaglia,
"Is E = mc² wrong or is something missing?"
October 12, 2005
Dr. Mark Hurwitz, Physics at Lick-Wilmerding High School
"The Puzzling Local Interstellar Medium"
November 21, 2002
Dr. Ben McCall, Miller Research Fellow, University of California Berkeley
"The Mystery of the Diffuse Interstellar Bands."
November 7, 2002
Dr. Gibor B Basari, Professor University of California Berkeley
"What Is A Planet?"
May 14, 2002
Dr. Chandra Vanajakshi, Consultant, NASA Ames Research Center
"Star Formation"
May 8, 2002
Dr. Adrienne Cool, Professor of Physics and Astronomy, SF State University
"High-Resolution X-Ray Studies of Globular Clusters with the Chandra Observatory"
December 12, 2001
Dr. Emily R. Morey-Holton, Chief Gravitational Research Branch, NASA Ames Research Center
"How Gravity Shapes Life"
November 28, 2001
Sarah Church, Assistant Professor of Physics, Stanford University
"The Afterglow of the Big Bang"
November 7, 2001
Dr. Susan Lea, Professor of Physics and Astronomy, SF State University
"Life After Death: The Story of Neutron Stars"
May 2, 2001
Jim Gibson, UC Berkeley Graduate Student
"Calibration of a Radio Telescope, and Why You Shoud Care"
April 27, 2001
Dr. Andrew Jaffe, UC Berkeley Center for Particle Astrophysics
"Thoroughly Modern Measurements of the Density and Curvature of the Universe."
March 16, 2001
Dr. Scott Severson, UC Santa Cruz Lick Observatory
"A Clearer View of the Universe: Adaptive Optics in Astronomy"
December 4, 2000
Dr. Van Dixon, UC Berkeley Space Sciences Laboratory
"So Much Hot Air: Searching for Hot Gas in the Galaxy"