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Lecture and stargazing: 'Friday Nights, Celestial Lights' on Friday, Sept. 16
Share this Story(Sept. 14, 2011)--UTSA's faculty astronomers invite the community to the UTSA Main Campus on Friday, Sept. 16 to enjoy "Friday Nights, Celestial Lights." The family-friendly astronomy event is free and open to the public.
The evening will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Science Building Room 2.02.02 on the UTSA Main Campus with a lecture, "Dynamics of the Sun as Seen by the Solar Dynamics Observatory." The lecture will be given by Eric Schlegel, the Vaughan Family Endowed Professor in Physics in the UTSA Department of Physics and Astronomy.
NASA has designated 2011-2012 as the Year of the Solar System, given the number of missions within our solar system that are currently running or set to launch during that time. For our contribution to the activities of that period, the Department of Physics and Astronomy will be reviewing results of past missions, and previewing expectations forthose to come.
The 40-minute lecture will include a discussion on the results from the Solar Dynamics Observatory. Then, throughout the year, the monthly discussions will cover a variety of topics pertaining to our solar system, including the sun, Venus, Mars (twice), Jupiter, comets, and asteroids.
At approximately 8:30 p.m., weather permitting, attendees will have the opportunity to view the night sky using UTSA's telescopes including a 15-inch telescope and several 8-inch Cassegrain telescopes. Night viewing will be from the fourth floor patio of the Science Building, which is wheelchair accessible. If the sky is clear, attendees may be able to see the Ring Nebula in Lyra, the double star Albireo, and the globular cluster in Hercules.
UTSA's monthly "Friday Nights, Celestial Lights" events began in 2009 as a celebration of the International Year of Astronomy, which commemorated the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei using a telescope to observe the heavens. Generally scheduled for the third Friday night each month, the series is sponsored by the UTSA Department of Physics and Astronomy.
Reservations to attend the Sept. 16 astronomy event are not required.
To learn more, contact UTSA Vaughan Family Professor Eric Schlegel at at 210-458-6425 or lecturer Mark Jurena at 210-458-4922.
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