Monday, 04/01/24
10:00 AM - 02:00 PM
Other Dates For This Event:
• Monday, 04/01/24
• Tuesday, 04/02/24
• Wednesday, 04/03/24
• Thursday, 04/04/24
• Friday, 04/05/24
• Saturday, 04/06/24
• Sunday, 04/07/24
In-person
Lawrence Hall of Science
1 Centennial Drive
Berkeley, CA 94720
Through the Looking Glass Pilot
Help us test a new activity for your future scientists aged 6 and under. Explore nature with various optical tools that can focus far beyond what our eyes typically see. Zoom in and zoom out with microscopes, periscopes, binoculars, and lenses carrying different magnifying powers. Which tools will you choose to help find what’s hidden in nature? The first hour each day (10:00 - 11:00 a.m.) is members only.
Admission is free for UC Berkeley students & staff, Members, children 2 and under, Museums for All, and active-duty military.
Website: https://lawrencehallofscience.org/events/through-the-looking-glass-pilot/
Cost: Free with museum admission ($20 for guests 3+)
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Monday, 04/01/24
07:30 PM - 09:00 PM
In-person
Benjamin Dean Astronomy Lecture Series
California Academy of Sciences
55 Music Concourse Dr.
San Francisco, CA 94118
The Formation of New Worlds and the Building Blocks of Life
Astronomers have recently discovered thousands of exoplanets in orbit around other stars. What are these different planets like? Are any hospitable to the development of life? Answering these questions leads us to delve into the rich chemistry that accompanies the formation of new solar systems. Powerful telescopes including JWST are now illuminating, in greater detail than ever before, the distinctive chemistry at play during planet formation. Complementing this, laboratory experiments that mimic the extreme conditions found in space can reveal how molecules behave in these exotic environments. The emerging view of planet formation chemistry is helping to explain the staggering diversity of planet types and compositions that can form - and to predict how newly formed planets can be seeded with the building blocks for life.
Speaker: Jenny Bergner, UC Berkeley
Website: https://www.calacademy.org/events/benjamin-dean-astronomy-lectures/the-formation-of-new-worlds-and-the-building-blocks-of-life
Cost: $15 General, $12 Members & Seniors
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Tuesday, 04/02/24
10:00 AM - 02:00 PM
Other Dates For This Event:
• Tuesday, 04/02/24
• Wednesday, 04/03/24
• Thursday, 04/04/24
• Friday, 04/05/24
• Saturday, 04/06/24
• Sunday, 04/07/24
In-person
Lawrence Hall of Science
1 Centennial Drive
Berkeley, CA 94720
Through the Looking Glass Pilot
Help us test a new activity for your future scientists aged 6 and under. Explore nature with various optical tools that can focus far beyond what our eyes typically see. Zoom in and zoom out with microscopes, periscopes, binoculars, and lenses carrying different magnifying powers. Which tools will you choose to help find what’s hidden in nature? The first hour each day (10:00 - 11:00 a.m.) is members only.
Admission is free for UC Berkeley students & staff, Members, children 2 and under, Museums for All, and active-duty military.
Website: https://lawrencehallofscience.org/events/through-the-looking-glass-pilot/
Cost: Free with museum admission ($20 for guests 3+)
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Tuesday, 04/02/24
04:00 PM - 05:00 PM
In-person
Latimer Hall
UC Berkeley
Room 120
Berkeley, CA 94720
Chemistry between the stars: from clouds to planets
The space between the stars is not empty but filled with a very dilute gas. In spite of the extremely low temperatures and densities, these clouds contain a surprisingly rich chemistry, as evidenced by the detection of more than 300 different molecules, from simple to complex and from gas to solid-state ices. These clouds are also the birthplaces of new stars and planets. New powerful observatories such as the Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA) and the James Webb Space Telescope (Webb) have found water and a surprisingly rich variety of organic materials near forming stars, including simple sugars, ethers and alcohols. How are these molecules formed in space? Which molecular processes play a role? How common are they and can they be delivered to new planets?
Speaker: Ewine F. van Dishoeck, Universiteit Leiden
Website: https://events.berkeley.edu/chem/event/230066-george-c-pimentel-memorial-lecture
Cost: Free
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Tuesday, 04/02/24
07:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Attend in person, or register at weblink to attend online
Hewlett Teaching Center
370 Jane Stanford Way, Room 200
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305
Black Holes & Spin-offs
The popular notion of a black hole "sucking in everything" from its surroundings only happens very close to a black hole. Far away, the pull of the black hole is identical to that of anything else of the same mass. However, black holes do give rise to many remarkable phenomena such as extragalactic quasars and, in our own Galaxy, microquasars. This is because gravity is not the only law of physics that must be obeyed. Matter can be spun off from near black holes in the form of winds and jets that spread through their surroundings and thus cause black holes to have tremendous cosmic influence many light years beyond their event horizons. In this lecture, I will describe various approaches that I employ to investigate these phenomena, and their spin-offs.
Speaker: Katherine Blundell, University of Oxford
Website: https://kipac.stanford.edu/events/black-holes-spin-offs
Cost: Free
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Wednesday, 04/03/24
10:00 AM - 02:00 PM
Other Dates For This Event:
• Wednesday, 04/03/24
• Thursday, 04/04/24
• Friday, 04/05/24
• Saturday, 04/06/24
• Sunday, 04/07/24
In-person
Lawrence Hall of Science
1 Centennial Drive
Berkeley, CA 94720
Through the Looking Glass Pilot
Help us test a new activity for your future scientists aged 6 and under. Explore nature with various optical tools that can focus far beyond what our eyes typically see. Zoom in and zoom out with microscopes, periscopes, binoculars, and lenses carrying different magnifying powers. Which tools will you choose to help find what’s hidden in nature? The first hour each day (10:00 - 11:00 a.m.) is members only.
Admission is free for UC Berkeley students & staff, Members, children 2 and under, Museums for All, and active-duty military.
Website: https://lawrencehallofscience.org/events/through-the-looking-glass-pilot/
Cost: Free with museum admission ($20 for guests 3+)
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Wednesday, 04/03/24
07:00 PM - 08:30 PM
In-person only. No recording
San Francisco Amateur Astronomers
Randall Museum
199 Museum Way
San Francisco, CA 94114
Myths of Astronomy
Professor Thomas Targett, Sonoma State University
Much of what we think we know about space comes from film and television, but Hollywood's job is more often to entertain than to educate. In this fun and informative presentation, Dr. Thomas Targett will sort fact from fiction, taking a tour through the worlds of Star Trek, Star Wars, and much more.
Website: https://www.sfaa-astronomy.org/event-5529266
Cost: Free
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Thursday, 04/04/24
10:00 AM - 02:00 PM
Other Dates For This Event:
• Thursday, 04/04/24
• Friday, 04/05/24
• Saturday, 04/06/24
• Sunday, 04/07/24
In-person
Lawrence Hall of Science
1 Centennial Drive
Berkeley, CA 94720
Through the Looking Glass Pilot
Help us test a new activity for your future scientists aged 6 and under. Explore nature with various optical tools that can focus far beyond what our eyes typically see. Zoom in and zoom out with microscopes, periscopes, binoculars, and lenses carrying different magnifying powers. Which tools will you choose to help find what’s hidden in nature? The first hour each day (10:00 - 11:00 a.m.) is members only.
Admission is free for UC Berkeley students & staff, Members, children 2 and under, Museums for All, and active-duty military.
Website: https://lawrencehallofscience.org/events/through-the-looking-glass-pilot/
Cost: Free with museum admission ($20 for guests 3+)
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Friday, 04/05/24
10:00 AM - 02:00 PM
Other Dates For This Event:
• Friday, 04/05/24
• Saturday, 04/06/24
• Sunday, 04/07/24
In-person
Lawrence Hall of Science
1 Centennial Drive
Berkeley, CA 94720
Through the Looking Glass Pilot
Help us test a new activity for your future scientists aged 6 and under. Explore nature with various optical tools that can focus far beyond what our eyes typically see. Zoom in and zoom out with microscopes, periscopes, binoculars, and lenses carrying different magnifying powers. Which tools will you choose to help find what’s hidden in nature? The first hour each day (10:00 - 11:00 a.m.) is members only.
Admission is free for UC Berkeley students & staff, Members, children 2 and under, Museums for All, and active-duty military.
Website: https://lawrencehallofscience.org/events/through-the-looking-glass-pilot/
Cost: Free with museum admission ($20 for guests 3+)
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Friday, 04/05/24 7PM
In-person
Telescope Makers Workshop
Chabot Space and Science Center
10000 Skyline Boulevard
Oakland, CA 94619-245
The Chabot Telescope Maker's workshop reopens! Chabot's TMW is one of only a handful of regularly scheduled telescope making workshops in the U.S., and probably the world; it meets every Friday evening throughout the year, except Memorial Day weekend. It has been in operation since December of 1930, founded by Franklin B. Wright, and is currently run by Eastbay Astronomical Society member Rich Ozer, with help from other EAS members, Dave Barosso, Barry Leska, and others. The price of admission is FREE. All you have to do is show up, buy a mirror blank and a "tool" (typically around $100 - $200 depending on the size of the mirror) and start "pushin' glass!" We supply you with instruction, the various grits you'll need to first grind, and then polish and figure your mirror, and all the testing equipment needed. With a small bit of luck, you could wind up with a telescope that costs 1/3 or 1/4 the cost of a store-bought telescope, that is yet optically superior! It does take time - depending on how much time you put in on it, and other factors, it could take a few months.. But, it's a fun project, great for kids, and at the end you get a great telescope!
Enter from the main loading dock behind the main building.
If you have a project, bring it with you so we can assess next steps.
You can also bring any other equipment or literature you may have
questions about.
For more information call or email Richard Ozer at richozer1@... or phone (510) 406-1914.
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Friday, 04/05/2024 9PM-11PM for night observing and Saturday 04/06/2024
10AM-12 Noon for solar observing
In-person
Foothill Observatory
12345 El Monte Road
Los Altos Hills, CA 94022
Foothill Observatory now Open EVERY clear Friday night and Saturday morning
The Foothill College Astronomy Department and Peninsula Astronomical Society (PAS) have reopened public viewing programs at Foothill College Observatory on:
· Every clear Friday night from 9 p.m. to 11 p.m. for star gazing
· Every clear Saturday morning from 10 a.m. to noon for solar viewing
Since we are still dealing with COVID, we are adopting the following guidelines to enable safe operation of the Observatory for both our public visitors and our PAS operators. We ask that visitors please agree to complying with these guidelines before visiting the Observatory, and to direct any questions to info@....
ATTENDANCE GUIDELINES
COVID vaccination and masks no longer required on the Foothill College campus.
Websites: https://foothill.edu/astronomy/observatory.html
and https://pastro.org
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Friday, 04/05/2024 and Saturday 4/06/2024
07:30 PM - 10:00 PM
In-person
Chabot Space and Science Center
10000 Skyline Blvd
Oakland, CA 94619
Free Telescope Viewings
Join Chabot astronomers on the Observatory Deck for a free telescope viewing! Weather permitting, this is a chance to explore stars, planets and more through Chabot’s historic telescopes. Chabot’s three large historic telescopes offer a unique way to experience the awe and wonder of the Universe. Our observatory deck offers breathtaking views 1,500 feet above the Bay. Three observatory domes house the Center’s 8-inch (Leah, 1883) and 20-inch (Rachel, 1916) refracting telescopes, along with a 36-inch reflecting telescope (Nellie, 2003).
Are the skies clear for viewing tonight? Viewing can be impacted by rain, clouds, humidity and other weather conditions. Conditions can be unique to Chabot because of its unique location in Joaquin Miller Park. Before your visit, check out the Weather Station to see the current conditions at Chabot.
https://chabotspace.org/weather-station/
Website: https://chabotspace.org/events/events-listing/
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Friday, 04/06/24
10:00 AM - 02:00 PM
Other Dates For This Event:
• Saturday, 04/06/24
• Sunday, 04/07/24
In-person
Lawrence Hall of Science
1 Centennial Drive
Berkeley, CA 94720
Through the Looking Glass Pilot
Help us test a new activity for your future scientists aged 6 and under. Explore nature with various optical tools that can focus far beyond what our eyes typically see. Zoom in and zoom out with microscopes, periscopes, binoculars, and lenses carrying different magnifying powers. Which tools will you choose to help find what’s hidden in nature? The first hour each day (10:00 - 11:00 a.m.) is members only.
Admission is free for UC Berkeley students & staff, Members, children 2 and under, Museums for All, and active-duty military.
Website: https://lawrencehallofscience.org/events/through-the-looking-glass-pilot/
Cost: Free with museum admission ($20 for guests 3+)
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Saturday, April 06, 2024
Sunset: 6:11 PM
In-person
San Mateo Co. Astronomical Society
Crestview Park
1000 Crestview Drive
San Carlos, CA
Public Star Parties at Crestview Park in San Carlos
SMCAS and the City of San Carlos Parks Department host a public star party at Crestview Park in San Carlos twice a month when there is a new moon. Members set up telescopes and let the public view and share their knowledge of the night sky all for Free. All ages are welcome. If you have kids interested in space or science, bring them here for a real time view of planets, nebula, star clusters, and galaxies.
If you are a Non-member and own a telescope, bring it to share! Experts are available if you need assistance or have questions about buying a telescope.
Telescope setup begins at sunset and observing starts one hour after sunset. In the event of inclement weather (rain, clouds, fog, or high winds) the star party will be cancelled. Because each astronomer makes his or her own decision about bringing their telescope, there is no official cancellation notice.
Crestview Park is located at 1000 Crestview Drive in San Carlos
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Sunday, 04/07/24
10:00 AM - 02:00 PM
Other Dates For This Event:
• Sunday, 04/07/24
In-person
Lawrence Hall of Science
1 Centennial Drive
Berkeley, CA 94720
Through the Looking Glass Pilot
Help us test a new activity for your future scientists aged 6 and under. Explore nature with various optical tools that can focus far beyond what our eyes typically see. Zoom in and zoom out with microscopes, periscopes, binoculars, and lenses carrying different magnifying powers. Which tools will you choose to help find what’s hidden in nature? The first hour each day (10:00 - 11:00 a.m.) is members only.
Admission is free for UC Berkeley students & staff, Members, children 2 and under, Museums for All, and active-duty military.
Website: https://lawrencehallofscience.org/events/through-the-looking-glass-pilot/
Cost: Free with museum admission ($20 for guests 3+)