Cline Observatory - Fall Astronomy Day Speakers Past Editions
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| Each year, the Cline Observatory at Guilford Technical Community College celebrates its Fall Astronomy Day in commemoration of the opening of the observatory during fall semester 1997. Our intention is to bring prominent scientists to campus to share in the latest astronomical research. If you have suggestions or would like to support our efforts to bring visiting astronomers to GTCC, please contact Tom English at 336-334-4822, ext 2620. |
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| 2007 Featured Speaker |
Michael Turner, University of Chicago
The Dark Side of the Universe |
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| 2006 Featured Speaker |
Scott Ransom, National Radio Astronomy Observatory - Charlottesville
The Stellar Undead |
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| 2005 Featured Speaker |
Jeff Hester, Arizona State University
From the Big Bang to Big Brains: the Origin of Structure in an Evolving Universe |
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| 2004 Featured Speaker |
Paul Butler, Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution
Extrasolar Planets: A First Reconnaissance |
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| 2003 Featured Speaker |
Prasun Desai
Mars Exploration Rover Mission, NASA Langley
Mars Exploration in the Coming Decade |
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| 2002 Featured Speaker |
Steve Murray, Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics / Chandra
X-ray Astronomy Comes of Age - The Chandra X-ray Observatory View of the Cosmos |
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| 2001 Featured Speaker |
Jay Bergstralh, Solar System Exploration Division, NASA
A Grand Tour of the Moons of Jupiter |
| 2000 Featured Speaker |
Virginia Trimble, U. Cal.- Irvine/U. Maryland
Cosmology: Man's Place in the Universe |
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| 1999 Featured Speaker |
Robert Kirshner, Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
The Universe: Big, Old, and Accelerating |
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| 1998 Featured Speaker |
John Wood,
Resolution: Latest Results from the Hubble Telescope |
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| 1997 Featured Speaker |
Bruce Carney, UNC-Chapel Hill
How Old is Our Universe? |
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