Maui Gaia Binary Discovery Research starts Jan 14th

December 13, 2025 admin 0

Research Opportunity (Co-Authored Journal Publication) CCAS members are invited to participate in a rare, hands-on astronomy research opportunity focused on the discovery and characterization of new binary star systems, using data from the Gaia mission of the European Space Agency and follow-up observations from Mount Wilson Observatory. This seminar combines real [Read More…]

Oct 10th Exo Planet Lecture

October 8, 2018 admin 0

On October 10th (Wed), you are invited to the exoplanet lecture in the Spanos Theatre that is open to the public! Amherst College astronomy professor Kate Follette is talking about her work as a planet hunter. She is also giving the physics colloquium the next day and spending two days [Read More…]

JPL guest talk about the Mars InSight Mission

April 17, 2018 admin 0

I wanted to alert you and the CCAS to an upcoming event at Cal Poly.  On April 28, we will have a speaker from JPL to talk about the Mars InSight mission that (hopefully) launches in early May.  Since Cal Poly built some of the hardware that is flying to [Read More…]