The University of Toledo Astronomers' Lecture Series

Wednesdays, usually the second Wednesday of the month 7:30 PM Ritter Planetarium, The University of Toledo Main Campus Open to the public, admission free

Suggested donation to Ritter Planetarium: $5 general, $2 students, or what is affordable

Each lecture will be followed by a short planetarium show and (weather permitting) viewing at one of our telescopes.

Plenty of evening parking is available for $1.50 in the visitor lot adjacent to McMaster Hall.

Sponsored by: Ritter Planetarium-Brooks Observatory, the Ritter Astrophysical Research Center, and the Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Toledo

This year's lecture series was a success!

See you next year!

Schedule of Past Lectures

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November 14, 2007	Karen Bjorkman Professor of Astronomy and Associate Chair, Department of Physics and Astronomy	"'Dancing' with the Stars - What Are We Learning about Circumstellar Disks?"
December 12, 2007	Tom Megeath Assistant Professor of Astronomy		"Star Birth and Star Death in the Constellation of Orion"
January 16, 2008		Nancy Morrison Professor of Astronomy Director, Ritter Observatory Director, Ritter Planetarium and Brooks Observatory	"The Stars and Ritter Observatory"
February 13, 2008	Steven Federman Professor of Astronomy	"The Origin of the Elements"
March 12, 2008	Rupali Chandar Assistant Professor of Astronomy		"Archaeology in Space -- Digging for Clues to the Birth of Galaxies"
April 9, 2008	JD Smith Assistant Professor of Astronomy	"A Separate Light: New Views of Galaxies, Near and Far"

Image credits: Nov. 14, Bill Pounds; Dec. 12, NASA/JPL-Caltech/T. Megeath (University of Toledo) & M. Robberto (STScI); Jan. 16, James Kaler; Feb. 13, NASA/CXC/MIT/UMass Amherst/M.D.Stage et al.; Mar. 12, NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration; Apr. 9, NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Kennicutt (Univ. of Arizona)/DSS