Scientific Colloquia and Seminars at ESO and Neighbouring Institutes
For ESO and ESO-related Conferences and Workshops in Europe and Chile please check the main Scientific Meetings page.
Talks at ESO Garching
Most talks at ESO Garching fall into one of the following categories:- Munich Joint Astronomy Colloquia: usually Thursdays at 16:15,
preceded by tea and coffee at 16:00.
Contact: Magda Arnaboldi, Wolfram Freudling. - ESO Colloquia / Lunch Talks: usually Tuesdays at 12:30.
Contact: Carlos De Breuck, Ferdinando Patat. - Informal Discussions: usually Wednesdays at 11:30.
Contact: Jörg Dietrich, Paula Teixeira. - ESO/ESA/IAU/Excellence Cluster 'Universe'
Astronomy Communication Seminars:
About once per month, at 14:00.
Contact: Lars Lindberg Christensen, Pedro Russo. - Astronomy Course for Non-Astronomers: Talks by ESO staff or
visitors, aimed at a non-specialist audience.
Usually Wednesdays at 12:30.
Contact: Gero Rupprecht.
Talks at Neighbouring Institutes
For info about talks at neighbouring institutes, see also the Web pages of the:- Max-Planck-Institut für Astrophysik (MPA);
- Max-Planck-Institut für Extraterrestrische Physik (MPE);
- Universitäts-Sternwarte München (USM);
- Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik (MPQ);
- Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik (IPP);
- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik (MPP).
December 2008
- 01.12.08 (Monday)
- 15:30, MPA Lecture Hall
Institute Seminar
Umberto Maio
(MPA)
"Switching on the first light in the Universe"
- 17:15, MPE room 1.1.18b (Note: change of venue)
Muenchner Physik Kolloquium
Karlheinz Langanke
(GSI Darmstadt)
"A Fair Chance for Nuclear Astrophysics"
- 17:15, MPE room 1.1.18b (Note: change of venue)
- 02.12.08 (Tuesday)
- 17:30, MPE, room 1.1.18b
Special Talk
Ralf Bender
(MPE/LMU)
"Supermassive Black Hole in the Andromeda Galaxy"
- 03.12.08 (Wednesday)
- 11:00, MPA room 006
SEAS at MPA
Lionel Siess
(Univ. Libre de Bruxelles)
"Super-AGB stars"
- 11:15, Uni-Sternwarte Munich, Scheinerstr. 1, room E08
Talk at USM
Henny J.G.L.M. Lamers
(Utrecht/ESO)
"The fate of star clusters"
- 11:15, Uni-Sternwarte Munich, Scheinerstr. 1, room E08
- 04.12.08 (Thursday)
- 16:15, ESO Auditorium
Munich Joint Astronomy Colloquium
Pieter van Dokkum
(Yale University)
"The complex history of massive galaxies"
Abstract - 05.12.08 (Friday)
- 14:00 - 14:30, ESO Auditorium
Astronomy Communication Seminar
Lars Lindberg Christensen, Martin Kornmesser and Dr. J
(ESO)
"The Eyes on the Skies project - science communication for the masses"
Abstract
- 09.12.08 (Tuesday)
- 12:30, ESO Auditorium
Lunch Talk
Clive Ruggles
(Leicester University)
"Archaeoastronomy" (provisional title)
- 11.12.08 (Thursday)
- 16:15, ESO Auditorium
Munich Joint Astronomy Colloquium
Ken Freeman
(Research School of Astronomy & Astrophysics, The Australian National University)
"Galactic Disks"
Abstract
- 16.12.08 (Tuesday)
- 12:30, ESO Auditorium
Lunch Talk
Anna Moore
(Caltech)
"The GATTINI cameras: a multi-site campaign for the characterization of optical sky brightness and cloud cover in Antarctica"
Abstract
- 23.12.08 (Tuesday)
- 12:30, ESO Auditorium
Lunch Talk
Bertrand Lemasle
"Chemical composition of Cepheids and the Galactic abundance gradient in the outer disk"
January 2009
- 27.01.09 (Tuesday)
- 12:30, ESO Auditorium
Lunch Talk
Bruno Merin
(ESA)
"New Spitzer results on disk evolution and planet formation"
Abstract
February 2009
- 24.02.09 (Tuesday)
- 12:30, ESO Auditorium
Lunch Talk
Hans Fahr
(Bonn University)
"Cosmic vacuum energy as a ghost phenomenon of gravitational binding energy"