Pascal Hilkens Astro Page

Friday, September 4, 2020

Pint of Science : September 7 - 9 : Astronomy on line from all over Europe

Pint of Science is happening this year on September 7 - 9.

Some interesting astronomy lectures across Europe :

1) Germany : see this link

2) Belgium : Recycling a Star! : September 8, 19h30

3) Portugal : What do Colors of the Sun tell you? : September 7, 20h00

Sunday, August 30, 2020

Pint of Science : Online on September 7 - 9, 2020

Pint of Science will be organised from September 7 till 9, 2020. This year I will have my drink at home and still be able to attend a science talk. Most of the lectures will be live via Youtube or Zoom.

The programme of Pint of Science in Germany is available with some interesting astronical lectures. This is what I found :

Monday September 7th: Solar System
- From Dust to Planets (18h)
- Finding and Studying Planets outside our Solar System (19h)

- Garbage dimp flying above our Heads (20h)

Tuesday September 8th : Ground Control to major Tom

- The Dark Side of the Universe (19h)

- Black Holes Bend Light onto Itself (20h)

Wednesday September 9th : Star Wars

- The Life and Times of our Milky Way (19h)

- Super-Earths and Biomarkers : How we look for extraterrestrial Life (20h)

- The hidden Universe (21h)

See details for Germany via this link.

No data is yet available for Belgium, France and the Netherlands.

Thursday, August 27, 2020

Lecture by Govert Schilling: Live Streaming!

On September 24 Govert Schilling will be speaking at the Universtity of Maastricht. This time he will be talking about the debate astronomers have on the Expansion Rate of the Universe. The lecture will be provided by a live streaming. Cool!

Friday, August 21, 2020

Telescope.org account 6 months extended

My student account for telescope.org and using the COAST telescope at Tenerife (Observatorio del Teide) is extended with 6 months. This is great news and creates opportunities to make pictures.