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Most Fridays (year
round): Two informal talks are presented by AAI members at Sperry Observatory. (See "Fridays At Sperry" schedule) |
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On the third Friday of each month from September through May: AAI holds its monthly General Meeting at which a featured speaker from outside the organization presents a topic of interest in astronomy or a related field. The meeting is held on the Cranford, New Jersey campus of Union County College in either the Main Lecture Hall or in the Roy Smith Theatre. See individual listing below. A brief business meeting is held at 8:00 p.m. and the speaker will begin his/her presentation at approximately 8:30 p.m. There is no admission charge. All are welcome to attend, and there is plenty of free parking.
After the meeting, all are
invited across campus to Sperry Observatory for an
informal time of refreshments, conversation, and
observing. This is a perfect opportunity to meet the
speaker one-on-one and to learn more about AAI from
our members. |
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 Dr. Saurabh W. Jha |
February 19, 2010 |
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Professor Jha will describe how we use a class of exploding stars, called type Ia supernovae, to measure the expansion history of the universe. Both bright, nearby and faint, distant supernovae have led to the astounding conclusion that the universe is expanding faster and faster, driven by dark energy. Saurabh W. Jha is an assistant professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Rutgers. He received his Ph.D. in astronomy in 2002 from Harvard University, and was a Miller Research Fellow at UC Berkeley, and Panofsky Fellow in the Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center. Prof. Jha's current research is supported by the National Science Foundation, the Department of Energy, and NASA. |
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8 p.m. The Roy Smith Theater at UCC as usual |
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| Click here for the complete 2009-2010 schedule. | |
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Click here for a
listing of prior lectures.
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