• Schedules of talks: 2004-2005, 2005-2006, 2006-2007

    Past Meetings: Spring Quarter 2010 Lecture Series: Planetary Geology
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    Week 2 April 5th / Meteorites / Will Vaughan
    Week 3 April 12th / Moon, part 1 / Joe Cottral
    Week 4 April 19th / Moon, part 2 & Mercury / Alice Griffeth
    Week 5 April 26th / Venus / Kate Schreiber
    Week 6 May 3rd / Mars, part 1 / Dean Armstrong (tentatively)
    Week 7 May 10th / Mars, part 2 / Tad Komacek
    Week 8 May 17th / TBA / Pete Vandervoort (tentatively)
    Week 9 May 24th / "Cosmos" / Carl Sagan Winter Quarter 2010 Lecture Series: Ancient Astronomical Instruments
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    January 4th Slide Rules Will Vaughan
    January 11th Sundials I Tote Hughes
    January 18th Sundials II Aaron Ewall-Wice
    January 25th Moondials and Nocturnals Tad Komacek
    February 1st Astrolabes Lisa Pawlowicz
    February 8th Armillary Spheres and Celestial Globes Annie Kang
    February 15th Quadrants and Sextants Jake Clemente
    February 22nd The Antithykera Device Kate Schreiber
    March 1st Early Measurements of the Earth Drew Boshardy


    Budget Request Items

    The RAS has a tradition of requesting funding from Annual Allocations for ambitious projects. Here are items we've requested in recent years:


    Wopat Student Astronomy Talks, no PhDs allowed.
    (weekly talks run by the Astro grad students)

    RAS Statement on Year 2000 Quad Floodlights