Welcome to the Public Events page! Take a look though the following links for information on talks, meetings, and stargazing opportunities!

Department Talks and Public Lectures

• Open House at the Observatory - Meets on the 5th and 20th of each month. A list of all currently scheduled Open House talks is available here.
• Upcoming Seminars - A list of all astronomy seminars in the next 5 days.
• Department Colloquia - Schedule for the current semester.
• LMA/CARMA Seminar Series - Schedule for the current semester.
• Planetary Astronomy Lunchtime Series - Schedule for the current semester.
• Education Lunch Series - Schedule for the current semester.

Outreach

In addition to the regular public Open House sessions, the Observatory also holds other public programs such as New Telescope Owner Nights, Learn the Sky Nights and special observing sessions. Details are posted on the Observatory webpages.

The department also participates in the annual campus wide open house called MD Day. And 2009 is the International Year of Astronomy (IYA) and we will be participating!

Past Events

• Past Colloquia - A list of all Astronomy Department weekly colloquia since 1996.
• October Astrophysics Conference - The October Astrophysics Conference in Maryland was a series of topical conferences that was arranged each autumn from 1990 to 2006 by scientists at the Goddard Space Flight Center and the University of Maryland.