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Free Rooftop Stargazing Party “Astro Night” | UC Berkeley

Astro Night is UC Berkeley’s free stargazing and lecture event open to the public.

Held typically on the first Thursday of the month (during select months, as weather permits), members of the public are invited to take part in guided stargazings using our fleet of telescopes, including their 17-inch telescope located in their roof-top observatory, in addition to attending a lecture from one of their many researchers.

Members of their department will be on hand to answer your questions and tell you more about the going-ons in Campbell Hall.

Event Date & Stargazing Details May Change: Stargazing is dependent on weather conditions; lectures will always occur as scheduled.

2020 Astro Night Schedule

Below is the current Astro Night schedule; more dates to be added; abstracts are linked in the talk titles.

Date	Lecture and Stargazing Times	Lecture Topic
April 2, 2020	Talk: 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm in 1 Le Conte Hall Stargazing: 8:30 pm – 10:00 pm Campbell Hall	TBA
May 7, 2020	Talk: 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm in 1 Le Conte Hall Stargazing: 8:30 pm – 10:00 pm Campbell Hall	TBA
June 4, 2020	Talk: 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm in 1 Le Conte Hall Stargazing: 8:30 pm – 10:00 pm Campbell Hall
July 2, 2020	Talk: 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm in 1 Le Conte Hall Stargazing: 8:30 pm – 10:00 pm Campbell Hall
August 6, 2020	Talk: 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm in 1 Le Conte Hall Stargazing: 8:30 pm – 10:00 pm Campbell Hall
September 3, 2020	Talk: 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm in 1 Le Conte Hall Stargazing: 8:30 pm – 10:00 pm Campbell Hall
October 1, 2020	Talk: 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm in 1 Le Conte Hall Stargazing: 8:30 pm – 10:00 pm Campbell Hall
November 5, 2020	Talk: 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm in 1 Le Conte Hall Stargazing: 8:30 pm – 10:00 pm Campbell Hall

Thursday, August 4, 2016
Free Rooftop Stargazing Party “Astro Night” | UC Berkeley

The Search for Extraterrestrial Technologies and the Breakthrough Listen Initiative

For millennia, humanity has gazed towards the heavens and asked the question “Are we alone?”  For the first time in our history, the answer may be within our grasp.  Astronomers have recently determined that the key environmental factors that are believed to have given rise to life on Earth are present in abundance throughout the Milky Way galaxy.  Luke-warm planets, water and complex organic molecules are now known to be ubiquitous.  Armed with the certainty that life could have developed elsewhere, scientists everywhere are racing to determine if indeed it did, and if so, whether some of that life went on to develop a technological capability similar to our own.  Recently, a bold new search for advanced life beyond the Earth was announced – the Breakthrough Listen Initiative.  This 10-year 100 million dollar program is headquartered at UC Berkeley, and is undertaking the most comprehensive, sensitive and intensive search for advanced life in history.

Doors: 7:15 pm
Talk: 7:45 pm – 8:45 pm
Stargazing*: 8:45 pm – 10:15 pm

Bio: Dr. Andrew Siemion, a research astronomer jointly affiliated with UC Berkeley, the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy (ASTRON) and Radboud University, Nijmegen, will discuss the latest developments in the science of astrobiology that are informing modern SETI, the Breakthrough Listen Initiative and the prospects for detection.

Disclaimer: Please double check event information with the event organizer as events can be canceled, details can change after they are added to our calendar, and errors do occur.