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Observing Night in honor to Apollo 12
Saturday, November 16, from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., the Science and Visitor Center will celebrate an Observing Night in honor to Apollo 12, in collaboration with the Astronomical Society of the Caribbean and NASA.. Tickets for the general public are available in " Ofertal del Día" website.
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Upcoming Colloquium next January
Our next speaker Dr. Michael Denton will be visiting us on January 21, 2020 for our third Colloquium Series.
Abstract
The plasmasphere is a region of cold (~1 eV) plasma that forms from the up flow of ionospheric material on closed magnetic field lines. In this colloquium, we present a brief history of plasmaspheric research, summarize our current understanding of plasmapheric dynamics, and discuss ground-based and space-based observations of the plasmasphere.
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Arecibo Observatory Open House at the 235th AAS meeting
Arecibo Observatory would like to cordially invite you all for the “Arecibo Observatory Open House'' during the 235th meeting of the American Astronomical Society at Honolulu, Hawaii. The Open House will be on January 7th from 1:30pm to 3:30pm. Read More
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UCF to Enhance Arecibo Observatory’s Computing Power Using Microsoft Azure
Recently, we had the honor of having Dr. Scott England as our speaker with his talk "EXPLORING THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN EARTH & SPACE WITH ICON"
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Arecibo Observatory Gets $19 Million NASA Grant to Help Protect Earth from Asteroids
On Wednesday, Oct 2, Prof. Avinash Deshpande kickoff the AO Colloquium Series with his talk titled "FASCINATING LIFE-STORIES OF COSMIC LIGHT-HOUSES". View Recording
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