Allegheny Observatory hosts a public lecture the third Friday of each month except for December. Admission is free, but requires a reservation due to limited seating. For reservations, please call Lou Coban at the Observatory, 412-321-2400. This should be done the week after the previous lecture in the series.
Lectures begin at 7:30; light refreshments will be available beginning at 7 PM. A tour of the Observatory will be conducted following the lecture, and if the sky is clear an observing session with the historic 13-inch Fitz-Clark Refractor will follow the tour. The Observatory is located at 159 Riverview Avenue in Riverview Park on Pittsburgh's North Side.
| Date | Lecture title and Speaker |
|---|---|
| January 17 | Laws of the Heavens, Laws of Earth: how natural philosophy evolved into modern scientific methods Dan Handley; Dan Handley Science Media, LLC |
| February 21 | Confirmed Truths and Remaining Mysteries Regarding the Origin of the Universe Lloyd Knox; Department of Physics, University of California, Davis |
| March 21 | The Higgs Boson: a story of broken marriages Ayres Freitas;Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pittsburgh |
| April 18 | How Do You Discover a Fundamental Particle? Jim Mueller; Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pittsburgh |
| May 16 | Exploring the Cosmos with Exploding Stars Michael Wood-Vasey; Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pittsburgh |
| June 20 | Dark Matter Problems in Astronomy Matt Walker; Department of Physics, Carnegie Mellon University |
| July 18 | Mapping the Stars, Past and Future Arthur Kosowsky; Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pittsburgh |
| August 15 | Thoughts on SETI: some roads less traveled John Stein; Geneva College, Chemistry, Math and Physics Department |
| September 19 | Mapping the High Redshift Universe using the Lyman-alpha Forest Jessi Cisewski; Department of Physics, Carnegie Mellon University |
| October 17 | Simulating the Universe Simulating the Universe; Department of Physics, Carnegie Mellon University |
| November 21 | The Hydrogen Sky: probing the Universe through the 21-cm signal Tabitha Voytek; Department of Physics, Carnegie Mellon University |