Benjamin Dean Lecture
New Views of Solar Coronal Mass Ejections:
Understanding the Origins of Space Weather
- When
- Mon Jun 4, 2012
- Where
- California Academy of Sciences
- Time
- 7:30pm
- Cost
- $6 - $12
- Tags
- Museums, Science Museums, Education, Continuing Education, Seminars, Other Schools & Classes, Technology, Technology Classes
Description
Benjamin Dean LectureNew Views of Solar Coronal Mass Ejections: Understanding the Origins of Space Weather
Dr. Thomas Berger
Lockheed Martin Solar and Astrophysics Laboratory
Monday, June 4th, 2012 at 7:30pm, Planetarium
In the past five years solar physics has entered a golden age in which visible light, extreme ultraviolet (EUV), and X-ray solar telescopes are viewing the Sun continuously, and from multiple angles, from space. Dr. Berger will show recent observations from the Japanese/US/UK Hinode mission, and the NASA STEREO and Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) missions that reveal strange new flows in solar prominences and coronal cavities, the structures that comprise so-called "coronal mass ejections" or CMEs. CMEs are the drivers of all large particle and magnetic storms in the solar system and understanding, and ultimately predicting, this "space weather" is a major goal of modern space physics.
Reservations:Adults $12, Seniors $10, Academy Members $6. Seating is limited. To reserve a place today, buy a ticket online or over the phone at 415-379-8000
More Info
- Link
- http://www.calacademy.org/events/lectures/#060412
- Call
- 415-379-8000 (Box Office)
- Contact Form (account required)
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