Wednesday Public Observing
Wednesday night public observing takes place at the Observatory from 8-9 p.m. 2009 is the International Year of Astronomy! Help us celebrate by experiencing the changing night sky with students and staff of the Wesleyan Astronomy Department. As always, this event is free and open to the public, and is dependent on clear skies.

Astronomy Department Colloquium, Wednesday, December 2nd, 4:15pm
The next Astronomy department colloquium will take place on Wednesday, December 2nd. Lisa Kaltenegger from Harvard University will present a talk entitled "Super-Earth and Life--Assembling the Puzzle". This semester, the astronomy colloquia will take place at 4:15pm in the Van Vleck Observatory classroom (VV0110), preceded by tea and cookies in the Observatory library at 4:00pm.