Scientific Colloquia and Seminars at ESO and Neighbouring Institutes
For ESO and ESO-related Conferences and Workshops in Europe and Chile please check the main Scientific Meetings page.
Talks at ESO Garching
Most talks at ESO Garching fall into one of the following categories:- Munich Joint Astronomy Colloquia: usually Thursdays at 16:15,
preceded by tea and coffee at 16:00.
Contact: Magda Arnaboldi, Wolfram Freudling. - ESO Colloquia / Lunch Talks: usually Tuesdays at 12:30.
Contact: Carlos De Breuck, Ferdinando Patat. - Informal Discussions: usually Wednesdays at 11:30.
Contact: Joël Vernet, Jörg Dietrich. - ESO/ESA/IAU/Excellence Cluster 'Universe'
Astronomy Communication Seminars:
usually once per month on Wednesdays at 14:00.
Contact: Lars Lindberg Christensen, Pedro Russo. - Astronomy Course for Non-Astronomers: Talks by ESO staff or
visitors, aimed at a non-specialist audience.
Usually Wednesdays at 12:30.
Contact: Gero Rupprecht.
Talks at Neighbouring Institutes
For info about talks at neighbouring institutes, see also the Web pages of the:- Max-Planck-Institut für Astrophysik (MPA);
- Max-Planck-Institut für Extraterrestrische Physik (MPE);
- Universitäts-Sternwarte München (USM);
- Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik (MPQ);
- Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik (IPP);
- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik (MPP).
July 2008
- 07.07.08 (Monday)
- 11:00, MPE new seminar room 1.1.18a
MPE Colloquium
Paul Nandra
(Imperial College London)
"New results from the AEGIS survey"- 15:30, MPA Lecture Hall
Institute Seminar
Brian Chaboyer
(currently at MPA)
"The HST/ACS Survey of Galactic Globular Cluster"- 17:15, Physics Dept. E7, LMU, Schellingstr. 4, Munich
Muenchener Physik Kolloquium
Martin Asplund
(MPA)
"Starlight: Elemental fingerprints of nucleosynthesis and galaxy evolution" - 15:30, MPA Lecture Hall
- 08.07.08 (Tuesday)
- 10:00, ESO room 231
Star and Planet Formation Seminar
Ralf Siebenmorgen
(ESO)
"T Tauri disk emission and PAH destruction"- 12:30, ESO Auditorium
Lunch Talk
Nick Cox
(ESA)
"The (extra)Galactic diffuse interstellar medium: dust, molecules & diffuse bands"
Abstract - 12:30, ESO Auditorium
- 09.07.08 (Wednesday)
- 11:00, Uni-Sternwarte Muenchen, Scheinerstr. 1
USM Talk
Marc Schartmann
(MPE)
"Models of AGN tori" - 11.07.08 (Friday)
- 11:00, MPE old seminar room (X2/209)
MPE Colloquium
Frederic Bournaud
(CEA Saclay)
"Clumpy disk galaxies at high redshift: A crucial step in the assembly of present-day spirals"

