aotcville – Astronomy on Tap Charlottesville

AoT C’ville #20 – at Three Notch’d Brewing: Mon, Nov 7

Join us Nov 7 from 7-9pm EDT at Three Notch’d Craft Kitchen & Brewery for fun astronomy talks and trivia (and of course great food and beer) organized by members of the University of Virginia Astronomy Department.

We will have talks by Astronomy graduate student Bri Mills, UVA Professor Ed Murphy, and Ezequiel Treister (Associate Professor, Institute of Astrophysics, Catholic University in Chile) who is visiting NRAO this semester. Check out the talk title/topics in the images below.

Following the event we will be observing through telescopes outside Three Notch’d run by the Charlottesville Astronomical Society. Saturn and Jupiter should be visible.

Please share our Facebook event page with everyone you know to keep updated.

AoT C’ville #19 – at Three Notch’d Brewing: Mon, Sep 12

Join us Sep 12 from 7-9pm EDT at Three Notch’d Craft Kitchen & Brewery for fun astronomy talks and trivia (and of course great food and beer) organized by members of the University of Virginia Astronomy Department. We’ll have talks on the James Webb Space Telescope, searching for important elements in space, and the intersection between astronomy and climate change (See posters below).

Following the event, we’ll also be telescope observing with the Charlottesville Astronomical Society (weather permitting)!

Stay tuned to the Facebook event page or here for upcoming details on the scheduled talks!

AoT C’ville #18 – at Three Notch’d Brewing: Mon, July 11

Join us for our next in person event on Monday, July 11th at Three Notch’d Brewing in Charlottesville from 7-9pm. As usually, we’ll have astronomy themed talks, trivia, and prizes targeted at a general audience. For up to date information check back at this page or our Facebook event page! We hope to see you there!

AoT C’ville #16 – via Zoom: Monday, Dec 13th

Astronomy on Tap – Charlottesville is continuing our virtual events on Monday, December 13th from 7-9 pm Eastern Time via Zoom. Registration is free and open to anyone around the world and you can register at bit.ly/AoTCville16 For up to date information, check out our Facebook event page.

We’ll have exciting talks by UVA Prof. Ed Murphy on Astronomical Explanations for the Star of Bethlehem and UVA graduate student Daniel Lin on the formation of planets in new solar systems.

We’ll also have our usual astronomy-themed trivia and prizes targeted at all ages and experience levels!

Schedule (all times eastern):
7:00: Welcome!
7:10: Ed Murphy (Professor – University of Virginia) – Astronomical Explanations for the Star of Bethlehem
7:50: Astronomy Trivia with Matt Pryal
8:05: Daniel Lin (Grad Student – University of Virginia) – Preparing the Cradle for Baby Planets:
Dust Evolution in Protoplanetary Disks
8:35: Trivia Wrap-up, Prizes, and Goodbye

We hope to see you there!

AoT C’ville #15 @ Champion Grill – Tuesday, Oct 26th

AoT C’ville is returning to in person events! Our next event will take place on Tuesday, October 26th (postponed from previous Oct 25th due to weather) at Champion Grill – Stonefield from 7-9pm EDT. We’ll be set up outside and have our usual set of astronomy themed talks and trivia.

To take advantage of the amazing outdoor space at Champion’s Stonefield location, we’ll also have telescopes set up by members of the Charlottesville Astronomical Society for night sky viewing. Come join us for what’s sure to be a fun night in our return to in person events. Since this event is so close to Halloween, costumes are also highly encouraged!!! Note that this location is different than previous Champion events as we will be hosting this at their Stonefield location! Make sure to attend the correct venue.

For up to date information regarding speakers, check out our Facebook event page: https://fb.me/e/PmsJWNv1

AoT C’ville #13 – via Zoom! Tuesday, June 22

AoT – C’ville is continuing our virtual event series on Tuesday, June 22nd via a Zoom webinar. Register for free at http://bit.ly/AoTCville13

We’ll have our usual astronomy-themed talks, trivia, and (virtual) prizes targeted at all ages and experience levels! We’ll be jumping right into the main event at 7pm EDT and continue with new segments (including Astronomy in the News and Grab-Bag Trivia).

Speakers include (see posters below):
– Dr. Kristina Nyland (US Naval Research Lab): Newborn Jets Launched by Supermassive Black Holes
– Bri Mills (University of Virginia astronomy graduate student): Black Holes: The Cosmic Donut Makers
– Pablo Carrillo (ALMA, Chile): A Day in ALMA Return to Operations

We’ll continue to keep things as interactive as possible with trivia and Q&A sessions with the speakers and viewers throughout! This event is open to people all over the world so please share with anybody you’d like to welcome to our AoT-Cville family!

For full details, check out our Facebook event page at: https://fb.me/e/1sAFOFo7R

AoT C’ville #12 – via Zoom! Tuesday, April 13

AoT – C’ville is continuing our virtual events on Tuesday, April 13th via a Zoom webinar. Register for free at bit.ly/AoTCville12

We’ll have our usual astronomy-themed talks, trivia, and (virtual) prizes targeted at all ages and experience levels! We’ll be jumping right into the main event at 7pm EDT and will have even more trivia and new segments (including Astronomy in the News and What’s Up in April?).

Speakers include:
– Dr. Rachael Beaton (Carnegie-Princeton Postdoctoral Fellow, past UVA graduate student): On understanding the expansion of the Universe with the Hubble Constant
– Dr. Wes Ryle (Thomas More University): Measuring Stars: The Role of Binaries
– Geoff Chester (US Naval Observatory): A Primer on Astrophotography

For full details, check out our Facebook event page at: https://fb.me/e/1fv6k0qZ3

AoT C’ville #11 – via Zoom! Monday, Feb 8

Astronomy on Tap – Charlottesville is back! Our next virtual AoT-Cville event will take place Monday, February 8th from 7-9 pm Eastern Time via Zoom webinar. Registration is free and available at http://bit.ly/AoTCville11. This time we’ll be jumping right into the main event so make sure to show up at 7pm!

Schedule:
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM (Eastern Time) Astronomy on Tap – Main Event

As usual, we’ll have Astronomy themed talks, trivia, and prizes targeted at all ages and experience levels. We’re excited to continue bringing Astronomy on Tap virtually to the AoT-Cville family in Charlottesville and around the world and hope you are too!

Speakers include:
– Dr. Michael Küffmeier (Marie Sklodowska-Curie postdoctoral fellow at UVA): A Star is Born – on the formation of stars
– Abby Waggoner (UVA Astro-chem graduate student): Watching Molecules Dance in Space! – on how astronomers use ‘dancing molecules’ to observe objects in space
– Dr. Jeffrey Bennett (author/astrophysicist, Big Kid Science): Global Warming Demystified – A Cosmic Perspective

We hope to see you there!

Full details of the event are on our Facebook page (https://fb.me/e/18CGeJlFW).

AoT C’ville #10 – via Zoom! Monday, Oct 19th

Astronomy on Tap – Charlottesville is staying virtual! Our second virtual AoT-Cville event will take place Monday, October 19th from 7-9 pm EDT via Zoom webinar. Registration is free and can be found at bit.ly/AoTCville10

Schedule:
7:00 PM – 7:30 PM (EDT) Champion Brewing Company – brewery tour and virtual beer tasting
7:30 PM – 9:00 PM (EDT) Astronomy on Tap – Main Event

As usual, we’ll have Astronomy themed talks, trivia, and prizes targeted at all ages and experience levels. We’re excited to continue bringing Astronomy on Tap virtually to the Charlottesville community and hope you are too!

Speakers include:
– Dr. Trey Wenger: founder of AoT-Cville and current postdoctoral fellow at the Dominon Radio Astrophysical Observatory in British Columbia, Canada
– Nadia Drake: science journalist for National Geographic

Preceding our main event will be a virtual brewery tour and tasting from the folks at Champion Brewing Company (https://championbrewingcompany.com/). We’ll be sending a discount code to those registered for the Zoom webinar for Champion closer to the night of the event that you can use for pickup and delivery.

More details of the event are on our Facebook page.

AoT C’ville #9 – via Zoom!

Astronomy on Tap – Charlottesville is going virtual!

Our first live streamed AoT-Cville event will take place Monday, August 10th from 7-9pm via Zoom webinar. Registration is free, but required to get the Zoom link for viewing. You can register very easily here: http://bit.ly/AoTCvilleWeb
And check out our Facebook event page via this link.

As usual, we’ll have Astronomy themed talks, trivia, and prizes targeted at all ages and experience levels. Preceding our main event will be a live streamed cider tasting from the folks at Albermarle Ciderworks (7:00-7:30pm EDT). Stay tuned to this event page for information regarding deals and pick up orders from Ciderworks for the event.

Taking advantage of the live stream aspect, we’ll have talks from Charlottesville astronomy’s past and present.

Speakers include:

Ed Murphy (current UVA professor): on the upcoming Perseid meteor shower and the night sky
Al Wooten (NRAO scientist): on ALMA
Nicole Gugliucci (past UVA graduate student; currently an Assistant Professor at Saint Anselm College): on radio astronomy and citizen science

We’ll also be keeping things as interactive/fun as possible with our usual trivia interspersed throughout the talks and even mailing out some prizes. We’re excited to bring Astronomy on Tap back to the Charlottesville community and hope you are too! Please share this event and invite friends/family from all over the world to join in our AoT-C’ville community.