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• Astrophysics Seminar – 17th Feb 3pm. JJ Hermes: White dwarf variability as seen from space

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/02/11/astrophysics-seminar-17th-feb-3pm-jj-hermes-white-dwarf-variability-as-seen-from-space/

  Posted by ab520 in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 11 February 2021 Please find a teams link in the Astrophysics Group > Seminars area. Abstract: White dwarfs have been used as flux standards for decades, thanks to their staid simplicity.

• AstroSeminar: Prof. Ilya Mandel (Melbourne),”The promise of gravitational-wave astrophysics”. (Note

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/01/25/astroseminar-prof-ilya-mandel-melbournethe-promise-of-gravitational-wave-astrophysics-note-the-unusual-time-10-am/

  Posted by er198 in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 25 January 2021 This week the Wednesday Department seminar ( 27 Jan 2021 ) will be delivered by Prof. Ilya Mandel (Melbourne), at 10 am (please note the unusual time) . Please find below title and abstract of his talk.

• Casual astrophysics seminars next week – 28th June 2pm – 30th June 1pm – LTD

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2022/06/24/casual-astrophysics-seminars-next-week-28th-june-2pm-30th-june-1pm-ltd/

  Posted by ab520 in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 24 June 2022 There will be two lunchtime seminars from visitors during the last week of June. 1) Rachael Amaro (University of Arizona) on “Clouds and Circulation in the Irradiated Brown Dwarf NLTT5306B”.

• Curiosity in Isolation at Edinburgh and Glasgow

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2020/05/02/curiosity-in-isolation-at-edinburgh-and-glasgow/

  Curiosity Rover, Edinburgh locality, HiRISE image

• 25th September 2013 Sol 404

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/09/25/25th-september-2013-sol-404/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on September 25, 2013 We have now left Waypoint Point 1 and started out for Waypoint 2, at about 1 km distance.

• 6th April 2014 Sol 622

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2014/05/06/6th-april-2014-sol-623/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on May 6, 2014 I am visiting Thurso, which is on the far north Scottish coast.  The Institute of Mechanical Engineers, associated with the Dounreay nuclear facility, invited me to give a talk about Curiosity.

• Astrophotography Competition Time – AstRoSoc Calendar

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/02/26/astrophotography-competition-time-astrosoc-calendar/

  AstroSoc Competition

• Saturday 25th August Sol 19

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/08/26/saturday-25th-august-sol-19/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 26, 2012 In the next few days we are expecting the first measurements by the SAM mass spectrometer instrument (inlet on the top surface of Curiosity) of the Mars atmosphere.

• Saturday 27th October Sol 80

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/10/27/saturday-27th-october-sol-80/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on October 27, 2012   The Mars Yard at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory contains the ‘Scarecrow’ Curiosity rover, used to test going over obstacles and up slopes.

• April 19th 2013 Sol 250

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/04/19/april-19th-2013-sol-250/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on April 19, 2013 Even though Curiosity and its robotic arm are parked during Conjunction, the thermal control system continues to operate.