July 8th, 2022 8:30pm
Astronomy Speaker: Dr. Brad Hansen
Lecture Information
Dr. Brad Hansen (UC Los Angeles)
Searching for Signs of Interstellar Migration
Dr. Brad Hansen is Professor of Physics and Astronomy at UCLA, and a member of the Mani Bhaumik Center for Theoretical Physics. His research includes measuring the age of the Universe using old white dwarf stars, studying the origin of Earth-like planets around other stars, and the formation of moons in both our Solar system and other solar systems.
Ticket Information
Tickets can be purchased at ucsctickets.com starting April 13th, 2022 at Noon.
Join Friends of Lick Observatory (FoLO) and Get Tickets Early
If you’d like to purchase tickets as early as noon on April 6th, 2022, join our Friends of Lick Observatory (FoLO) program by March 1st, 2022. As a thank you for supporting the observatory, you’ll get special access to purchase tickets before they go on sale for the general public.
More information about tickets and pricing is available here.
Program Information
| 7:30 pm | Doors Open | Brief Telescope Visits |
| 8:30 pm | Science Talk, Lecture Hall | History Talk, Great Refractor Telescope Dome |
| 9:30 pm | Science Talk (repeated), Lecture Hall | Telescope Viewings |
| 10:30 pm | History Talk (repeated), Lecture Hall | Telescope Viewings |
| 1:00 am | Doors Close |
Gift shop is open from 7:30pm until 11:30pm.
More general information about the event is available at Evening with the Stars.