Past Events

Past Events

X-ray Astronomy in Living Color: St. Louis Astronomical Society August 2026 Meeting

Michael Nowak, Research Professor of Physics and Associate Director of the McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences, will be presenting the St. Louis Astronomical Society's August meeting
McDonnell 162 | Also available on Zoom. Contact the St. Louis Astronomical Society for the link.

Planetary Thermal Emission in the Age of Roman: St. Louis Astronomical Society July Meeting

Zifan Lin, McDonnell Postdoctoral Fellow, Washington University, will be presenting "Planetary Thermal Emission in the Age of Roman" at the St. Louis Astronomical Society's July meeting
McDonnell 162 | Also available on Zoom. Contact the St. Louis Astronomical Society for the link.

Halley's Spectacular 2061 Prospects: St. Louis Astronomical Society June Meeting

Joseph Marcus, former editor of Comet News Service, will be presenting "Halley's Spectacular 2061 Prospects" at the St. Louis Astronomical Society's June meeting
McDonnell 162 | Also available on Zoom. Contact the St. Louis Astronomical Society for the link.

Planets with Two Suns: St. Louis Astronomical Society May Meeting

Ekrem Esmer, McDonnell Center Postdoctoral Fellow, Washington University in St. Louis, will be presenting "Planets with Two Suns: What Eclipsing Binaries Can Tell Us About Their Hidden Worlds"
McDonnell 162 | Also available on Zoom. Contact the St. Louis Astronomical Society for the link.

Weird Stars: St. Louis Astronomical Society April Meeting

Richard Heuermann, St. Louis Astronomical Society, will be presenting "Weird Stars"
McDonnell 162 | Also available on Zoom. Contact the St. Louis Astronomical Society for the link.

Spring Equinox Party: Astronomy on Tap

Astronomy on Tap is hosting a Spring Equinox Party
Urban Chestnut - The Grove

How to Detect & Characterize Exoplanets: The St. Louis Astronomical Society March Meeting

Marc Ollivier, Director, Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale - Paris, will be presenting a talk at the March meeting of the St. Louis Astronomical Society, "How to Detect & Characterize Exoplanets."
McDonnell 162 | Also available on Zoom. Contact the St. Louis Astronomical Society for the link.

AI and the Smart Telescope: How Both May Change Amateur Astronomy: The St. Louis Astronomical Society February Meeting

Jesus Ponce de Leon will be presenting a talk at the February meeting of the St. Louis Astronomical Society, "How will (may) AI change Amateur Astronomy."
McDonnell 162 | Also available on Zoom. Contact the St. Louis Astronomical Society for the link.

Planets with Two Suns: The St. Louis Astronomical Society January Meeting

Ekrem Esmer, Washington University in St. Louis, will be presenting a talk at the January meeting of the St. Louis Astronomical Society, "Planets with Two Suns: What Eclipsing Binaries Can Tell Us About Their Hidden Worlds."
McDonnell 162 | Also available on Zoom. Contact the St. Louis Astronomical Society for the link.

The Ultraview Effect: The St. Louis Astronomical Society December Meeting

Deana Weibel, Grand Valley State University, will be presenting a talk at the December meeting of the St. Louis Astronomical Society, "The Ultraview Effect."
McDonnell 162 | Also available on Zoom. Contact the St. Louis Astronomical Society for the link.

The Making of an Enterprise: How Star Trek Helped NASA Dream Big and How NASA Helped Star Trek Survive: The St. Louis Astronomical Society November Meeting

Glen Swanson, historian and author, will be featured at the November meeting of the Saint Louis Astronomical Society.
McDonnell 162 | Also available on Zoom. Contact the St. Louis Astronomical Society for the link.

Running COSMOS.exe: Astronomy on Tap

Yajie Yuan and Alex Chen will be presenting this month's Astronomy on Tap: Running Cosmos.exe — how we use computers to understand the wildest objects in the universe.
Urban Chestnut - The Grove Meeting Room

Venus: the St. Louis Astronomical Society October Meeting

Paul Byrne, Washington University in St. Louis, will be presenting "Venus" at the October meeting of the St. Louis Astronomical Society
McDonnell 162 | Also available on Zoom. Contact the St. Louis Astronomical Society for the link.

Equinox Party: Astronomy on Tap

Astronomy on Tap is hosting an Equinox Party with Mikhail Tikhonov and Zifan Lin from WashU
Urban Chestnut - The Grove

The Roman Space Telescope: The Roman View of Strong Lenses: the St. Louis Astronomical Society September meeting

Tansu Daylan, Washington University in St. Louis, will be presenting "The Roman View of Strong Lenses" at the September meeting of the St. Louis Astronomical Society
McDonnell 162 | Also available on Zoom. Contact the St. Louis Astronomical Society for the link.