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Flyer for Solar Saturdays at Kirkwood Observatory, presented by the IU Astronomy Department. Bold orange retro-style text reads "Solar Saturdays" against a white background with large illustrated sun flames in orange and yellow. The IU Solar Saturdays logo — a circular badge with an illustration of the observatory dome — appears in the top right. Event details: Join us from 1–3 PM on March 28 and April 4, 11, 18, and 25. Visitors can view the sun through Kirkwood's solar telescope. Weather permitting. Find updates on the website and Bluesky at @IUAstro.
Flyer for Solar Saturdays at Kirkwood Observatory, presented by the IU Astronomy Department. Bold orange retro-style text reads "Solar Saturdays" against a white background with large illustrated sun flames in orange and yellow. The IU Solar Saturdays logo — a circular badge with an illustration of the observatory dome — appears in the top right. Event details: Join us from 1–3 PM on March 28 and April 4, 11, 18, and 25. Visitors can view the sun through Kirkwood's solar telescope. Weather permitting. Find updates on the website and Bluesky at @IUAstro.
Flyer for Solar Saturdays at Kirkwood Observatory, presented by the IU Astronomy Department. Bold orange retro-style text reads "Solar Saturdays" against a white background with large illustrated sun flames in orange and yellow. The IU Solar Saturdays logo — a circular badge with an illustration of the observatory dome — appears in the top right. Event details: Join us from 1–3 PM on March 28 and April 4, 11, 18, and 25. Visitors can view the sun through Kirkwood's solar telescope. Weather permitting. Find updates on the website and Bluesky at @IUAstro.
Event flyer: Monroe County Parks and Rec and IU Astronomy present Flatwoods Park Star Party. Rescheduled: March 28th, 8-10 PM, weather permitting. Come celebrate our oldest and grandest natural resource with the IU Astronomy Department and MCPR. Family friendly, constellation and star talks, guided telescope observations, hobbyists welcome, hot beverages provided. Location: Flatwoods Park, 9499 Flatwoods Rd, Gosport, IN 47433. The flyer background is a photo of the Milky Way with the silhouette of someone looking through a telescope.
Event flyer: Monroe County Parks and Rec and IU Astronomy present Flatwoods Park Star Party. March 27th, 8-10 PM, weather permitting. Rain date: March 28th. Come celebrate our oldest and grandest natural resource with the IU Astronomy Department and MCPR. Family friendly, constellation and star talks, guided telescope observations, hobbyists welcome, hot beverages provided. Location: Flatwoods Park, 9499 Flatwoods Rd, Gosport, IN 47433. The flyer background is a photo of the Milky Way with the silhouette of someone looking through a telescope.
Several current and former members of the IU Astronomy department in front of a large sign with the AAS logo. Left to right: Zohreh Safari, Caty Pilachowski, Robert Howard, Brandon Radzom, James Wells, Kristin Baker, Jennifer Sieben, Tash Sandford, Robbie Mailliard, Lexi Gault, Sarah Popp, Kathy Rhode, Laurin Gray, and John Salzer.
Zohreh in front of a poster
Laurin Gray, a white woman with long brown hair wearing a suit, in front of a scientific poster.
James, a white man with red hair and a beard, wearing a sweater vest, standing in front of a screen displaying a scientific poster.
Flyer for “Solar Saturdays” presented by the IU Astronomy Department at Kirkwood Observatory. Event runs from 1–3 PM on August 30; September 6, 13, and 27; October 4, 18, and 25; November 8 and 15. Large orange text reads “Solar Saturdays.” A graphic of flames decorates the bottom. Top right corner shows the Indiana University Solar Saturdays logo with an observatory dome. A circular icon at bottom left says “Weather Permitting!” with a cloud, sun, and lightning graphic. Bottom right text: “Take a look at the Sun through Kirkwood’s solar telescope!” Social media and website info follow: find updates on the website, Bluesky (@IUASTRO), and a QR code.
Flyer for “Solar Saturdays” presented by the IU Astronomy Department at Kirkwood Observatory. Event runs from 1–3 PM on August 30; September 6, 13, and 27; October 4, 18, and 25; November 8 and 15. Large orange text reads “Solar Saturdays.” A graphic of flames decorates the bottom. Top right corner shows the Indiana University Solar Saturdays logo with an observatory dome. A circular icon at bottom left says “Weather Permitting!” with a cloud, sun, and lightning graphic. Bottom right text: “Take a look at the Sun through Kirkwood’s solar telescope!” Social media and website info follow: find updates on the website, Bluesky (@IUASTRO), and a QR code.
Event flyer: Kirkwood Halloween night, October 29, 8:00-9:30 PM. Family friendly observing night at the Kirkwood Observatory! Costumes are encouraged!
Flyer for “Solar Saturdays” presented by the IU Astronomy Department at Kirkwood Observatory. Event runs from 1–3 PM on August 30; September 6, 13, and 27; October 4, 18, and 25; November 8 and 15. Large orange text reads “Solar Saturdays.” A graphic of flames decorates the bottom. Top right corner shows the Indiana University Solar Saturdays logo with an observatory dome. A circular icon at bottom left says “Weather Permitting!” with a cloud, sun, and lightning graphic. Bottom right text: “Take a look at the Sun through Kirkwood’s solar telescope!” Social media and website info follow: find updates on the website, Bluesky (@IUASTRO), and a QR code.
Flyer for “Solar Saturdays” presented by the IU Astronomy Department at Kirkwood Observatory. Event runs from 1–3 PM on August 30; September 6, 13, and 27; October 4, 18, and 25; November 8 and 15. Large orange text reads “Solar Saturdays.” A graphic of flames decorates the bottom. Top right corner shows the Indiana University Solar Saturdays logo with an observatory dome. A circular icon at bottom left says “Weather Permitting!” with a cloud, sun, and lightning graphic. Bottom right text: “Take a look at the Sun through Kirkwood’s solar telescope!” Social media and website info follow: find updates on the website, Bluesky (@IUASTRO), and a QR code.
Flyer for “Solar Saturdays” presented by the IU Astronomy Department at Kirkwood Observatory. Event runs from 1–3 PM on August 30; September 6, 13, and 27; October 4, 18, and 25; November 8 and 15. Large orange text reads “Solar Saturdays.” A graphic of flames decorates the bottom. Top right corner shows the Indiana University Solar Saturdays logo with an observatory dome. A circular icon at bottom left says “Weather Permitting!” with a cloud, sun, and lightning graphic. Bottom right text: “Take a look at the Sun through Kirkwood’s solar telescope!” Social media and website info follow: find updates on the website, Bluesky (@IUASTRO), and a QR code.
Astronomy evening in Spanish. Join us for astronomy talks in Spanish by our Hispanic faculty and graduate researchers, followed by guided tours of Kirkwood Observatory in both English and Spanish. The event is Wednesday, October 1, 2025. The talks will be held in Swain West 130 beginning at 7 PM, with Kirkwood Observatory tours beginning at 8:30 PM. The first talk is “Mundos fuera de lugar: los exoplanetas más extraños del universo”/“Worlds Out of Place: The Strangest Exoplanets in the Universe” by Prof. Cristobal Petrovich. Abstract: “Hemos encontrado planetas tan extremos que parecen sacados de la ciencia ficción: algunos orbitan pegados a estrellas moribundas, otros giran alrededor de dos soles como en las películas, y algunos incluso deambulan solos por la galaxia sin un astro que los ilumine. En esta charla exploraremos estos mundos extraordinarios y veremos cómo desafían nuestras ideas sobre el origen y la diversidad de los planetas.” The second talk is “Incubadoras planetarias: donde nacen los mundos”/“Planetary nurseries: cradles of new worlds” by PhD student Agustin Heron. Abstract: “En las últimas décadas se han descubierto miles de exoplanetas, transformando nuestra visión del cosmos y situando al Sistema Solar en un contexto más amplio y diverso. Pero aún queda una pregunta clave: ¿cómo se forman los planetas? En esta charla exploraremos sus orígenes y veremos cómo las observaciones actuales y simulaciones computacionales revelan las primeras etapas de formación planetaria.”
Flyer for “Solar Saturdays” presented by the IU Astronomy Department at Kirkwood Observatory. Event runs from 1–3 PM on August 30; September 6, 13, and 27; October 4, 18, and 25; November 8 and 15. Large orange text reads “Solar Saturdays.” A graphic of flames decorates the bottom. Top right corner shows the Indiana University Solar Saturdays logo with an observatory dome. A circular icon at bottom left says “Weather Permitting!” with a cloud, sun, and lightning graphic. Bottom right text: “Take a look at the Sun through Kirkwood’s solar telescope!” Social media and website info follow: find updates on the website, Bluesky (@IUASTRO), and a QR code.
Flyer for the 2025 Edmondson Public Lecture, which will be held on Thursday, October 2 at 6 PM in Swain West 007, with a reception to follow in Swain West 130. The talk will be given by Professor Daniel Eisenstein of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. Title: “Looking Into the First Billion Years with JWST.” Abstract: “JWST is giving us an unprecedented view into the early phases of galaxy formation in the Universe. Prof. Eisenstein will explain why a large cold infrared-optimized telescope in space has been the dream of extragalactic astronomers for 25 years. He’ll guide us through some of the telescope’s exciting discoveries, especially the discovery and confirmation of the earliest known galaxies with the JWST Advanced Deep Extragalactic Survey. These discoveries are changing our views of the formation of galaxies.”
Flyer for “Solar Saturdays” presented by the IU Astronomy Department at Kirkwood Observatory. Event runs from 1–3 PM on August 30; September 6, 13, and 27; October 4, 18, and 25; November 8 and 15. Large orange text reads “Solar Saturdays.” A graphic of flames decorates the bottom. Top right corner shows the Indiana University Solar Saturdays logo with an observatory dome. A circular icon at bottom left says “Weather Permitting!” with a cloud, sun, and lightning graphic. Bottom right text: “Take a look at the Sun through Kirkwood’s solar telescope!” Social media and website info follow: find updates on the website, Bluesky (@IUASTRO), and a QR code.
Flyer for “Solar Saturdays” presented by the IU Astronomy Department at Kirkwood Observatory. Event runs from 1–3 PM on August 30; September 6, 13, and 27; October 4, 18, and 25; November 8 and 15. Large orange text reads “Solar Saturdays.” A graphic of flames decorates the bottom. Top right corner shows the Indiana University Solar Saturdays logo with an observatory dome. A circular icon at bottom left says “Weather Permitting!” with a cloud, sun, and lightning graphic. Bottom right text: “Take a look at the Sun through Kirkwood’s solar telescope!” Social media and website info follow: find updates on the website, Bluesky (@IUASTRO), and a QR code.
Flyer for “Solar Saturdays” presented by the IU Astronomy Department at Kirkwood Observatory. Event runs from 1–3 PM on August 30; September 6, 13, and 27; October 4, 18, and 25; November 8 and 15. Large orange text reads “Solar Saturdays.” A graphic of flames decorates the bottom. Top right corner shows the Indiana University Solar Saturdays logo with an observatory dome. A circular icon at bottom left says “Weather Permitting!” with a cloud, sun, and lightning graphic. Bottom right text: “Take a look at the Sun through Kirkwood’s solar telescope!” Social media and website info follow: find updates on the website, Bluesky (@IUASTRO), and a QR code.
IU Astronomy grad students Lexi Gault, Anika Goel, and Kristin Baker in front of an image of galaxies. They are holding up the letters "A", "A", and "S" from the American Astronomical Society logo.