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Exploding Stars, New Planets, Black Holes, and the Crisis at Lick Observatory

 
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Lick Observatory, the first remote mountaintop observatory in the world, has had a remarkable record of discovery spanning 126 years. (Its first Director also founded the Astronomical Society of the Pacific.) Lick continues to be a vibrant research facility, especially for projects that require large numbers of nights on modest-size telescopes. Dr. Alex Filippenko of the University of California, Berkeley, discusses the research areas in which Lick remains a world leader. However, the University of California Office of the President has decided that the university’s funding for Lick will be terminated by 2016-2018. Find out from the President of the Lick Observatory Council what is being done to try to keep Lick open. Recorded February 26, 2014
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Lick Observatory, the first remote mountaintop observatory in the world, has had a remarkable record of discovery spanning 126 years. (Its first Director also founded the Astronomical Society of the Pacific.) Lick continues to be a vibrant research facility, especially for projects that require large numbers of nights on modest-size telescopes. Dr. Alex Filippenko of the University of California, Berkeley, discusses the research areas in which Lick remains a world leader. However, the University of California Office of the President has decided that the university’s funding for Lick will be terminated by 2016-2018. Find out from the President of the Lick Observatory Council what is being done to try to keep Lick open. Recorded February 26, 2014
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