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Lund Observatory is a network of professionals in southern Sweden - mainly from Lund University, but also from Malmö University, The Swedish Institute of Space Physics (IRF), as well as private companies and organizations - working within…

https://www.lundobservatory.lu.se/lund-observatory- 2024-11-14

Astronomdagarna is a conference that gathers astronomers from across Sweden. It was held in Lund during October 2-4, 2024, with over 120 people attending.  The national conference Astronomdagarna is held every other year, with different…

https://www.lundobservatory.lu.se/article/astronomdagarna-2024- 2024-10-08

A half-day conference of presentations and panel discussion. There are advanced, concrete plans to establish space stations on the Moon and Mars, and to set up mining industries on asteroids and other celestial bodies. Countries new to the…

https://www.lundobservatory.lu.se/EotW- 2024-10-17

End of the World 26 November 2024 Astronomdagarna2024 2 - 4 October 2024

https://www.lundobservatory.lu.se/Conferences- 2024-10-17

14 February 2025 19:30 to 21:00 | Other Take the chance to snuggle up in the Planetarium's double seats and discover one of space's most fascinating phenomena with someone dear to you. We'll treat you to non-alcoholic sparkling drinks and…

https://www.lundobservatory.lu.se/calendar/valentines-day-evening-show-planetarium- 2025-01-22

12 March 2025 14:00 to 15:00 | Seminar Kaley Brauer, NSF Fellow at Harvard University The chemical makeup of ancient stars provides important insight into how galaxies formed and evolved in the early Universe. The Aeos project is a set of…

https://www.lundobservatory.lu.se/calendar/galaxy-formation-and-chemical-enrichment-early-universe- 2025-03-11

26 March 2025 14:00 to 15:00 | Seminar Maddie Lucey, NSF Astronomy & Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania Abstract: The metal-poor stars in the inner Galaxy are thought to be the oldest stars in our Galaxy…

https://www.lundobservatory.lu.se/calendar/galactic-halos-contribution-inner-galaxy-stellar-populations- 2025-03-12

27 May 2025 15:15 to 16:15 | Seminar Lennart Lindegren will give the second Lund Observatory at Mötesplats Rydberg seminar on the topic of the Gaia mission. On 27 March 2025, the Gaia satellite was inserted into its retirement orbit and…

https://www.lundobservatory.lu.se/calendar/gaia-ten-years-observing-our-cosmic-neighbourhood- 2025-04-27

29 April 2025 10:00 to 11:00 | Seminar Adam Dillamore, Postdoctoral Researcher in Astrophysics, University College London Abstract: The bar at the centre of the Milky Way has an enormous influence on the Galaxy. In this talk I discuss some…

https://www.lundobservatory.lu.se/calendar/creation-and-destruction-halo-substructure-galactic-bar- 2025-04-22

6 May 2025 10:00 to 11:00 | Seminar Martyna Chruslinska, Research fellow at the European Southern Observatory in Garching Abstract: Our knowledge of the star-forming metallicity of galaxies is primarily based on gas-phase oxygen abundance…

https://www.lundobservatory.lu.se/calendar/ofe-ssfr-relation-galaxies- 2025-04-29

27 May 2025 10:00 to 11:00 | Seminar Giada Casali, Postdoctoral researcher at the Australian National University Abstract: Chemical clocks, such as abundance ratios between s-process and alpha-elements, are powerful tools for estimating…

https://www.lundobservatory.lu.se/calendar/high-precision-ages-and-abundances-unlocking-milky-ways-history- 2025-05-05

20 September 2025 11:00 to 23:30 | Event for children and young people Astronomers will be arranging several activities for the public on Culture Night.  11:00 - 16:00Planetarium shows starting every 20th minute (in Swedish):   "Ljusets…

https://www.lundobservatory.lu.se/calendar/culture-night-2025- 2025-08-12

23 June 2025 16:30 to 18:00 | Exhibition The Lund University Planetarium will be hosting a Vera C Ruben Observatory First Light event on Monday June 23rd at 16:30.   This is a joint event together with ALVA and Astronomisk Ungdom. …

https://www.lundobservatory.lu.se/calendar/vera-c-ruben-first-light-event- 2025-06-16

2 September 2025 10:00 to 11:00 | Seminar Alice Mori, PhD student at Università degli Studi di Firenze, Italy Abstract: In the hierarchical mass assembly framework, the accretion history of the Milky Way is crucial to understand its…

https://www.lundobservatory.lu.se/calendar/chemical-decoding-kinematic-substructures-galactic-halo- 2025-09-01

29 October 2025 13:00 to 14:30 | Seminar Mark J. Reid, Senior Radio Astronomer at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, part of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. Abstract: The Bar and Spiral Structure Legacy (BeSSeL)…

https://www.lundobservatory.lu.se/calendar/mapping-milky-way-3d- 2025-10-20

30 October 2025 15:00 to 17:00 | Lecture/talk The next Space Humanities Seminar in our series on evidence in astrobiology will be presented by Christopher Cowie, University of Durham, on Thursday 30th October at 15.00-17.00 CET. Abstract:…

https://www.lundobservatory.lu.se/calendar/knowledge-eliminative-abduction-search-extraterrestrial-life- 2025-10-29

26 May 2026 10:00 to 29 May 2026 18:00 | Conference The Nordic and Baltic astronomical communities will be holding a joint international meeting next spring in Turku, Finland, 26th–29th May. The abstract submission deadline is on Jan 31st,…

https://www.lundobservatory.lu.se/calendar/nordic-baltic-astronomy-days-2026- 2025-10-29

5 November 2025 15:00 to 17:00 | Seminar Space Humanities Seminar: Kajsa Törmä, Umeå University, will give a presentation with the title “Linguistic perspectives on outer space” Abstract: In this presentation, Kajsa Törmä discusses how…

https://www.lundobservatory.lu.se/calendar/linguistic-perspectives-outer-space- 2025-11-03

26 November 2025 13:15 to 14:30 | Seminar Danielle de Brito Silva, Postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University Abstract: Dwarf galaxies are excellent laboratories for studying galaxy evolution…

https://www.lundobservatory.lu.se/calendar/chemical-abundances-fossil-records-dwarf-galaxy-evolution- 2025-11-11

16 March 2026 09:30 to 20 March 2026 15:00 | Lecture/talk There will be several talks about space research at the upcoming NMT days.   The NMT days are aimed at high school students and registration is required via www.nmt.lu.se. Astronomy…

https://www.lundobservatory.lu.se/calendar/nmt-days- 2025-11-17