Tuorlan observatorio

	2/11/2009 Cosmic evolution of Quasar host galaxies
	18/9/2009 Probing an X-ray binary
	20/2/2009 First exoplanet found by a Finnish team
	31/1/2009 First supernova found using laser guided optics
	03/12/2008 Last moments of a red supergiant
	07/11/2008 Transfer of microbes in space
	20/08/2008 A "Maasai Shield" map of a three body system
	20/06/2008 V405 Auriga highly magnetic white dwarf

Tuorlan observatorio

Väisäläntie 20
FI-21500 PIIKKIÖ

Puh: (02) 333 8221
Fax: (02) 243 3767

Tuorlan observatorio muodostaa tähtitieteen osaston Turun yliopiston Fysiikan ja tähtitieteen laitoksessa. Yhdessä fysiikan osastoon kuuluvan Avaruustutkimuslaboratorion kanssa observatorio muodostaa Väisälän avaruustutkimuskeskuksen VISPA:n (Väisälä Institute for Space Physics and Astronomy).

Seminar programme --- Friday, 5.2.2010: Jari Kotilainen on "Black holes"

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29th January A course will be given on Galactic structure, dynamics and chemical evolution by N. Y. Sotnikova from St. Petersburg State University. 32 h. lectures, 8 h. exercises, numerical projects. Contact Aleksandr Mylläri for registration. See here for more details. Course dates: Febr. 15 - Apr. 15, room Qh314 (3rd floor), Wednesdays 10-12, Thursdays 8-10.

4th January A course will be given by Seppo Katajainen on ESO telescopes and their instrumentation in period III, starting January 10th, 2010. Contact Seppo for further details.

2nd December Two new books are out by Tuorla staff. They are Matkalla avaruuteen - Avaruustutkimuksen historia ja tekniikka by Hannu Karttunen - a comprehensive history of space research and technical developments and the second is Universumi tietokoneesa by Leena Tähtinen, Chris Flynn and Esko Valtaoja - a look at the role simulations play in astrophysics. Both are published in Finnish.

2nd November Science Highlight : Evolution of Quasar Host Galaxies Team led by Jari Kotilainen traces the luminosity evolution of quasar host galaxies.

14th October Prof. Nikolai Voshchinnikov (St. Petersburg State University) will give a lecture course PHYSICS OF INTERSTELLAR DUST during November 2 - 13, 2009. Contact Aleksandr Mylläri for further details.

22nd-24th October Galileian Nights at the Tuorla Observatory. Starting at 7PM we will be pointing our telescope towards the objects that Galileo once looked at. Additional shows, during this time, presented at the planetarium.

18th September Science Highlight : Probing the structure of a faint X-ray binary Work by a team led by Pasi Hakala uncovers assymetric structure in the accretion disc of the faint X-ray binary UW CrB

September 14-30 Prof. Konstantin V. Kholshevnikov from the Sobolev Astronomical Institute (St. Petersburg State University) will be giving a short course on "Dynamics of Extrasolar Planets".

4th June Congratulations to Tuorla Observatory PhD student Veli-Pekka Hentunen, who participated in supernova research published in the Nature magazine.