Astronomers' Day 14th November 2008

Programme

11:05 Welcoming words and opening of the day by Esko Gardner

11:15 Jyri Näränen: "Regolith effect in planetary soft X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy"

11:40 Mauri Valtonen: "Testing theories of gravitation by OJ287"

12:05 Petri Savolainen: "Spread of matter on the surface of a neutron star as evidence by X-ray spectra of GX 9+9"

12:30-13:30 Lunch break

13:30 Chris Flynn: "Earthshine"

13:55 Heidi Lietzen: "Nearby quasars in Sloan Digital Sky Survey"

14:20 Aleksandr Mylläri: "School Astronomical Olympiads"

14:45 Closing of the official part of the day by Esko Gardner

15:00 Visit to the new Planetarium

Coffee, pulla and cake to end the day, and discussion on Astronomy, Astrophysics, weather...

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