P. D. Lynam  

Schedule

2014-12-28:

Visit to Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum¹⁰ McMinnville, OR.

• Image: Spruce Goose.
• Image: Spruce Goose.

2014-12-27:

Visit to Museum of Flight⁹ Seattle, WA.

• Image: First Boeing 737.
• Image: First Boeing 747.
• Image: Blackbird 06940.

2014-12-26:

Visit to Future of Flight and Boeing⁸ manufacturing plant Everett, WA.

• Image: Boeing.

2014-12-06:

Teaching: Cutting-Edge Science at Lick Observatory: Google.

2014-10-29:

The University of California Office of the President (UCOP) writes to the Directorship of the University of California Observatories (UCO) rescinding requirments in a 2013-09-16 letter from UCOP:

• To place Lick Observatory on a glide path of funding for two years to a final state with no funding from UCOP in financial year 2018-2019.
• For Lick Observatory to become a self-sustaining organization managed by an entity other than UCO without UCOP or UCO funding.

2014-10-29:

UC Office of the President visit to Lick Observatory.

• Image: Group Photo.
• Image: Discussing Shane Telescope.
• Image: P. Lynam with G. Smith.

2014-10-26:

Teaching: Science and History of Lick Observatory: UC Berkeley.

2014-10-23:

Partial Solar Eclipse, Lick Observatory.

• Image: Partial Solar Eclipse.

2014-10-21:

Transformer failure, Lick Observatory.

• Video: Transformer Failure.

2014-10-16--2014-10-20:

Teaching: C. Donald and Mary Lea Shane Observational Astronomy Workshop for UC Graduate Students⁷.

• Image: 2014 Shane Workshop: Participants.
• Image: 2014 Shane Workshop: Discussing Carnegie Double Astrograph .
• Image: 2014 Shane Workshop: Discussing Nickel Telescope.
• Image: 2014 Shane Workshop: Discussing Crossley Telescope.
• Image: 2014 Shane Workshop: Introduction to Observational Astronomy.
• Image: 2014 Shane Workshop: Discussing Shane Telescope.
• Image: 2014 Shane Workshop: Discussing Shane Telescope.

2014-10-14:

Mount Hamilton Road: Police use iPhone to Find Missing Woman After Car Plunges Down Ravine.

• Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfVVSu4IEYM.

2014-10-12:

Teaching: Science and History of Lick Observatory: UC Berkeley.

2014-10-05:

Teaching: Cutting-Edge Science at Lick Observatory: K. Levy et al.

2014-09-18--2014-09-23:

Overseas, including visit to Arecibo Observatory⁶.

• Image: Platform, Landscape View.
• Image: Platform, Portrait View.
• Image: Platform, Suspended.

2014-09-15:

Teaching/Public Outreach: Visit to Downtown College Preparatory.

2014-09-13:

Public Outreach: Volunteer Appreciation Night, Lick Observatory.

2014-09-02:

Facing a Waning Future, article in The Daily Californian.

2014-08-29:

Public Outreach: Lick Observatory Summer Visitor Program (SVP): Host.

2014-08-28:

Public Outreach: Lick Observatory Summer Visitor Program (SVP): Host.

2014-08-25:

Teaching: Science and History of Lick Observatory: Stanford/LIGO.

2014-08-21:

Teaching: Science and History of Lick Observatory: Chabot.

2014-08-15:

Public Outreach: Lick Observatory Summer Visitor Program (SVP): Host.

2014-08-05:

Fire at Copernicus Peak, Lick Observatory.

• Image: 001.
• Image: 002.

2014-08-01:

Public Outreach: Lick Observatory Summer Visitor Program (SVP): Host.

2014-07-30:

Teaching: Science and History of Lick Observatory: SETI Institute.

2014-07-27:

Teaching: Science and History of Lick Observatory: NASA Ames Academies.

2014-07-25:

Teaching: Science and History of Lick Observatory: UC Berkeley.

• Image: UCB Interns.
• Image: UCB Interns.
• Image: UCB Interns.
• Image: UCB Interns.
• Image: UCB Interns.

2014-07-19:

Public Outreach: Lick Observatory Music Of The Spheres (MoS): Host.

2014-07-18:

Public Outreach: Lick Observatory Summer Visitor Program (SVP): Host and Opertaing 36 inch Great Lick Refractor.

2014-06-26

Spotted Towhee visits Kepler Peak, Lick Observatory, Mount Hamilton.

• Image: Spotted Towhee.

2014-06-20:

Public Outreach: Lick Observatory Summer Visitor Program (SVP): Host.

2014-06-17:

Visit to Dollar Point, Lake Tahoe and Lady Adams building, Sacramento.

• Image: Dollar Point, Lake Tahoe.
• Image: Lady Adams, Sacrameto.
• Image: Lady Adams, Sacramento.
• Image: Lady Adams, Sacramento.

2014-06-16:

Visit to Hat Creek Radio Observatory⁴ (operated by SRI), home of the SETI Institute's Allen Telescope Array⁵.

• Image: Hat Creek.

2014-06-07:

Public Outreach: Lick Observatory Summer Visitor Program (SVP): Host.

2014-05-31:

Public Outreach: Volunteer Orientation Night, Lick Observatory.

2014-05-30:

Teaching: Science and History of Lick Observatory: UCSC.

2014-05-14:

Teaching: Science and History of Lick Observatory: UCSC.

2014-05-13:

Amgen Tour of California traverses summit of Mount Hamilton.

• Image: Kirk Carlsen.
• Image: Pursuit.
• Image: Carlsen, Friends of Lick Observatory.
• Image: Pursuer, Friends of Lick Observatory.
• Image: Peloton, Friends of Lick Observatory.
• Image: More Peloton.
• Image: Spectators.
• Image: Spectators.

2014-05-12:

Gopher Snake in Yard.

• Image: Gopher Snake.
• Image: Gopher Snake.

2014-04-26:

Public Outreach: Tour of Lick Observatory: UCSC Alumni.

2014-04-16--2014-04-24:

Overseas.

2014-04-09--2014-04-15:

Continuing commissioning of Lick Observatory's next generation Adaptive Optics system, ShaneAO, including 2014-04-11 successful first light of Lick Observatory's next generation Shane Adaptive Optics Infrared Camera and Spectrograph, ShARCS:

• Image: Commissioning Team.
• Image: First Light.

2014-03-25:

Power Line Replacement at Lick Observatory: PG&E replace power line support poles using a helicopter.

• Image: 001.
• Image: 002.
• Image: 003.
• Image: 004.

2014-03-18:

Public Outreach: Tour of Lick Observatory: Visit of Irish Minister of State for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, James Deenihan T.D. in support of the TARA² initiative.

• Image: P. Lynam, S. Faber, J. Deenihan, E. Gates.
• Image: P. Lynam.
• Image: J. Deenihan.
• Image: Gates and Lynam.

2014-04-16--2014-04-24:

Overseas. Including a visit to Wag Hor Observatory, Thailand³ with exhibit of a John Dollond refractor, formerly property of His Majesty King Mongkut (Rama IV) of Thailand.

• Image: Dollond Refractor, Wag Hor.
• Image: Dollond Refractor, Wag Hor.

2014-02-03--2014-02-27:

Overseas.

2014-02-01:

Public Outreach: Observing SN 2014J in M82 with the Great Lick Refractor.

2014-01-22:

Tour of Lick Observatory: TARA² Project.

2014-01-01--2014-12-31:

Year Planners¹ available in pdf format.

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