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The Tähtitiistai lecture series brings the astronomy close to everyone's everyday life

The open lecture series will cover the study of restless black holes, Earth-sized telescopes and what the 50-year history of solar research can tell us about ourselves and our future on Earth. The lecture series is open to all and will take place online and in person in Otaniemi in autumn 2024. This lecture series is held mainly in Finnish. Welcome!
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Welcome to hear about astronomy in Aalto University's new Marsio building, opened in autumn 2024! 

Aalto University's Metsähovi Radio Observatory celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. To celebrate the anniversary, an open lecture series "Tähtitiistait" will be held in the new Marsio building in autumn 2024. The Tähtitiistait event series is part of the anniversary programme, which aims to bring astronomy close to the everyday lives of each and every one of us.

The open lecture series Tähtitiistait offers astronomy at a low threshold for each of us. In the Tähtitiistait is a series of open lectures where the audience will hear about the study of restless black holes, telescopes the size of Earth, and what the historic 50-year study of the Sun can tell us about us and our future with the Earth.

The main language of the Tähtitiistait event series is Finnish. You can come and listen to lectures on site in Marsio or listen to the broadcast live online.

Check out the lecture series

Registration of upper secondary school groups for lectures:  

Do you want to bring your group of upper secondary school students to follow the event on-site in Otaniemi? Upper secondary school student groups are asked to register at [email protected]

Please note that seats are limited for upper secondary school groups. If you wish to follow the events online, registration is not required.

Join us in these days:

  • 8.10.2024 – Tähtitiistai: 50 years with the frequency of the Universe

    Antennas towards space – the first fifty years of Metsähovi Radio Observatory
    Joni Tammi, Director, Metsähovi Radio Observatory, Aalto University (in Finnish)

    How to make friends, success and influence in the world of science? Metsähovi 1980 – 2000, Esko Valtaoja, Professor Emeritus, University of Turku (in Finnish)
     
  • 22.10.2024 – Tähtitiistai: The Invisible Universe

    Half a century of quasars
    Merja Tornikoski, Senior Researcher, Metsähovi Radio Observatory, Aalto University (in Finnish)

    OUR STAR – What 50 years of observing the sun tell us about ourselves, our environment and our future, Derek McKay, Research Engineer, Metsähovi Radio Observatory, Aalto University (in English)
     
  • 5.11.2024 – Tähtitiistai: At the Edge of Black Holes

    Earth-sized telescope and restless black holes
    Tuomas Savolainen, Senior Researcher, Metsähovi Radio Observatory &; Department of Electronics and Nanoengineering, Aalto University (in Finnish)

    Particle accelerators
    Talvikki Hovatta, Academy Research Fellow, Finnish Centre for ESO (in Finnish)
     

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Tähtitiistai: 50 years with the frequency of the Universe (external link)

Aalto University's Metsähovi radio observatory turns 50 this year. To mark the anniversary, an open lecture series "Tähtitiistait" will be held in the new Marsio building in autumn 2024. The event will be in Finnish. Welcome!

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Tähtitiistai: The Invisible Universe (external link)

Aalto University's Metsähovi radio observatory turns 50 this year. To mark the anniversary, an open lecture series "Tähtitiistait" will be held in the new Marsio building in autumn 2024. The event will be mostly in Finnish. Welcome!

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Tähtitiistai: At the Edge of Black Holes (external link)

Aalto University's Metsähovi radio observatory turns 50 this year. To mark the anniversary, an open lecture series "Tähtitiistait" will be held in the new Marsio building in autumn 2024. The event will be in Finnish. Welcome!

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Support Metsähovi Radio Observatory with a donation

Space has always aroused human curiosity and fuelled our imagination. But alongside imagination, we also need science and long-term research. To mark the anniversary of the observatory, a special fundraising campaign is now under way to support its research and teaching work.

Help make this unique research work possible and make a donation! Please direct your support to Metsähovi Radio Observatory with code 5024. Even small donations can have a big impact when many people donate.

Science and curiosity as tools towards a sustainable future!

Click here to donate: Donate to Metsähovi Radio Observatory

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