Guilford Technical Community College (GTCC)

  • Upcoming Events of Interest to the FAS and Friends

    A couple of events that might be of interest to FAS members and friends. For more details click the links with each event. April 12, 2019, 7:00 pm The Stellar Society Lecture (free) “Our Sun: Then, Now, and What Might Be” Featuring Dr. Alicia Aarnio, UNC-Greensboro GTCC, Jamestown, NC Koury Hospitality Careers Center Auditorium https://www.gtcc.edu/community-engagement/cline-observatory/special-lectures-and-events/stellar-society-lecture.php…

  • *TRI*STAR* 2019 March 2

    On March 2nd, GTCC/Cline Observatory will host its annual astronomy conference, The Triad Star Festival ( Tri-Star). This event is FREE and open to all with an interest in astronomy both novice and professional alike. This years opening pre-conference lecture is on Friday March 1st at 7:00 pm by: Stella Kafka, Director, AAVSO : Variable…

  • TriStar 2016 Will Be Held On March 4-5 2016 At GTCC

    Come join fellow astronomy enthusiasts as the Cline Observatory hosts its annual amateur astronomy conference TriStar at Guilford Technical Community College. Dr. Patrick Miller of Hardin-Simmons University will be the opening speaker on Friday March 4th at 7pm with observing in the Cline Observatory afterwards, weather permitting of course. For a full list of guest…

  • GTCC – 19th annual Fall Astronomy Day Lecture

    GTCC’s Cline Observatory and the GTCC Foundation present Our 19th annual Fall Astronomy Day Lecture Friday, 2 October 2015, 7:30 p.m. Koury Auditorium, GTCC, Jamestown The MESSENGER Spacecraft Mission to Mercury:  Surprises from the Innermost Planet Sean Solomon, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University With all the attention the New Horizons Mission to Pluto has generated…

  • Jocelyn Bell Burnell to speak at GTCC on Friday, 3 October

    Subject: Jocelyn Bell Burnell to speak at GTCC on Friday, 3 October Join us for our eighteenth annual GTCC Fall Astronomy Day Lecture on October 3rd. This year we are excited to bright Jocelyn Bell Burnell to GTCC for a voyage of discovery through “The Last and Next 100 Years in Astronomy” The Last and…

  • Jay Pasachoff to Speak at GTCC on Friday, 28 March – Transits of Venus

    Jay Pasachoff to Speak at GTCC on Friday, 28 March – Transits of Venus Friday, 28 March, 7 p.m. Koury Auditorium, GTCC, Jamestown   Transits of Venus:  Science and History Jay Pasachoff, Williams College   Noted astronomer Jay Pasachoff will give a lecture, “Transits of Venus: Science and History,” at 7 p.m. Friday, March 28…

  • Tri-Star at GTCC March 1, 2014

    Sears Applied Technologies Center Guilford Technical Community College Jamestown, NC Saturday 1 March 2014 Pre-TriStar Shapley Lecture by Western Kentucky Univ. Astronomer Gordon Emslie Friday, 28 February, 7:00 p.m. More information.    The Triad Starfest, *Tri*Star* for short, is a gathering of astronomers of all types, from novice to professional, for a full day of…

  • Astronomy Lecture at GTCC – 6 December

    Swift and the Hunt for Gamma Ray Bursts Dirk Grupe, Penn State University Friday, 6 December, 7:00 p.m., Auditorium, Sears Applied Technologies Center, GTCC The talk is in the Applied Technologies building at GTCC (the site of TriStar) – building 25 on this campus map. http://www.gtcc.edu/media/10954/jamestowncampusmap.pdf About the talk: Gamma Ray Bursts (GRBs) are the…

  • Astronomy Lecture at GTCC this Friday – Small Stars in a Large Context

    GTCC Fall Astronomy Day Public Lecture Friday, 4 October 2013 Small Stars in a Large Context:   All Things White Dwarf Get More Information Here!