Two special events August 10, 2023:
A Visit from the Vatican and the Next Generation of Scientists

UC Davis TERC is proud to host a special presentation at Tahoe City. Brother Guy Consolmagno, director of the Vatican Observatory will present Deep Waters to Deep Space: Father Angelo Secchi’s Amazing 19th Century Science.

Most people know the name “Secchi” in reference to the Secchi disk used to measure lake clarity. Despite its development by the founder of the Vatican Observatory, Father Angelo Secchi, over 158 years ago, the Secchi disk remains a global standard for measuring water clarity.

Join Brother Guy Consolmagno, American research astronomer, physicist, religious brother, director of the Vatican Observatory, and President of the Vatican Observatory Foundation, to discover the story behind inventor Angelo Secchi.

Father Angelo Secchi was a pioneer in astronomical spectroscopy and was one of the first scientists to state authoritatively that the Sun is a star. He invented the heliospectrograph, star spectrograph, and telespectroscope. He showed that certain absorption lines in the spectrum of the Sun were caused by absorption in the Earth's atmosphere. He developed the first system of stellar classification, which is fundamental to the study of astrophysics. His recognition of molecular bands of carbon radicals in the spectra of some stars made him the discoverer of carbon stars. In addition to astronomy, Secchi was active in oceanography, meteorology, and physics.

Immediately prior to the lecture we invite you to a cocktail reception and poster presentations by graduating 2023 summer undergraduate interns who will discuss the research they have undertaken at Tahoe this summer.

Doors open at 4:00 p.m. for the student intern poster session, cocktails and appetizers, and to meet Brother Guy. The presentation begins at 6:00 p.m.

Tickets purchased in advance are $10 through EventBrite and free for students with a student ID. Tickets at the door are $15. Refreshments and a no-host bar will be available from 5:00 p.m. - 6 p.m. The lecture will begin at 6 p.m. in the conference room at Granlibakken Tahoe, 725 Granlibakken Rd, Tahoe City (please note our new event location).

This presentation will be simultaneously webcast live. Join us remotely at 6pm on Thursday, August 10 by clicking on the following link to stream this lecture from your personal device. https://ucdavis.zoom.us/j/92024189848 

For more information call 775-881-7560 or visit http://tahoe.ucdavis.edu/events/.

This presentation will be simultaneously webcast live. Join us remotely at 6pm on Thursday, August 10 by clicking on the following link to stream this lecture from your personal device. https://ucdavis.zoom.us/j/92024189848

We are excited to partner with Granlibakken Tahoe in welcoming Mount to the UC Davis TERC lecture series to be held at Granlibakken in Tahoe City.