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Records of the NRAO > Director's Office Series > Conferences, Symposia and Lectures Unit > Jansky Lecture Subunit

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John G. Bolton: Radio Astronomy: Steppingstones to Quasars (1966 Jansky Lecture)

John G. Bolton: Radio Astronomy: Steppingstones to Quasars (1966 Jansky Lecture)

Start Date: 1966-10-28

Jan H. Oort: Large-Scale Distribution and Motion of Hydrogen in the Galaxy (1967 Jansky Lecture)

Jan H. Oort: Large-Scale Distribution and Motion of Hydrogen in the Galaxy (1967 Jansky Lecture)

Start Date: 1967-11-29

Joseph S. Shklovsky: On the Variability of Cosmic Radio Source Emission (1968 Jansky Lecture)

Joseph S. Shklovsky: On the Variability of Cosmic Radio Source Emission (1968 Jansky Lecture)

Start Date: 1968-12-04

Fred Hoyle: The Relationship of Astronomy and Physics (1969 Jansky Lecture)

Fred Hoyle: The Relationship of Astronomy and Physics (1969 Jansky Lecture)

Start Date: 1969-09-24

Robert H. Dicke: Gravitation and the Universe (1970 Jansky Lecture)

Robert H. Dicke: Gravitation and the Universe (1970 Jansky Lecture)

Start Date: 1970-10-29

Charles H. Townes: Exploring for the Creation (1971 Jansky Lecture)

Charles H. Townes: Exploring for the Creation (1971 Jansky Lecture)

Start Date: 1971-10-04

Bart J. Bok: Star Birth in the Galaxy (1972 Jansky Lecture)

Bart J. Bok: Star Birth in the Galaxy (1972 Jansky Lecture)

Start Date: 1972-11-13

J. Paul Wild: Exploring the Sun with Radio Waves (1973 Jansky Lecture)

J. Paul Wild: Exploring the Sun with Radio Waves (1973 Jansky Lecture)

Start Date: 1973-11-06

Lyman Spitzer, Jr.: A Space Astronomer Looks at the Interstellar Medium (1974 Jansky Lecture)

Lyman Spitzer, Jr.: A Space Astronomer Looks at the Interstellar Medium (1974 Jansky Lecture)

Start Date: 1974-11-07

Grote Reber: Beginning of Radio Astronomy at Wheaton, Illinois (1975 Jansky Lecture)

Grote Reber: Beginning of Radio Astronomy at Wheaton, Illinois (1975 Jansky Lecture)

Start Date: 1975-11-19

Edward M. Purcell: A Story of Spinning Particles, from Protons and Electrons to Interstellar Dust (1976 Jansky Lecture)

Edward M. Purcell: A Story of Spinning Particles, from Protons and Electrons to Interstellar Dust (1976 Jansky Lecture)

Start Date: 1976-11-10

E. Margaret Burbidge: Galaxies, Quasars, and the Space Telescope (1977 Jansky Lecture)

E. Margaret Burbidge: Galaxies, Quasars, and the Space Telescope (1977 Jansky Lecture)

Start Date: 1977-11-29

S. Chandrasekhar: General Relativity in Astronomy at Einstein's Centennial (1978 Jansky Lecture)

S. Chandrasekhar: General Relativity in Astronomy at Einstein's Centennial (1978 Jansky Lecture)

Start Date: 1978-11-08

Maarten Schmidt: Quasars as Probes of the Early Universe (1979 Jansky Lecture)

Maarten Schmidt: Quasars as Probes of the Early Universe (1979 Jansky Lecture)

Start Date: 1979-09-24

Martin Schwarzschild: What Shape Galaxies, Pancakes or Potatoes? (1980 Jansky Lecture)

Martin Schwarzschild: What Shape Galaxies, Pancakes or Potatoes? (1980 Jansky Lecture)

Description: 1980 award; lecture given in 1981

Start Date: 1981-02-03

Martin Rees: The Next Hundred Billion Years (1981 Jansky Lecture)

Martin Rees: The Next Hundred Billion Years (1981 Jansky Lecture)

Start Date: 1981-12-08

Philip Morrison: The New Waves: Fifty Years of Radio Astronomy (1982 Jansky Lecture)

Philip Morrison: The New Waves: Fifty Years of Radio Astronomy (1982 Jansky Lecture)

Start Date: 1982-11-16

Arno Penzias: The Astronomical Origin of Earth's Materials (1983 Jansky Lecture)

Arno Penzias: The Astronomical Origin of Earth's Materials (1983 Jansky Lecture)

Start Date: 1983-11-10

Robert W. Wilson: Millimeter Wave Astronomy (1984 Jansky Lecture)

Robert W. Wilson: Millimeter Wave Astronomy (1984 Jansky Lecture)

Start Date: 1984-11-13

Geoffrey R. Burbidge: How Strange Is the Violent Universe (1985 Jansky Lecture)

Geoffrey R. Burbidge: How Strange Is the Violent Universe (1985 Jansky Lecture)

Start Date: 1985-10-29

R. Hanbury Brown: Stars, Photons and Uncommon Sense (1986 Jansky Lecture)

R. Hanbury Brown: Stars, Photons and Uncommon Sense (1986 Jansky Lecture)

Start Date: 1986-10-02

Hendrik C. Van de Hulst: Far from the Stars, in the Midst of Astronomy (1987 Jansky Lecture)

Hendrik C. Van de Hulst: Far from the Stars, in the Midst of Astronomy (1987 Jansky Lecture)

Start Date: 1987-10-27

William A. Fowler: The Age of the Observable Universe (1988 Jansky Lecture)

William A. Fowler: The Age of the Observable Universe (1988 Jansky Lecture)

Start Date: 1988-11-08

Joseph H. Taylor: Time and the Nature of the Universe (1989 Jansky Lecture)

Joseph H. Taylor: Time and the Nature of the Universe (1989 Jansky Lecture)

Start Date: 1989-10-26

Alan H. Barrett: Molecular Radio Astronomy: The Beginnings (1990 Jansky Lecture)

Alan H. Barrett: Molecular Radio Astronomy: The Beginnings (1990 Jansky Lecture)

Start Date: 1990-10-23

Allan R. Sandage: The Quest for the Curvature of Space (1991 Jansky Lecture)

Allan R. Sandage: The Quest for the Curvature of Space (1991 Jansky Lecture)

Start Date: 1991-10-29

Irwin I. Shapiro: Reckoning the Size of the Universe through Gravitational Lenses (1992 Jansky Lecture)

Irwin I. Shapiro: Reckoning the Size of the Universe through Gravitational Lenses (1992 Jansky Lecture)

Start Date: 1992-11-17

David S. Heeschen: The Development of Radio Astronomy in the United States (1993 Jansky Lecture)

David S. Heeschen: The Development of Radio Astronomy in the United States (1993 Jansky Lecture)

Start Date: 1993-11-09

Vera C. Rubin: What's the Matter in the Universe? (1994 Jansky Lecture)

Vera C. Rubin: What's the Matter in the Universe? (1994 Jansky Lecture)

Start Date: 1994-11-15

Jocelyn Bell-Burnell: Tick, Tick, Tick Pulsating Star, How We Wonder What You Are (1995 Jansky Lecture)

Jocelyn Bell-Burnell: Tick, Tick, Tick Pulsating Star, How We Wonder What You Are (1995 Jansky Lecture)

Start Date: 1995-11-31

James M. Moran: Brilliant Masers and Mysterious Black Holes (1996 Jansky Lecture)

James M. Moran: Brilliant Masers and Mysterious Black Holes (1996 Jansky Lecture)

Start Date: 1996-10-29

P. James E. Peebles: The Big Bang and Our Evolving Universe (1997 Jansky Lecture)

P. James E. Peebles: The Big Bang and Our Evolving Universe (1997 Jansky Lecture)

Start Date: 1997-10-28

Bernard F. Burke: Radio Telescopes: Reaching for Astronomical Frontiers (1998 Jansky Lecture)

Bernard F. Burke: Radio Telescopes: Reaching for Astronomical Frontiers (1998 Jansky Lecture)

Start Date: 1998-10-20

Frank D. Drake: Progress in the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (1999 Jansky Lecture)

Frank D. Drake: Progress in the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (1999 Jansky Lecture)

Start Date: 1999-10-20

V. Radhakrishnan: Astronomy's Devices (2000 Jansky Lecture)

V. Radhakrishnan: Astronomy's Devices (2000 Jansky Lecture)

Start Date: 2000-11-03

William J. Welch: Astronomical Arrays for the Future: Astronomy, SETI and More (2001 Jansky Lecture)

Start Date: 2001-10-24

Shrinivas Kulkarni: The Brightest Explosions in the Universe (2002 Jansky Lecture)

Description: No archival material.

Start Date: 2002-10-08

Donald C. Backer: Massive Black Holes, Gravitational Waves, and Pulsars (2003 Jansky Lecture)

Start Date: 2003-10-22

Ronald D. Ekers: Paths to Discovery (2004 Jansky Lecture)

Start Date: 2004-11-17

Rashid A. Sunyaev: The Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation, Clusters of Galaxies and Cosmology (2005 Jansky Lecture)

Start Date: 2005-12-06

Frank J. Low: How the Spitzer Space Telescope was Designed, Tested and Built (2006 Jansky Lecture)

Description: 2006 Lectureship was awarded to Frank J. Low, but the lecture was never given. No archival material.

Start Date: 2006

Karl M. Menten: Tuning in to the Molecular Universe (2007 Jansky Lecture)

Start Date: 2007-10-24

Arthur M. Wolfe: Finding the Gas that Makes Galaxies (2008 Jansky Lecture)

Arthur M. Wolfe: Finding the Gas that Makes Galaxies (2008 Jansky Lecture)

Description: DVD of lecture.

Start Date: 2008-09-15

Anthony C. S. Readhead: The Central Engines that Power Active Galaxies (2009 Jansky Lecture)

Description: DVD of lecture.

Start Date: 2009-10-27

Reinhard Genzel: The Galactic Center: Home of a Massive Black Hole and a Remarkable Star Cluster (2010 Jansky Lecture)

Reinhard Genzel: The Galactic Center: Home of a Massive Black Hole and a Remarkable Star Cluster (2010 Jansky Lecture)

Description: No archival material.

Start Date: 2010-11-01

Sander Weinreb: Radio Astronomy from Jansky to the Future – An Engineer’s Point of View (2011 Jansky Lecture)

Sander Weinreb: Radio Astronomy from Jansky to the Future – An Engineer’s Point of View (2011 Jansky Lecture)

Description: Audio DVD.

Start Date: 2011-09-20

Mark J. Reid: Measuring the Cosmos (2012 Jansky Lecture)

Description: No archival material.

Start Date: 2012-11-02

Charles Bennett: A Tour of the Universe (2013 Jansky Lecture)

Description: The 2013 lecture was delivered and filmed in January 2014. No archival material.

Start Date: 2014-01-21

Jill Tarter: Searching for Intelligent Life Beyond Earth (2014 Jansky Lecture)

Start Date: 2014

Nick Scoville: Star and Planet Formation Through Cosmic Time (2015 Jansky Lecture)

Nick Scoville: Star and Planet Formation Through Cosmic Time (2015 Jansky Lecture)

Description: No video of this lecture due to copyright considerations. No archival material.

Start Date: 2015-11-03

Jacqueline van Gorkom: Gas and Galaxy Evolution (2016 Jansky Lecture)

Jacqueline van Gorkom: Gas and Galaxy Evolution (2016 Jansky Lecture)

Description: No archival material.

Start Date: 2016-10-27

Bernie Fanaroff: Observing the Universe from Africa (2017 Jansky Lecture)

Bernie Fanaroff: Observing the Universe from Africa (2017 Jansky Lecture)

Description: No archival material.

Start Date: 2017-10-24

Roger Blandford: The Radio Harvest: Pulsars, Cosmology, Massive Black Holes & Radio Bursts (2018 Jansky Lecture)

Roger Blandford: The Radio Harvest: Pulsars, Cosmology, Massive Black Holes & Radio Bursts (2018 Jansky Lecture)

Description: No archival material.

Start Date: 2018

Anneila Sargent: Expanding Horizons with Millimeter/Submillimeter Astronomy (2019 Jansky Lecture)

Anneila Sargent: Expanding Horizons with Millimeter/Submillimeter Astronomy (2019 Jansky Lecture)

Description: No archival material.

Start Date: 2019-12-05

Martha Haynes: Seventy Years of Studying Hydrogen with Radio Telescopes: From Dark Matter to the Dark Ages (2020 Jansky Lecture)

Martha Haynes: Seventy Years of Studying Hydrogen with Radio Telescopes: From Dark Matter to the Dark Ages (2020 Jansky Lecture)

Description: Digital promotional flyers for the lecture. No other archival material.

Start Date: 2020-11

Luis Rodríguez: Jets from Stars in the Making (2021 Jansky Lecture)

Luis Rodríguez: Jets from Stars in the Making (2021 Jansky Lecture)

Description: Digital promotional flyers for the lecture. No other archival material.

Start Date: 2021-11

Françoise Combes: Symbiosis Between Black Holes and Galaxies (2022 Jansky Lecture)

Françoise Combes: Symbiosis Between Black Holes and Galaxies (2022 Jansky Lecture)

Description: Digital and paper promotional flyers for the lecture. No other archival material.

Start Date: 2023-02-14

Paul Vanden Bout: Space Molecules to Solar Systems: Five Decades of Discoveries (2023 Jansky Lecture)

Paul Vanden Bout: Space Molecules to Solar Systems: Five Decades of Discoveries (2023 Jansky Lecture)

Description: Digital and paper promotional flyers for the lecture. No other archival material.

Start Date: 2023-11-08

1993 Jansky Lecture

1993 Jansky Lecture

Description: Cam Wade, Dave Heeschen, Jack Campbell at Heeschen's Jansky Lecture in Socorro.

Start Date: 1993-11-00

1993 Jansky Lecture

1993 Jansky Lecture

Description: Dave Heeschen, Miller Goss (behind Heeschen), Barry Clark, Jack Campbell at Heeschen's 1993 Jansky Lecture in Socorro.

Start Date: 1993-11-00

1993 Jansky Lecture

1993 Jansky Lecture

Description: Jack Campbell and Jack Lancaster at Dave Heeschen's 1993 Jansky Lecture in Socorro NM.

Start Date: 1993-11-00

2023 Jansky Lecture

2023 Jansky Lecture

Description: NRAO Director Tony Beasley (right) presents former NRAO Director Paul Vanden Bout, 2023 Jansky Lecturer, with a commemorative plaque before the Charlottesville lecture.

Start Date: 2023-11-08

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