Category: Scientific Gatherings

  • GBT Surveys of the 21-cm Sky

    ALPACA, the Advanced L-band Phased Array Camera for Astronomy, is a phased-array receiver capable of providing high sensitivity observations simultaneously for 40 beams on the GBT in the 1-2 GHz band.


  • Fermi Bubbles Conference

    Conference topics and schedule [TBD] The Green Bank Observatory is holding a special science meeting in May 2025 on the Fermi Bubbles in honor of Jay Lockman’s 50+ years of service to NRAO/GBO and his retirement.  In 2010, the gamma-ray observatory Fermi discovered bright gamma rays structures above and below the center of our Milky…


  • NSF GBO and NRAO at the International Astronomy Union General Assembly XXXII

    The International Astronomy Union (IAU) is General Assembly XXXII in Cape Town, South Africa, August 6 – 15, 2024. This event is one of the world’s largest international gatherings of astronomers, and the U.S. National Science Foundation National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NSF NRAO) and the Green Bank Observatory (NSF GBO) will share their latest science…


  • Fall 2024 – Virtual

    October 8 – 10, 2024 – Observer Training Workshop


  • Spring Internal Symposium

    Green Bank Observatory is hosting the 2024 Spring Internal Symposium May 13-14. The symposium is designed to highlight research by the staffs of the GBO and NRAO-CV.


  • 2024 GBO SDSS

    June 23-29, 2024 (In-Person Only)


  • February 2024 (virtual)

    February 6-8, 2024 (virtual)


  • GBO 65th Anniversary Colloquium Series

    Please join us for a special colloquium series to celebrate the 65th anniversary of the Green Bank Observatory. These celebratory talks will take place on Thursday afternoons throughout the months of September and October (see the full listing of dates below). Each talk will be a standard hour-long seminar with time for questions afterwards from…