Category: Science Events

  • jansky lecture: discovering the radio universe

    NEW DATE! Please join us for the 59th Annual Jansky Lecture at the Green Bank Observatory!  The National Radio Astronomy Observatory is pleased to award the 2024 Karl G. Jansky Lectureship to Dr. Ken Kellermann, Senior Scientist, Emeritus at the NRAO.  With a career spanning more than a half-century of research, Dr. Kellerman will offer…


  • March Observer Training Workshop

    March 18-20, 2025 – In-Person GBT Observer Training Workshop The GBT Training Workshop will include three days of intensive instruction on how to observe with the Green Bank Telescope. Applications will be open until January 31, 2025, and applicants will be informed of their acceptance by February 12. Remember, this is an in-person event. There…


  • October Observer Training Workshop

    October 8 – 10, 2024 – Virtual GBT Observer Training Workshop The GBT Training Workshop will include three days of intensive instruction on how to observe with the Green Bank Telescope. Applications will be open from June 7 – September 6, 2024, and applicants will be informed of their acceptance by September 20. Remember, this…


  • Spring Internal Symposium

    The Spring Internal Symposium takes place at the Green Bank Observatory May 13-14. It is designed to highlight research by the staffs of the GBO and NRAO-CV. The symposium will take place in the Jansky Auditorium from Monday morning May 13, ending with lunch on Tuesday May 14.  A tour of the GBT may be…


  • Proposal Planning Office Hours

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  • Single Dish Summer School Registration

    June 2024 – Single Dish Summer School (June 23-29, in-person only) — Open to the Scientific Community and presented by the Green Bank Observatory We will host this workshop at the Green Bank Observatory with in-person participation only. Green Bank scientists will be available to give students an introduction to single dish observing, and telescope-specific…


  • Science Community Webinar

    The Observatory shares news and information about its operations and science in bi-weekly webinars every other Wednesday at 1 pm ET (except where noted). If you would like to listen in live, please visit our Science Community Webinar page and sign up for our mailings.


  • 2024 GBO Single Dish Summer School

    The GBO Single Dish Summer School (SDSS) provides graduate students, post-docs, and experts in other fields of astronomy with both knowledge and practical experience of the techniques and applications of single-dish radio astronomy. The school is based around an intensive series of lectures from experts, as well as hands-on radio astronomy projects and tutorials. Registration…