Comet Lovejoy Workshop Homepage

March 21-22, 2012

Boulder, Colorado, USA

UCAR Center Green CG1 (Click for directions )

On Dec 16, 2011, the recently discovered comet C/2011 W3 (Lovejoy) became instantly famous.  Comet Lovejoy not only survived perihelion but its journey around the Sun was chronicled by a dizzying array of solar and astrophysical missions.  There is much to be learned from this and other members of the Kreutz sungrazing family, but the only sure way to maximize the return is to bring different science communities together.

This two-day workshop is for those willing to put in hard work and bring serious, thoughtful discussion to the table.  It is imagined that collaborations will be established that will possibly survive until the next surviving sungrazer.

With registration, you will have access to a collaborative wiki site that will be used to share data and ideas prior to and probably during and after the workshop.

A draft agenda will be posted soon.

Registration Fee $50 (Click here for Registration )

Select "Comet Lovejoy Workshop" from the pull down menu.

Science Organizing Committee

John Raymond

Karel Schrijver

Doug Biesecker

Matthew Knight

Carey Lisse

Dean Pesnell

Local Organizing Committee

Doug Biesecker

Scott McIntosh

Amir Caspi

Ransom Christofferson

Amy Knack