Southampton Astronomy
Compact Objects, Time Domain Astronomy, Space Physics and Exoplanets
By default, the seminar take place at 12:30–14:30 on Tuesdays, in the Seminar Room (46/5081). This includes lunch between 12:30–13:00, a talk between 13:00–14:00, and informal discussion between 14:00–14:30. Yellow flags in the list below indicate seminars that are happening outside of this usual routine, and red flags indicate dates that are blocked.
For more information, contact Yue.Zhao@soton.ac.uk, P.S.J.Clark@soton.ac.uk, or N.Kaweeyanun@soton.ac.uk.
Tue 21 Oct 2025 - Victoria Fawcett (Newcastle University)
Are dusty QSOs in a blow-out phase?
Note change of time/venue: Seminar room (B46/5081) and Teams
Full seminar list below:
Tue 23 Sep 2025 - David Buckley (Southern African Astronomical Observatory)
Highlight of the SALT transient followup programme and the future
Note: Seminar room (B46/5081) and Teams
Tue 30 Sep 2025 - Anu Kundu (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center)
The multipolar magnetic field of millisecond pulsars
Note: Seminar room (B46/5081) and Teams
Tue 07 Oct 2025 - Astronomy/SEP Jamboree (University of Southampton)
Note: Seminar room (B46/5081) and Teams (between 13:00–15:00)
Tue 14 Oct 2025 - Ana Sainz-De-Murieta (University of Portsmouth)
Prospects for cosmology and astrophysics with lensed supernovae in the LSST era
Note: Seminar room (B46/5081) and Teams
Wed 15 Oct 2025 - Vivek Kumar Jha (NCRA-TIFR)
Time-Domain Signatures of AGNs: Probing Accretion Discs and Host-Galaxy Properties
Note: Seminar room (B46/5081) and Teams (Seminar begins at 11:00 am and coffee chat session between 10:30–11:00)
Tue 21 Oct 2025 - Victoria Fawcett (Newcastle University)
Are dusty QSOs in a blow-out phase?
Note: Seminar room (B46/5081) and Teams
Tue 28 Oct 2025 - Phil Charles (University of Southampton)
Is V Sge an Extreme SSS or an Exotic Hot Binary?
Note: Seminar room (B46/5081) and Teams
Tue 04 Nov 2025 - Available
Tue 11 Nov 2025 - Paola Tiranti (Northumbria University)
H3+ aurora heating at Uranus
Note: Seminar room (B46/5081) and Teams
Tue 18 Nov 2025 - Lisa Kelsey (Kavli Institute for Cosmology Cambridge)
TBC
Note: Seminar room (B46/5081) and Teams
Tue 25 Nov 2025 - Available
Tue 02 Dec 2025 - Available
Tue 09 Dec 2025 - Cara Waters (Imperial College London)
TBC
Note: Seminar room (B46/5081) and Teams
Tue 16 Dec 2025 - No seminar
Tue 23 Dec 2025 - No seminar
Tue 30 Dec 2025 - No seminar
Mon 06 Jan 2025 - Available
Tue 13 Jan 2026 - Peera Pongkitiwanichakul (Kasetsart University)
TBC
Note: Seminar room (B46/5081) and Teams
Mon 20 Jan 2025 - Available
Mon 27 Jan 2025 - Available
The old astrosem website is online here with details of seminars from previous academic years.