Beyond the Horizon:
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WHERE
Lamour Lecture Theatre, QUB
New Physics Building, Queen's University Belfast, University Road, Belfast, BT7 1NN
Type
Talks & Discussions
WHEN
Thursday 19th Feb
7:00 pm
SUITABILITY
All Ages
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Free
Event Description
High in the Chilean Andes is NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory, a next-generation facility named after Vera Rubin, a pioneering astronomer whose work provided key evidence for dark matter.
Rubin Observatory houses the world’s largest digital camera capable of covering ~45 times of the size of the full Moon in a single image.
Rubin Observatory recently began its mission to “download the sky” making the most comprehensive census of objects in the Universe to-date.
In this talk University of Washington’s Prof. Mario Jurić and Queen’s University Belfast’s Dr. Meg Schwamb will present this new observatory, its capabilities, and potential for exploring the Solar System, and how everyone can join in!
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