Past Event
Friday, April 24, 2015, 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
John D. Schopp Memorial Lecture
5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego, 92182
Cost: Free
"The Restless Universe (Palomar Transient Factory)" with Shrinivas Kulkarni John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur, Professor of Astronomy and Planetary Science at the California Institute of Technology and Director, Caltech Optical Observatories.
Together, supernovae and variable stars have contributed richly to key problems in modern astrophysics: distances to galaxies, cosmography, and build-up of elements in the universe. The Palomar Transient Factory, an innovative two-telescope system, was designed to explicitly to chart the transient sky with a particular focus on events which lie in the nova-supernova gap.
Info: 619-594-6182. In the Geology, Math, and Computer Science Bldg., Room 333.