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Astronomy Colloquium

Wednesday, December 8, 2021
4:00pm to 5:00pm
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Fundamental Stellar Astrophysics in the Gaia Era: A New Understanding of Local Stellar Populations
Keivan Stassun, Stevenson Professor of Astrophysics, College of Arts & Science, Vanderbilt University,
Marina Kounkel, Postdoctoral Fellow, Vanderbilt University,

We begin with an overview of the precision stellar astrophysics enabled by the confluence of Gaia parallaxes with large-scale photometric and spectroscopic surveys. We then give examples of the new understanding of local Galactic structure that this has enabled, including in particular the detailed history of canonical star-forming regions, and the discovery of "stellar strings" reflecting the local conditions of recent star formation. 

To view this talk via YouTube, please visit: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-zYBv_IqFp2f9huYQA1VSw

For more information, please contact Jim Fuller by email at [email protected] or visit http://www.astro.caltech.edu/.