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Stargazing Lecture

Friday, December 9, 2016
7:00pm to 9:00pm
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Baxter Lecture Hall
ALMA: A Revolutionary New View of the Cosmos
Nick Scoville, Francis L. Moseley Professor of Astronomy, Caltech,

ALMA, the Atacama Large Millimeter telescope Array, has just come into operation in Chile. This array of 66 linked high-frequency radio telescopes is the most technically challenging telescope ever built, now providing views of the skies never before seen and at higher resolution than even the Hubble Space Telescope. I will give a travelog to the ALMA site high in the Andes Mountains and discuss some of the exciting science discoveries it has already made. 

About the Series

Stargazing Lectures are free lectures at a public level followed by guided stargazing with telescopes (weather permitting). All lectures are now held at Baxter Lecture Hall. No reservations are needed. Lectures are 30 minutes; stargazing lasts 90 minutes. Stay only as long as you want.

Stargazing is only possible with clear skies, but the lecture, slideshow, and Q&A takes place regardless of weather.

For directions, weather updates, and more information, please visit: http://outreach.astro.caltech.edu.

Download the series flyer (PDF)

For more information, please contact Cameron Hummels by email at [email protected].