Spectroscopy: How Astronomy Really Gets Done

GUEST SPEAKER: John O’Meara, Chief Scientist, W. M. Keck Observatory

VIRTUAL ASTRONOMY TALK | Everyone knows a picture is worth a thousand words, but a spectrum is worth at least a thousand pictures.  The history of  spectroscopy is intricately linked with every major discovery in astronomy and astrophysics in the last 120  years.  In this talk, Dr. O’Meara will take a brief tour through this history and show how the most powerful spectrometers  are revolutionizing the understanding of our universe, from the Big Bang to biosignatures.

 

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FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

Thursday, May 28, 2020

Talk starts at 5:00p.m. Hawaii Time

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