Dr. Norbert Schulz, Research Scientist
| Jan/26 | Tue | 02:30PM-03:30PM | tour departs 37-252 |
Enrollment: Max 20 people, advance sign-up required by 12noon JAN 21
Sign-up by 01/21
Limited to 20 participants
Prereq: You must attend talk preceding tour: 2-2:30pm in 37-252
The Chandra X-ray Observatory is the world's most powerful X-ray telescope, allowing scientists to study the origin, structure and evolution of our universe in greater detail than ever before. The spacecraft and science instruments are controlled from the Operations Control Center (OCC) in Cambridge, Massachusetts. We will take our visitors on a tour of the OCC and show where scientists and engineers direct the flight and execute the observing plan of Chandra, and where they receive the scientific data from the observatory. during the tour the visitors will learn about the basics of X-ray astronomy and about the latest, exciting discoveries made by MIT scientists with data acquired with Chandra.
Max 20 people, advance sign-up required by 12noon on THURSDAY, JANUARY 21 by submitting full name and country of citizenship to meinbres@mit.edu
Prerequisites: Attend talk preceding the tour (2-2:30 talk "Exploring the Universe from Near to Far with the Chandra X-ray Observatory" in 37-252). Tour will depart from 37-252.
Following the tour of the Chandra Observations Control Center, the group will also take a tour of the Tour of the X-ray Polarimetry Lab from 3:45-4:15pm.
For a complete listing of IAP Activites offered by MIT's Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research, please visit our IAP website.
Sponsor(s): Kavli Institute for Astrophysics & Space Research
Contact: Debbie Meinbresse, 37-241, 617 253-1456, MEINBRES@MIT.EDU