Dr. Michael Nowak, Research Scientist, Dr. Norbert Schulz
| Jan/30 | Mon | 02:30PM-04:00PM | Marlar Lounge 37-252, bring your official ID for the tour |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/23
Limited to 20 participants
Prereq: attend 2:30pm talk to take Chandra OCC tour that follows
The Universe in X-ray Light
Exploring the Universe from Near to Far with the Chandra X-ray Observatory
In the summer of 1999, NASA launched the third of its great observatories--the Chandra X-ray telescope. Like the Hubble Space telescope which preceded it, Chandra is designed to have an unprecedented ability to create images and spectra of astrophysical objects, except working with high energy X-rays instead of optical light. This means that Chandra views some of the universe's most exotic and energetic phenomena: supernovae, neutron stars, black holes, jets traveling at nearly the speed of light emanating from near the center of clusters of galaxies. In this talk, we'll take a tour of the discoveries made by the Chandra X-ray telescope, starting with studies of our own solar system, moving outward to nearby stars, to the center of our own Galaxy where a black hole 40 millions times the mass of our Sun lurks, to distant clusters of Galaxies where the most massive black holes, billions of times the mass of our Sun, reside.
Talk followed by Tour of Operations Control Center for Chandra X-ray Observatory, One of NASA's Great Observatories
Tour departs 37-252 @ 3:00pm following 2:30pm talk above. Tour signup deadline: Monday, Jan 23 @ noon. Email meinbres@mit.edu your first & last name (as it appears on your ID) & the country of your citizenship. Your tour attendance will be confirmed the week of Jan 23.
The tour is limited to the first 20 people who sign up by Jan 23 @ noon.
Sponsor(s): Kavli Institute for Astrophysics & Space Research
Contact: Debbie Meinbresse, 37-241, 617 253-1456, MEINBRES@MIT.EDU