Adler visitors viewed Venus
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6:00 PM
Telescope viewing.
6:30 PM
Audrey Fischer
will led a light pollution discussion and update on the Chicago
(unfortunately-not-so-) Smart Lighting Project before the official
7PM start of the CAS meeting.
7:00 PM
CAS
Meeting began
Eric Coles:
"I Am Not An
Astronomer-I just take pretty pictures of the sky."
A
research biochemist, Eric discussed his evolution as an astrophotogapher.
Zachary Hafen:
"Raising Virtual Galaxies and Their Sisters"
Thanks to modern supercomputers and astronomy, we can finally create
and grow entire galaxies of our own. Zach walked us through the
process of raising a good virtual galaxy, starting with an
introduction to simulations as used in science. With the
fundamentals prepared, he moved on to the ingredients of a good
galaxy. Finally, he introduced us to the big sister of galaxies,
the Circumgalactic Medium, one of the most-important yet
most-mysterious components of the entire universe.
Zachary is a
third year Astrophysics PhD student at Northwestern University,
studying supercomputer simulations of galaxies under the mentorship
of Claude-André Faucher-Gigučre.
9:00
Meeting ended and we departed for Connie’s.
(Thank you to Anthony Harris
for the images below)
Adler visitors viewed Venus
Zach lectures
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