Cosmic Origins Spectrograph

Name: Cosmic Origins Spectrograph
Start: 2025-03-14T20:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-03-14T21:00:00-04:00
Location: University of TN Physics and Astronomy Dept.

Schedule

Fri Mar 14 2025 at 08:00 pm to 09:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

University of TN Physics and Astronomy Dept. | Knoxville, TN

See the cosmos through the Hubble Space Telescope's exquisite ultraviolet instrument, from hot young stars to distant quasars.
About this Event

Cosmic Origins Spectrograph (COS) was an instrument installed on the Hubble Space Telescope in 2009 during Servicing Mission 4. This show covers the basics of spectroscopy at a high level, and touches on the processing of galactic and extragalactic gas. A live star show will follow.

Where is it happening?

University of TN Physics and Astronomy Dept., "The Roof" on the Alvin H. Neilsen Physics and Astronomy Building on the campus of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, United States

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