Lecture: Mapping our Galactic Backyard
Schedule
Mon Aug 19 2024 at 07:30 pm
Location
California Academy of Sciences | San Francisco, CA
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Featuring Dr. Catherine Zucker, Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian$15 per guest
Member and senior price: $12
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Join us on a journey through the Sun’s galactic backyard as we explore our corner of our home galaxy, the Milky Way. Using the latest 3D models enabled by the Gaia space astrometry mission, we will map the nearest 10,000 light years around our solar system, revealing nebulous clouds of interstellar gas, giant cavities carved out by powerful supernova explosions, and a colossal wave-like structure along the closest spiral arm to Earth. We will discuss how these gaseous structures are shaping and being shaped by the youngest generation of stars, and how us Earthlings are getting a front-row seat to all the action as we voyage through the Milky Way.
Image courtesy STScI (Leah Hustak)
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