The McKellar Telescope: Discovering Worlds Beyond our Sun – Allen Keefe
Schedule
Wed, 14 Jan, 2026 at 07:30 pm
Location
Bob Wright Centre (SCI) | Victoria, BC
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Location: University of Victoria, Bob Wright Centre, Lecture Theatre A104You may be familiar with the 1.8m Plaskett telescope at the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory (DAO), but it is not the only noteworthy telescope on the hill. Located just across the road from the visitor’s centre, the 1.2m telescope and McKellar spectrograph has a vibrant history as well. Its namesake, Andrew McKellar, did lots of important work with spectroscopy at the DAO and designed the telescope’s coudé spectrograph. It saw first light in 1962 and has been in use for active research ever since.
This talk will dive into Andrew McKellar’s research, his design of the coudé spectrograph, how spectroscopy works, and the role it has played in past and present astronomy research.
More event info - https://victoria.rasc.ca/uvic-mckellar-scope-keefe/
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