Cool talks in cool places! This series spotlights the amazing research happening in WA state. The event includes lunch, networking, and Q&A.
University of Washington: CoMotion
1100 Northeast Campus Parkway #200 Seattle, WA 98105
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Discover the future of astronomy with Dr. Davenport, Co-Director of the DiRAC Institute, as he introduces the Simonyi Survey Telescope at the Vera Rubin Observatory. Located in northern Chile, the Rubin Observatory will be the most ambitious survey telescope ever constructed, and is slated to begin operations in mid 2025. Over its 10 year Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) program, Rubin will map the entire visible sky, cataloging over 40 billion stars and galaxies. In the first months of operation, Rubin will double the number of asteroids and “minor bodies” tracked in our own Solar System.
The University of Washington has been a founding partner of the Rubin Observatory project for nearly 20 years, and its DIRAC Institute hosts experts in both science and software development. This talk will cover the wide range of astrophysics we expect the Rubin/LSST to advance, and the prospect of revealing exciting but unknown mysteries that will drive the next decade of discovery.