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SUMMARY:ONLINE – General Meeting – April 2022
DESCRIPTION:The Main Presentation will start at 6:30 P.M\, followed by Mary Turner’s popular Seasonal Night Sky Presentation. Both are open to the public via https://www.facebook.com/TucsonAstronomy/.  \nTITLE:  Resolving Black Holes with the Event Horizon Telescope \nPRESENTATION:  Black holes\, predicted almost a century ago by Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity\, were believed to power some of the most energetic phenomena in the Universe. However\, their compact sizes make them extremely difficult to resolve. In 2017\, the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration brought together many radio telescopes around the world to form an Earth-size virtual telescope\, and successfully captured the first ever images of a black hole—in the center of galaxy M87. This result enables astrophysicist to study the detailed astrophysics around black holes and test General Relativity itself. In this talk\, presenter Chi-wan Chan will cover the theoretical background of black holes\, the observation technique used to resolve them\, and some of the open questions in black hole astrophysics. \nBIO:  Chi-kwan “CK” Chan is a computational astrophysicist working with cutting edge technologies to advance both theoretical and observational research. He has developed new algorithms to study magnetohydrodynamic turbulence\, used graphics processing units (GPUs) to accelerate general relativistic ray tracing\, designed cloud computing infrastructures to handle big observational data\, and applied machine learning algorithms to speed up and automate data processing. Some of his active projects include simulating and understanding accretion disks\, capturing images of black holes\, and visualizing astrophysical simulations in virtual reality. He’s also a true wildcat\, having received his bachelors and doctoral degrees from the University of Arizona. He is a Data Science Fellow at the UA Data Science Institute and an affiliate member of UA’s Applied Math GIDP.
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SUMMARY:Stargazing at Sunizona/Ash Creek Library
DESCRIPTION:Join Tucson Amateur Astronomy Association (TAAA) and Cochise County Library for an evening of stargazing under some incredibly dark skies. We will have a couple TAAA telescopes as well as the Library telescope to observe some planets; galaxies far\, far\, away; star clusters; nebulae to include stellar nurseries; multiple star systems; and lots more. Definitely a FAMILY FRIENDLY event. Follow our Facebook event at https://www.facebook.com/TucsonAstronomy for any weather or other updates. Dress warmly as the temperatures can drop quite a bit after sunset.
URL:https://tucsonastronomy.org/event/stargazing-at-sunizona-ash-creek-library/
LOCATION:Sunizona Library\, 6460 E Hwy 181\, Pearce\, AZ\, 85625\, United States
CATEGORIES:Star Parties
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