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Topic - The Largest Optical Telescope
"Peering into the Universe: Discoveries with the Keck Interferometer"
Presented by Dr. Rachel Akeson
JPL Research Scientist, Caltech Michelson Science Center
Click here on Thursday at 7 p.m. PST for the
webcast. ![](https://webharvest.gov/peth04/20041029061113im_/http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/images/video_icon.gif)
Before the lecture begins, we will be streaming NASA
TV.
If you don't have RealPlayer,
you can download the free RealPlayer 8 Basic.
Thursday, December
9 |
The von
Kármán Auditorium at JPL
4800 Oak Grove Drive
Pasadena, CA
For directions, click here. |
Friday, December 10 |
The Vosloh Forum at
Pasadena City College
1570 East Colorado Blvd.
Pasadena, CA
For directions, click here. |
Both lectures begin at 7 p.m. PST and run for approximately an hour.
Admission is free. Seating is limited.
For more information, call (818) 354-0112.
Interferometry is a technique that combines the light collected by multiple telescopes to greatly increase the level of detail that can be seen. The Keck Interferometer links the two 10-meter Keck telescopes on Mauna Kea, Hawaii - the largest optical telescopes in the world - and has the resolving power to see a quarter in New York from Los Angeles. This presentation will describe the Keck Interferometer and present highlight s of its astrophysical discoveries, ranging from observations of young stars to the centers of galaxies millions of light-years from Earth.
To learn more about the Keck Interferometer, click here. |
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