Hello everyone, this is to inform you about a public
event from the Tucson-based Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (www.lsst.org) and encourage you to spread the
word among your colleagues, students, friends, neighbors, everyone! There are a couple of links at the top for
more information and then text of a press release. The evening includes a talk,
"mixer", and star party (weather permitting).
Thank you so much, Suzanne Jacoby, LSST Communications
Manager
Explosions in the Sky!
- Observing our Changeable Universe with the Large Synoptic Survey
Telescope Presented by Dr. Lucianne Walkowicz, Adler Planetarium
The Public is invited to attend a FREE Lecture,
Wednesday, August 17th, 7pm, at the Westin La Paloma Grand Ballroom, 3800 E.
Sunrise Drive, Tucson, AZ. Astronomer and TED Fellow Dr. Lucianne Walkowicz
will describe how the revolutionary Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST),
with headquarters in Tucson, is uniquely positioned to reveal new astrophysical
phenomena and how you can be involved. Two of LSST's large mirrors were spun
cast into a single piece of glass in 2008 at the University of Arizona's
Richard F. Caris Mirror Lab. After six
years of meticulous polishing, the mirrors are stored, awaiting shipment to the
LSST site on Cerro Pachón, Chile. For
more information about LSST, go to www.lsst.org.
Following the talk, Dr. Walkowicz and other LSST team
members will be available for informal conversations. We invite you to join
LSST for an evening of astronomy August 17.
Light snacks and refreshments will be provided as well as a no-host
bar. Weather permitting; staff from the
Kitt Peak Visitor Center will be on hand at the Westin La Paloma Grand Ballroom
for binocular stargazing.
Lucianne Walkowicz holds a B.S. in Physics from Johns
Hopkins University, and a M.S. and Ph. D. from University of Washington. She
studies stellar magnetic activity and how stars influence a planet's
suitability as a host for alien life. She is also an artist and works in a
variety of media, from oil paint to sound.
More information about Walkowicz can be found at http://tangledfields.com.
Suzanne H. Jacoby
LSST Communications Manager
950 N Cherry Avenue, Room 161
Tucson, AZ 85719
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