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Kentucky Sky Talk - Astronomy From the Big City

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Chem-Phys 155

 

How much astronomy can you teach, how much data can you take, from the middle of a city with a population of 300,000? Actually, quite a bit. A large telescope, CCD technology, and patience can produce knowledgeable students trained in the basics of observational astrophysical techniques.
 
WHO: Tim Knauer
WHEN: Thursday September 8, 2011 8 p.m.
 
Presented by the UK Department of Physics and Astronomy and the MacAdam Student Observatory. Free and open to the public.