May 2016: Picture of the Month
Two bright galaxies can be observed in this sharp telescopic field of view.
Two bright galaxies can be observed in this sharp telescopic field of view.
The Einstein ring, a result of gravitational lensing.
One of the most massive stars on record.
The school year is coming to a close; it’s time to say goodbye to some of the old executive members and say hello to the new ones. ASX will be holding its Annual General Meeting to elect the 2016-2017 executive team, and celebrate the end of a great year with FREE pizza and a space-related movie…
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“Exploring the Ghostly Side of Galaxies with Dragonfly”, presented by Dr. Roberto Abraham Abstract: Bigger telescopes are usually better telescopes…. but not always. In this talk I will explore the ghostly world of large low surface brightness structures, such as galactic stellar halos, low-surface brightness dwarf galaxies, and other exotica such as supernova light echoes.…
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