Navigating the Celestial Sea at the Treworgy Planetarium

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• JUL

  16

  The Night Sky in 37,400 Exposures

  Wed at 07:30 PM

  Open to Public

  In 2010, Seattle astrophotographer Nick Risinger set out traveling to dark sky sites around the world with the goal of creating the largest true color all-sky survey. After logging 60,000 miles and dozens of frigid all-nighters with his cameras, he was then faced with the immense task of processing all his images. Nick will talk about the travel and tech involved in producing his Photopic Sky Survey, which has been featured in a Sky & Telescope article and displayed at museums ... more

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• SEP

  17

  Age of Copernicus

  Wed at 07:30 PM

  Open to Public

  How do we know about the history of our Solar System? Most of our knowledge about the timing of events comes from lunar samples collected by the Apollo missions. Some of the most important dates are constrained by just a few samples (or portions of samples.) UW Senior Lecturer Toby Smith will talk about determining the timing of one of the most important markers in the lunar timescale: the formation of the rayed crater Copernicus.

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