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SAS Monthly Meeting - Discovery and Highlights of Sagittarius A*

Details

Online Public

Type: General Meetings

Held on: Oct 21, 2020 (Wed) at 07:30 PM to Oct 21, 2020 (Wed) at 09:00 PM

Online Location: Please sign in to see online meeting location.

Speaker: UW Professor Emeritus Bruce Balick

Location:

Event Coordinator: John McLaren

Overview

UW Professor Emeritus Bruce Balick will present a Zoom talk  on the discovery and highlights of some subsequent observations of Sagittarius A*, the astronomical radio source at the center of our Milky Way galaxy.
 
Members - sign in for the Zoom login link.
 
Non-members are welcome to participate. Email President@SeattleAstro.Org prior to the meeting start for the login link.
 
 

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SAS Monthly Meeting - Discovery and Highlights of Sagittarius A* (general meetings event) is scheduled for Oct 21, 2020, 07:30 PM. Please come out and join us!

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