Stargazing Lecture

Stargazing is dependent on clear weather, but lecture and Q&A happen regardless. Event will occur in-person, with lecture and Q&A additionally live-streamed on YouTube.

For remote viewers, the event will be live-streamed here:
https://youtube.com/live/tMItLLsdu28?feature=share

8:00–8:45 p.m. - Public Lecture
8:45–9:45 p.m. - Panel Q&A and Guided Stargazing

Galaxies like our own Milky Way are complex systems composed of many different physical components, including dark matter, gas, dust, stars, magnetic fields, and black holes. Understanding how these galaxies, featuring highly ordered structures like spiral arms and disks, are born out of cosmic chaos is a major field of study in modern astrophysics. In this talk, I will illustrate how computational astrophysicists use supercomputer simulations to model these celestial systems in detail, uncovering the physics that shapes them.

About the Series

Stargazing Lectures are free lectures at a public level followed by a Q&A panel and guided stargazing with telescopes (weather permitting). All events are held at the Cahill Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics at Caltech and are free and open to all. No reservations are needed. Lectures are 30 minutes; stargazing and panel Q&A last 60 minutes. Stay only as long as you want.

Stargazing is only possible with clear skies, but the lecture and panel Q&A take place regardless of weather.

For directions, weather updates, and more information, please visit: http://outreach.astro.caltech.edu.