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Sept meeting : AGM + Supermassive blackholes and the JWST
September 22, 2022 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Hope you all had a good summer.
Details of our meeting this month
We are running a Hybrid in-person/online meeting. Our speaker will be remotely presenting to us over Zoom.
You are welcome to join us in person or online.
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Date : Thursday 22nd Sept. 7-9pm.
Location : In-person – Beban Pk Social Centre rooms 2/3.
Online : Zoom invite by emails to members.
(Email info@nanaimoastronomy.com if you’d like a Zoom invite link to this meeting,)
NOTE this presentation follows our AGM which starts at 7pm. You should have received separate email invitations for the AGM.
We’re very happy to have Dr Madeline Marshall presenting to us.
Plaskett Fellow at the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory in Victoria
Presentation
‘ Supermassive Black Holes and the James Webb Space Telescope’
Brief :
The James Webb Space Telescope, the most advanced telescope ever sent to space, has been taking its first observations over the last few months. Already, we have seen some extraordinary pictures and some exciting science that hasn’t been possible before. I will talk about these images, the latest results, and how I will be using Webb later this year to solve some of the big mysteries about supermassive black holes.
Bio :
Dr Madeline Marshall is a Tasmanian astrophysicist currently working as a Plaskett Fellow at the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory in Victoria. She studies supermassive black holes in the early Universe using both simulations and space telescopes. Madeline is leading a JWST Cycle 1 program and is also involved in two JWST Guaranteed Time programs, which will study these quasars and attempt to answer some of these mysteries.