Scarborough Astro Society – Guest Speaker: Dr Victoria Fawcett: "Monster black holes and Quasars"
Friday, 18 April 2025
- Time
- 19:15 - 21:30
- Venue
- Ayton Village Hall, East Ayton, YO13 9HY
- Price
- £3 on the door for non-members.
Guest Speaker: Dr Victoria Fawcett from Newcastle University will be presenting "Monster black holes and Quasars"
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Friday 18th April 2025 7.45pm, East Ayton Village Hall, Scarborough
Guest Speaker: Dr Victoria Fawcett from Newcastle University will be presenting "Monster black holes and Quasars"
"In the Universe there are billions of galaxies just like our own: learning how these galaxies evolve over time can help us understand more about our own Galaxy and our place in the Universe. Some galaxies are incredibly bright and are what we call “quasars”; these consist of a supermassive black hole, surrounded by a disc of luminous material. These objects can be thousands of times brighter than our own Milky Way and are one of the brightest objects in the Universe."
About the Speaker:
"Vicky is an astronomer at Newcastle University and researches extremely bright galaxies powered by supermassive black holes. Vicky is part of two major astronomy collaborations: the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI), an optical spectrograph on the Mayall telescope in Arizona, and the Multi-object Optical and Near-IR spectrograph (MOONS), an infrared spectrograph soon to be installed on the Very Large Telescope in Chile. Vicky is keen on astronomy outreach and loves talking to the public about space, having given many talks at schools, science festivals, museums, and astronomical societies."
Free entry for members of the society.
£3 on the door for non-members.
Doors open 7:15pm
Free refreshments.
Guest Speaker: Dr Victoria Fawcett from Newcastle University will be presenting "Monster black holes and Quasars"
"In the Universe there are billions of galaxies just like our own: learning how these galaxies evolve over time can help us understand more about our own Galaxy and our place in the Universe. Some galaxies are incredibly bright and are what we call “quasars”; these consist of a supermassive black hole, surrounded by a disc of luminous material. These objects can be thousands of times brighter than our own Milky Way and are one of the brightest objects in the Universe."
About the Speaker:
"Vicky is an astronomer at Newcastle University and researches extremely bright galaxies powered by supermassive black holes. Vicky is part of two major astronomy collaborations: the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI), an optical spectrograph on the Mayall telescope in Arizona, and the Multi-object Optical and Near-IR spectrograph (MOONS), an infrared spectrograph soon to be installed on the Very Large Telescope in Chile. Vicky is keen on astronomy outreach and loves talking to the public about space, having given many talks at schools, science festivals, museums, and astronomical societies."
Free entry for members of the society.
£3 on the door for non-members.
Doors open 7:15pm
Free refreshments.
Venue
Ayton Village Hall
Wilson’s Lane
East Ayton
YO13 9HY
Dates
The event runs from 19:15 to 21:30 on the following dates.
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