Agenda:
7:00 - 7:15 General Meeting & Announcements
7:15 - 7:30 Members Corner:
7:30 - 7:45 Refreshment break
7:45 - Public Presentation
If you can't attend in person
-ZOOM LINK -
https://sfcollege.zoom.us/j/96665218735?pwd=NVNyaTdkMEo5ejdHVFZpeERXZ3Zadz09
Speaker:
Dr. Marla Geha
Professor of Astronomy and Physics
Yale University
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Marla Geha is a professor and astrophysicist at Yale University. She obtained her B.S. in Applied and Engineering Physics from Cornell University in 1995 and her Ph.D. in Astrophysics from the University of California, Santa Cruz in 2003.
Geha utilizes the world’s largest telescopes to study the smallest galaxies in the Universe. Geha’s science has been featured in many popular articles in publications including Time Magazine, CNN, The Daily Mail, and the John F. Kennedy Legacy Gallery. She has received various honors including Popular Science magazine’s “Brilliant 10” young scientists (2009), an Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow (2010), a John S. Guggenheim Fellowship (2015), and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Professorship (2018). She is the founder and faculty director of the Research Experience for Veteran Undergraduates (REVU) Program.
Topic:
The RASA Survey of Galaxies
Abstract: What is the Smallest Galaxy?
Our Milky Way Galaxy is surrounded by dozens of smaller satellite galaxies. By proximity, the Milky Way's satellite galaxy population includes the faintest and lowest mass systems in the known Universe. These ``ultra-faint'' galaxies are several million times fainter than the Milky Way itself provide a unique laboratory to study how galaxies form and may hold the keys to deciphering the nature of dark matter.
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Member's Corner Speaker: Video Presentation - Dave to Introduce
Topic: Cincinnati Astronomical Society - Moeller Observatory
