Astrolecture Series: All About ExoComets | The Presidio
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Presidio Officers’ Club | 50 Moraga Ave, The Presidio, San Francisco, CA
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Dr. Barry Welsh will describe attributes of comets in our solar system, and observing techniques to detect evaporating exocomets around young stars. The relevance of Kepler’s discovery of “Tabby’s Star” will also be discussed. Dr. Barry Welsh received his PhD from University College of London, and studied Far IR Astronomy and Instrumentation at London and Oxford University. He researched physics and early mapping of the Interstellar Medium at the Space Sciences Laboratory, UC Berkeley. He was project manager on UV detector systems for NASA SOHO, FUSE, GALEX and HST-COS missions. He is now discovering exocomet systems and carrying out a search for optical laser pulses from exoplanet systems. Co-sponsored by the SF Amateur Astronomers and the Presidio Trust.
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Cost: FREE*
