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“CATCHING IMAGES OF THE INTERSTELLAR WIND AT THE EDGE OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM”
Date and Time
Tuesday May 2, 2017
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM EDTMay 2, 2017 1:30 pm
Location
Durham Evangelical Church 114 Dover Road (Route 108) Durham, NH 03824
Fees/Admission
FREE
Website
“CATCHING IMAGES OF THE INTERSTELLAR ...Description
Have you ever looked up at the stars and wondered what was happening in the far reaches of the solar system? Now’s your chance to find out. The Seacoast Memorial Lecture Series welcomes Emeritus Professor Eberhard Möbius of the UNH Physics Department and Space Science Center, who will interpret and illustrate recent major discoveries in “Astronomy with New Tools – Catching Images of the Interstellar Wind at the Edge of the Solar System.” The presentation is free and open to the public. Everyone is welcome. Please join us on Tuesday, May 2, 2017, 1:30 pm, at the Durham Evangelical Church, 114 Dover Road (Route 108), Durham, NH, to learn more. 400 years after Galileo pointed a telescope at the sky for the first time, astronomers have added new tools to their toolbox through the Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX). Two advanced cameras mounted on a spacecraft take global images of the interaction of the solar system with its galactic neighborhood. The cameras have returned stunning images of the solar system boundary, showing an unexpected bright “Ribbon” across the sky. IBEX also catches the interstellar wind that blows through the solar system with speeds in excess of 52,800 miles per hour due to the motion of the Sun through the neighboring interstellar gas cloud. Dr. Möbius, a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union, earned his degrees at the Ruhr-Universität in Bochum, Germany, and worked at the Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik before joining the UNH faculty in 1990. He received the UNH Arthur K. Whitcomb Professorship in 1997, the Class of 1940 Professorship in 2008, and the Distinguished Professor Award in 2010. Besides teaching and guiding research of graduate and undergraduate students in Physics, he joined with colleagues from Philosophy, Religious Studies and Biology to lead interdisciplinary seminars aiming to bridge the gap between the sciences and humanities. He worked on the IBEX project as a member of an international team of scientists and engineers, including six others from UNH; two major analytical approaches were led by IBEX groups at UNH and the Polish Academy of Sciences. The Seacoast Memorial Lecture Series is a public service presentation of the Active Retirement Association (ARA). The ARA is supported by annual dues from its 350+ members who represent 35 communities in southern Maine and New Hampshire. For additional information, visit the ARA website at www.unh.edu/ara, email info@ara-nh.org, or phone 603-397-5681. (ARA, a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, is not affiliated with any political, religious, ethnic, or special interest group.)
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