UofT AstroTour: An Astronomer’s Guide to the Galaxy

Speaker: Miranda Jarvis

From a dark enough place, the Milky Way can be seen as a bright swath of stars across the sky. It is a galaxy composed of billions of stars, amongst which our sun is just one. What shape is the Milky Way? What is it made of? How does it behave? And how did we learn all of this? Miranda Jarvis will provide answers to all of these questions and more as we tour our galaxy and some of the exciting things in it.

About the Speaker
Miranda Jarvis’ dream job is Science Officer aboard a Starship, but she’ll settle for practicing astronomy here on earth. She is a first year graduate student at the University of Toronto, continuing on from undergraduate studies also at U of T. She is interested in galaxies: how they are created, behave and evolve, and in new techniques to observe them. When not doing astronomy, Miranda is a member of the varsity fencing team and a Girl Guide leader.

Location
University of Toronto - St. George Campus
McLennan Physical Labs, Room 102
60 St. George St., Toronto

http://www.astro.utoronto.ca/astrotours/?page_id=392

The U of T Astronomy Public Tour, or AstroTour, is a monthly event operated by the graduate students of the U of T Astronomy Department. The Tour features a public lecture by a member of the Department on topics ranging from their research to great moments in astronomical history. Following the lecture, tour-goers can peer at the night sky through the Department’s balcony and dome telescopes, or watch a planetarium show run live by astronomer. Admission to the tour is free. Seating for the lecture is on a first-come, first-served basis (doors open ten minutes before the start of the lecture), and the telescope observing is walk-in.

Registration for this AstroTour’s planetarium shows will begin at Noon on Thursday January 29th using the following link:
http://www.astro.utoronto.ca/astrotours/?page_id=644