Franck Marchis talks about how ground-based telescopes can be used to observe exoplanets, asteroids and more
Advanced Instrumentation in Optical Astronomy
Ground-based telescopes have come a long way in recent decades. Today they can take advantage of adaptive optics systems that reduce the effect of atmospheric image distortion, and, also, of fast compact computers that allow small telescopes to reach the capability of large telescopes. The result is a lively community of citizen astronomers who (among other things) can detect exoplanets and help study the size, shape, and trajectory of near-Earth asteroids.
Our speaker, Franck Marchis, is a Senior Planetary Astronomer at SETI Institute.
Join us on Zoom at 7:30 pm Pacific Time.
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