NSN Webinar Series: Astronomy Picture of the Day: Postcards from the Universe 2022

Join the Night Sky Network and Robert Nemiroff on Tuesday, January 24, 2023 at 6:00 PM Pacific/9:00 PM Eastern for a tour of highlights from the Astronomy Picture of the Dayarchive for 2022.

Astronomy Picture of the Day: Postcards from the Universe 2022

About This Talk
Along with Jerry Bonnell, Robert Nemiroff has written, coordinated, and edited NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) since 1995.  TheAPOD archive contains the largest collection of annotated astronomical images on the internet.   

About Dr. Robert Nemiroff
Dr. Robert Nemiroff is a professor of physics at Michigan Tech.  He worked at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland before coming to Michigan Tech. He is perhaps best known scientifically for papers predicting, usually among others, several recovered microlensing phenomena, and papers showing, usually among others, that gamma-ray bursts were consistent with occurring at cosmological distances. He led a group that developed and deployed the first online fisheye night sky monitor, called CONCAMs, deploying later models to most major astronomical observatories. He has published as first author and refereed for every major journal in astronomy and astrophysics. His current research interests include trying to limit attributes of our universe with distant gamma-ray bursts, and investigating the use of relativistic illumination fronts to orient astronomical nebulae.

In 1995, Dr. Nemiroff co-created the Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) with main NASA website at http://apod.nasa.gov/.  If you are a fan of APOD, please consider joining the Friends of APOD at http://friendsofapod.org/.

In 1999, he co-created the Astrophysics Source Code Library (ASCL) open repository. Housed at MTU and located online at http://ascl.net/, the ASCL now lists over 1000 codes and promotes greater research transparency. ASCL is indexed by ADS, making participating astrophysics codes easier to locate and cite.
Registration and Additional information for Members:
Night Sky Network members can join live, ask questions, and get up-to-date information about the resource via the Zoom platform. Members may register in advance for this webinar on its Outreach Resource page (member login required).
Public Livestream & Recording (YouTube)
The talk will be streamed live at the YouTube link below. Please note that questions submitted via the Zoom QA feature will have priority over YouTube chat.
The recording will be available afterwards on this page and also at the same link. 
Link: https://youtu.be/HAk0ZUwG60s

After the event, this recording will join past webinars featuring NASA speakers on the NSN YouTube page. 
 

Date: Tuesday, 1/24/2023

Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Mountain

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