VIRTUAL: Catching a Planet - A Step-By-Step Guide
Monday, January 196:00—7:00 PMZoomRockport Public Library17 School Street, Rockport, MA, 01966

Using the Magellan Telescope in Chile and the Large Binocular Telescope in Arizona, astronomers have captured a striking new view of a planet! Join us with PhD student, Joshua Liberman to learn more about this massive new planet and how they discovered it.
Drawing on his experiences as a researcher at the Keck and Magellan telescopes, Josh will describe how astronomers use cutting-edge instruments to view distant planets.
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About Joshua Liberman: Joshua Liberman is a third-year PhD student at the University of Arizona's Wyant College of Optical Sciences. His research involves developing planet detection instruments for current and future ground- and space-based telescopes, including the Magellan-Clay Telescope, the Giant Magellan Telescope, and NASA's Habitable Worlds Observatory. A Reading, Massachusetts native, Liberman received a Bachelor's degree in astrophysics from Colgate University in 2022.
Image Credit: Katie Twitchell (University of Arizona)
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