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This composite image of NGC4535 shows a Hubble image of the galaxy, overlaid with new ALMA observations of the galaxy’s molecular clouds. [ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)/PHANGS, S. Dagnello (NRAO)]
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April 27, 2021
Jessica Sutter, a UW Ph.D. student in physics, poses in front of the nearby galaxies she studies. Sutter will present a talk, titled “Star Formation in Local Galaxies,” Friday, May 14, at 7 p.m. in the UW Harry C. Vaughan Planetarium. (Jessica Sutter Photo)
Activities at the University of Wyoming Harry C. Vaughan Planetarium may start slowly during May, but they will soon pick up speed like a hurtling comet.
Scheduled highlights include a talk by Jessica Sutter, a UW Ph.D. student in physics, who will share her research on star formation in nearby galaxies with the public May 14; a program on the 2017 eclipse for which Wyoming was a prime viewing spot; and an event not even on the planetarium schedule.
Meredith Hughes, associate professor of astronomy; and
Roy Kilgard, associate professor of the practice in astronomy.
Poster presentations included:
Kimberly Paragas ’21, who is working with Redfield, presented “Metastable Helium Reveals Ongoing Mass Loss for the Gas Giant HAT-P-18b.”
Molly Watstein ’21, who is working with Moran, presented “New Insights into AGN Unification from NuSTAR Observations of Nearby Seyfert 2 Galaxies.”
Hannah Lewis ’23, who is working with Hughes, presented “A Search for Kinematic Signatures of Planets in the Debris Disk Around 49 Ceti.”
Graduate student
Megan Delamer, who is working with Hughes, presented “A High-Resolution Study of Spatial and Spectral Variations of Dust Properties in the 49 Ceti Debris Disk.”