Public Lecture by Prof. Peter Dunsby

You are cordially invited to a Public Lecture by  Prof. Peter Dunsby.

Abstract:

"As a Cosmologist, my day job is focused on trying to figure out the nature of Dark Energy. This talk will describe what I do after the sun sets."

"Astrophotography has made huge advances over the past decade, making it now possible to automate the capture of high-resolution images of deep sky objects with very modest equipment in heavily light polluted areas. In this talk I will describe how the pandemic provided the opportunity to build a fully automated observatory in the southern suburbs of Cape Town and how it contributes to my outreach activities. If the weather plays along, I will also connect to my observatory and live-stream from one of my telescopes."

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