The World of Galaxies
MICA’s popular series of astronomy talks in SL continues this coming Saturday. Here are the details:
Title: The World of Galaxies
“Hoag’s Object, an example of a ring galaxy”
Speaker: Dr. George Djorgovski
Date: Saturday, June 13, 2009
Time: 10:00 AM Pacific Time (SL Time)
Location: The large amphitheater on the sim named StellaNova SLURL: http://slurl.com/secondlife/StellaNova/213/210/32/
Abstract: Galaxies are the basic building blocks of the universe on large scales. Studies of their structure, physics, evolution, and formation are the arena which spans most of the contemporary research in astronomy and observational cosmology. This lecture will present a brief overview of our present knowledge and understanding of galaxies and their lives.
This science talk is intended for the general public. All are welcome. It’s part of a series of popular talks organized by MICA, the Meta Institute for Computational Astrophysics (MICA).
For more information, see http://mica-vw.org/ Feel free to ask questions or make comments.
Link on the Official SL Events calendar
Dr. Knop Talks Astronomy - “A Snapshot of the Early Universe”
You’re invited to the next installment of Dr. Knop Talks Astronomy!
Title: A Snapshot of the Early Universe: The Cosmic Microwave Background
Date: Saturday, March 7, 2009
Time: 10:00 AM Pacific Time (SL Time)
Location: The large amphitheater on the sim named StellaNova SLURL: http://slurl.com/secondlife/StellaNova/213/210/32/
Abstract: If you look between all of the stars and all of the galaxies, and you get outside of the Earth’s atmosphere, and even outside the glow of the gas and dust in our own galaxy, you would see that everywhere the sky glows at a temperature of about 3 degrees above absolute zero. This is the cosmic microwave background, and it represents a snapshot of the aftermath of the Big Bang. In this talk, I’ll summarize how it was discovered, I’ll describe how it came to be a few hundred thousand years after the Big Bang, and I’ll tell you some of the very important things we’ve learned about our Universe from studying it.
This science talk is intended for the general public. All are welcome. It’s part of a series of popular talks called Dr. Knop Talks Astronomy. Dr. Knop was on one of the teams that discovered the accelerating expansion of the universe. Feel free to ask questions or make comments. Produced in association with the Meta Institute for Computational Astrophysics (MICA).
For more information, see http://mica-vw.org/
Link on the Official SL Events calendar: https://secure-web12.secondlife.com/events/event.php?id=2434573&date=1236412800
MICA Opens New StellaNova Sim Jan 30th-31st
This coming Friday and Saturday, MICA, the Meta Institute for Computational Astrophysics, will be hosting events for the grand opening of their new sim, StellaNova.
Check out the MICA website for all the details!
- A scene in the new MICA sim, StellaNova
All times are Pacific Time.
Friday, Jan. 30: Day One of the Grand Opening of the new MICA sim (StellaNova) . 1:30 - 1:45 pm: Opening remarks, MICA building dedication [MICA building]. SLURL: http://slurl.com/secondlife/StellaNova/24/108/32 . 1:45 - 2:00 pm: Explore around StellaNova. SLURL: http://slurl.com/secondlife/StellaNova/129/129/32 . 2:00 - 3:00 pm: Open discussion: Science in Virtual Worlds [Small amphitheater]. SLURL: http://slurl.com/secondlife/StellaNova/76/200/32 . 3:00 - 3:30 pm: New initiatives in OpenSim N-body work [MICA seminar room]. SLURL: <a href=”http://slurl.com/secondlife/StellaNova/27/114/21“>http://slurl.com/secondlife/StellaNova/27/114/21
- StellaNova beach house and eagle - Image by Korii Tiger
Saturday, Jan. 31: Day Two of the Grand Opening of the new MICA sim (StellaNova) . 10:00 - 11:00 am: Inaugural Popular Lecture - Dr. Knop Talks Astronomy - “Colliding Galaxies in a Virtual Universe” [Large amphitheater]. SLURL: http://slurl.com/secondlife/StellaNova/206/211/32 . 11:00 - 12 noon: Informal discussion: Astronomy and SL [MICA Clubhouse]. SLURL: http://slurl.com/secondlife/StellaNova/127/43/22 . Please join us in celebrating and learning! The inworld SL group is the open-membership MICA - VW Astrophysics. Feel free to join and keep up with future events. Check out our wiki at http://mica-vw.org for events and slides/records of past talks to learn more! See you at the opening of StellaNova!
