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Join Prof Maurizio Salaris (ARI-LJMU) in his talk How do we know the ages of stars? where he will explain how to date stars and their host galaxies, even for the distant ones.

  • From: Thursday 30 March 2023, 8 pm
  • To: Thursday 30 March 2023, 10 pm
  • Location: LT4, Nottingham Trent University, Clifton Campus, Clifton, Nottingham,
  • Booking deadline: Thursday 30 March 2023, 8.00 pm
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Event details

Where do we come from? and How was our Universe created? are the most fundamental questions astronomers ask themselves. Understanding therefore the ages of what our Universe contains - for example clusters of galaxies, galaxies, star clusters, and planetary systems - and how they evolve is crucial.

For this task, the determination of the ages of stars is vital to understand how the Universe and its content have formed and developed with time. Stars can be seen as timepieces scattered throughout space, that tell us about the past evolution of the cosmos. Prof Maurizio Salaris (ARI-LJMU) aims at explaining in his talk How do we know the ages of stars? what we really do to determine the ages of stars and their host galaxies, even for the distant ones that can just be seen as blobs of light with the most powerful telescopes. This is a unique opportunity to meet the author of the book Age-Dating Stars awarded the 2022 outstanding academic title by the Association of College and Research Librarians in the USA, due to its first treatment of this subject in a book and originality as well as uniqueness of its treatment.

Booking is required for this event while attending in person. While attending, you consent to filming, photography, and sound recording – which may include you as a member of the audience – and its use in publication or advertising distribution, either printed or online, without payment or copyright.

This event is taking place as a hybrid event on NTU campus. This will allow a flexible way of attending. You are currently booking to attend in person (including observatory and planetarium tour with possible observations) and will need to purchase a £5 ticket for the event. If you are underage or an NTU student there is no charge.

You can also attend the virtual talk for free but would need to book the Open Dome VIRTUAL event to receive the link details.

Programme

The event will start at 8pm with Prof Maurizio Salaris (ARI-LJMU) in his talk How do we know the ages of stars?

Refreshments will be offered from 7.45 pm in LT4 within the Teaching and Learning Building. After the talk, visitors will be able to enter the NTU planetarium, get a tour of the NTU observatory and the chance to see interesting objects in the Spring sky using the observatory's telescopes, small telescopes and binoculars, if the weather allows it.

If the weather is not good, the planetarium session will be pointing out objects of interest as well.

Location details

Address:

Nottingham Trent University
Clifton Campus
Clifton
Nottingham

Parking:

Parking is available only for booked visitors in the Main Gate car park.

Please ensure to enter the campus via Main Gate only!

Ensure to allow for sufficient time since you will need to contact security at the barrier to identify the event you wish to visit. Furthermore it is a 3 minute walk from the car park to Teaching and Learning Building.

Travel Info:

Main gate entrance is located on the A453 closest towards the city, ie the first entrance when travelling from Nottingham towards Clifton.

Please avoid entering via South Gate as you will not be able to access the staff car park nor will security staff allow access via that barrier.

The exact location of the car park is in latitude and longitude 52.912958, -1.183357 or via GoogleMaps .

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