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DTSTART:20170216T193000Z
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LOCATION:5310 Chamberlin Hall
SUMMARY:Physics with a 10-year Color Movie of 40 Billion Stars and Gal
 axies\, NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum\, Keith Bechtol\, La
 rge Synoptic Survey Telescope
DESCRIPTION:Steady advances in telescope and camera technology have al
 lowed us to explore the night sky deeper\, wider\, and faster with eac
 h new generation of instruments. The next major experiment in this end
 eavor is the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST)\, now under constr
 uction in Chile\, with first light scheduled in 2020. LSST will catalo
 g more stars and galaxies than all previous astronomical surveys combi
 ned\, and will monitor transient\, variable\, and moving objects over 
 a ten-year period\, generating ~10 million alerts each night. In addit
 ion to precision cosmological constraints for dark energy\, dark matte
 r\, neutrino physics\, and inflation\, the resulting multipurpose data
 set will enable discoveries in time-domain\, Galactic\, and Solar Syst
 em astronomy. By turning the night sky into a giant publicly-accessibl
 e database\, LSST will also create new opportunities for education and
  public outreach.<br><br><br>
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URL:https://www.physics.wisc.edu/events/?id=4399
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