Trinity Grammar School “Mathematics Club” in conjunction with the
UNSW Physics is pleased to present an Open Night:
BRINGING THE COSMOS
DOWN TO EARTH!
Wednesday 24th May 2017
Come and learn about the night sky!
UNSW Physics will host two interactive sessions:
1. Telescope Workshop and Viewing
2. Lecture by Dr Duncan
Wright on “Exoplanetary
Science”
Exoplanetary Science at UNSW
research team targets planets
discovered as they transit their
host stars, planets discovered
by the wobble they impose
on their host star, and direct
imaging searches. They also study
the coldest free-floating planet-like objects (brown
dwarfs) discovered in the space near our Sun. The UNSW
team has discovered over fifty extra-solar planets (or
exoplanets), and in December 2015 they announced the
discovery of Wolf 1061b - the closest potentially habitable
planet yet discovered to our Sun.
DETAILS
DATE
WEDNESDAY 24TH MAY 2017
TIME6:30pm
(Refreshments will be served from 6pm)
WHERE: Science Block Room S2.3
Trinity Grammar School
119 Prospect Road, Summer Hill
Students and parents can bring their own
telescopes to this special event.
Event supported by the UNSW Physics Outreach Unit
For all enquiries please contact:
Dr Fred Osman | MIC Mathematics Club
phone 9581 6040 or
email [email protected]