Daily Archives: 03/07/2021

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Lecture by Professor Fred Jaquin

Please join us Thursday, March 18th at 7 PM for a virtual lecture presented by Fred Jaquin, Professor Emeritus of Astronomy and Physics at Onondaga Community College.   Measuring the Distance to nearby spiral galaxy NGC 2442 using the method of “standard candles” and supernova SN2015F.   This presentation will illustrate the potential for analyzing time lapse videos of supernova.  On 09 Feb 2016 the astronomy Picture of the Day presented a time lapse video of supernova SN2015F. Link to APOD: 2016 February 9 – The Rise and Fall of Supernova 2015F to see that video.  The light curve of […]