Honey, I Shrunk the Galaxy! How UW Astronomers Measured the Milky Way
UW Space Place 2300 S. Park St., Suite LL-100, Madison, Wisconsin
Guest Presentation at Space Place
Tuesday, October 13th, 7:00 pm
"Honey, I Shrunk the Galaxy! How UW Astronomers Measured the Milky Way" by Dr. Jim Lattis, Director, UW Space Place
In the early 1930s, research by UW's astronomers brought about our modern understanding of the size and structure of our own Milky Way Galaxy and discovered that it was typical of other spiral galaxies in the universe. This historical talk will explain how that ground-breaking research came about.
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