SDAA Program Meeting -- ONLINE -- Creating the Hubble's Pillars w/Zoltan Levy

SDAA Program Meeting -- ONLINE

Creating the Pillars: Visualizing Hubble’s Colorful Universe
Speaker: Zoltan Levay

Zoltan G. (Zolt) Levay was Imaging Group Lead in the Office of Public Outreach at Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, MD. Since 1993 he was primarily responsible for producing publicly accessible images from Hubble Space Telescope data to illustrate Hubble’s science discoveries. He is a member of the Hubble Heritage Team, a grant-funded program within STScI striving to establish a repository of the visually finest Hubble imagery.

Zolt Levay originally joined STScI as a contractor for Computer Sciences Corporation in 1983, developing software to translate Hubble data into images for analysis. In 1993, he joined the staff of the news office within what would become STScI’s Office of Public Outreach, working with astronomers to prepare their Hubble data for press release images. He retired in 2018.

Levay received his BS in astrophysics in 1975 from Indiana University, and the MS in astronomy in 1978 from Case Western Reserve University.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, program meetings are currently being held via Zoom. You can register in advance for the next meeting at the following link. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. You may be required to log in with a Zoom login and password in order to attend the meeting.

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89298162225

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The San Diego Astronomy Association (SDAA) Program Meetings are held on the third Wednesday of every month at the Mission Trails Regional Park Visitor and Interpretative Center, beginning at 7:00 PM. Doors open at 6:30 PM.

After making announcements and conducting a small amount of business, the audience is treated to a talk or presentation by a featured speaker.

The event is open to the public.

Directions to MTRP may be found on their website.

For a complete Program Meeting schedule, go to the Program Meeting web page

http://www.sdaa.org/events.htm

https://www.sdaa.org/calendar.htm
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NOTE:This is a NON-San Diego Space Network event that is being put on by one of our regional partners, listed here purely for members' information. See the details below for more information on how to sign up.

The San Diego Space Network will not have a public outreach presence at this event, but that may change in the future.