Texas Astronomers to Speak about Largest Black Hole Ever Discovered
By: HSU Press Release
Updated: January 23, 2013
Two world class astronomers from the McDonald Observatory, near Fort Davis, Texas, will be on the Hardin-Simmons University campus on Friday to speak about the Davis Mountains' observatory and some of the incredible findings made using the world's third largest telescope, the Hobby-Eberly Telescope.
"This is a rare opportunity for HSU students and faculty," says HSU professor of mathematics and founder of the International Asteroid Search Collaboration, Dr. Patrick Miller.
Dr. David Lambert, director of the McDonald Observatory, and Dr. Karl Gebhardt, esteemed Joan Suit Professor of Astrophysics, both professors at University of Texas, Austin, will speak in HSU's Holland Science Building, Friday, January 25, 2013, 1-2 p.m., room 220.
They will give a general talk on astronomy plus present the recent findings made at the McDonald Observatory. One of these findings, from November 2012, is the largest black hole ever discovered in the universe. "This object weighs as much as 17 billion Suns, and is located in the distant galaxy NGC 1277, found 220 million light years from Earth," says Miller.
Miller says, "This is an opportunity for the community, HSU students, and HSU faculty and staff to meet these world-famous astronomers, and hear them describe the most recent discoveries made at the McDonald Observatory."
"This is a rare opportunity for HSU students and faculty," says HSU professor of mathematics and founder of the International Asteroid Search Collaboration, Dr. Patrick Miller.
Dr. David Lambert, director of the McDonald Observatory, and Dr. Karl Gebhardt, esteemed Joan Suit Professor of Astrophysics, both professors at University of Texas, Austin, will speak in HSU's Holland Science Building, Friday, January 25, 2013, 1-2 p.m., room 220.
They will give a general talk on astronomy plus present the recent findings made at the McDonald Observatory. One of these findings, from November 2012, is the largest black hole ever discovered in the universe. "This object weighs as much as 17 billion Suns, and is located in the distant galaxy NGC 1277, found 220 million light years from Earth," says Miller.
Miller says, "This is an opportunity for the community, HSU students, and HSU faculty and staff to meet these world-famous astronomers, and hear them describe the most recent discoveries made at the McDonald Observatory."
