HPR’s Dave Lawrence and Christopher Phillips hosted Stargazer on Mondays to discuss the latest developments in astronomy. Stargazer is no longer in production. The last episode aired on Oct. 16, 2023.
February 8 - 14, 2016 Stargazer: Detecting Wind from a Galaxy Far, Far Away
In Stargazer this week, hear about a number of planets are visible together in our island skies, plus about a discovery from the Mauna Kea summit relating to wind from another galaxy as HPR All Things Considered Host Dave Lawrence speaks with Christopher Phillips.
Credit Hiroshima University / NAOJ
A pseudo-color image of NGC 6240 taken with Suprime-Cam at the Subaru Telescope. Blue, green, and red colors are attributed to the B-band, R-band, and H-alpha (emission line from ionized hydrogen gas) images, respectively. The giant ionized gas blown out from the galaxy is seen in red. Click the figure to jump to the larger image of the central region.
The announcement came after the National Science Foundation withdrew financial support for the Thirty Meter Telescope project last month due to the expense of funding two major telescopes. Instead, the agency will fund the Giant Magellan Telescope in Chile.
The Conversation spoke to John De Fries, executive director of the Maunakea Stewardship and Oversight Authority, about the National Science Foundation's cuts to the proposed Thirty Meter Telescope on Maunakea.
