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From cave paintings of constellations to modern day telescopes, human beings have always tried capture the beauty of the stars, and strived to understand the cosmos. But how did we get to the technology we use today to understand and explore the universe?

 

Come learn about early astrophotography, exciting new developments in the field today, and the people that helped to make all these discoveries possible. Marley Leacock, an astronomer from the H.R. MacMillan Space Center will take you on an out of this world tour of how astronomical imagining has evolved since the 19th century. The tour will start with photographic plates of the 1800s (how those worked and the discoveries made using them) to our current 21st century high-powered telescopes (how these work and what we are hoping to see and discover!) 

 

About Marley Leacock

Marley is passionate about scientific outreach with people of all ages and has experience in both academic and outreach aspects of Astronomy. She is a graduate from the University of British Columbia, has completed a research project with the Dunlap Institute at the University of Toronto, and has volunteered teaching physics concepts to local girl guide groups with the Physics and Astronomy department at UBC. Most recently, she has been working with Gearing Up, a science outreach program run through UBC, delivering science, engineering and technology curriculum in person and online using innovative means to promote STEM to children in grades 4-7.

 

This program is for all ages.