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Astronomy & Astrophysics Research Day at NC Museum of Natural Sciences

Date: Saturday, Nov 7

Time: 10:00 am - 2:00 pm

Venue: NC Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh

Price: Free

Category: Community

Explore the universe without leaving Raleigh at our Astronomy & Astrophysics Research Day. FREE and open to the public. See meteorites that traveled through space and map spiral galaxies for a collaborative science project. Look through telescopes with the Raleigh Astronomy Club and meet Appalachian State University students sharing new astrophysics research. Presentations: 11 AM Observing Massive Stars in the Galaxy 12 PM Making Sense of Spiral Galaxies: How Volunteers and AI Team Up to Identify Individual Spiral Arms Exhibits and Activities: Spiral Graph: Cluster Buster Raleigh Astronomy Club Discovering New Worlds: The Science of Exploring Space Astrophysics Research Highlights Visitors from Space: Meteorites from Asteroids, the Moon, and Mars

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Astronomy & Astrophysics Research Day at NC Museum of Natural Sciences

Saturday, Nov 7, 10am–2pm at NC Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh. Free.

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10:00 am - 2:00 pm
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Explore the universe without leaving Raleigh at our Astronomy & Astrophysics Research Day. FREE and open to the public.


See meteorites that traveled through space and map spiral galaxies for a collaborative science project. Look through telescopes with the Raleigh Astronomy Club and meet Appalachian State University students sharing new astrophysics research.


Presentations:

11 AM Observing Massive Stars in the Galaxy

12 PM Making Sense of Spiral Galaxies: How Volunteers and AI Team Up to Identify Individual Spiral Arms


Exhibits and Activities:

Spiral Graph: Cluster Buster

Raleigh Astronomy Club

Discovering New Worlds: The Science of Exploring Space

Astrophysics Research Highlights

Visitors from Space: Meteorites from Asteroids, the Moon, and Mars

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Astronomy & Astrophysics Research Day at NC Museum of Natural Sciences runs Saturday, Nov 7, 10:00 am - 2:00 pm.

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NC Museum of Natural Sciences is at 11 W. Jones Street, Raleigh, Raleigh, NC. Open in Google Maps.

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