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Past Events

Sep
2
2020
Astronomy Talk: Modern Astronomy On Maunakea: A 60-Year Story (1960-2020)
5:00 PM • Remote conference • Science Talk

W. M. Keck Observatory's next virtual astronomy talk.

Nov
22
2019
A Selection of instrument projects and plans at ANU Instrumentation Technology Center
12:00 PM • TMT Project Office, Pasadena • Science Talk

Projects being presented include: - Machine learning for cloud determination at the TMT site - Machine learning for PSF reconstruction - The Gattini Infrared transient survey - Pocket GMT...

Sep
18
2019
Reflections on Telescopes in Space
12:00 PM • TMT Project Office, Pasadena • Science Talk

Ball Aerospace Missions Systems Engineering

Sep
5
2019
Science Around a Supermassive Blackhole at the Center of Our Galaxy
12:00 PM • TMT Project Office, Pasadena • Science Talk

How have the massive stars that orbit the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way recently formed in the turbulent environment of the Galactic Center?

Dec
10
2018
2018 TMT Science Forum
9:00 AM • Pasadena, CA • Science Talk

The 6th TMT Science Forum will happen December 10-12, 2018 in Pasadena, California. The theme for this year Forum is "Breakthrough Science with the Thirty-Meter-Telescope" and registration is now...

Aug
24
2017
From radio interferometer projects to TMT: the quest to understanding planet formation
12:00 PM • TMT Project Office, Pasadena • Science Talk

Dr. Masao Saito from NJAO, Japan will provide a historical perspective on various radio interferometers used to study protoplanetary disks and how telescopes like TMT can take planetary exploration...

May
12
2017
Can TMT Image Habitable Planets?
12:00 PM • TMT Project Office, Pasadena • Science Talk

Oliver Guyon who is the SCExAO Project Scientist will discuss TMT capabilities to image habitable planets.

Mar
27
2017
China's Ambitions in Astronomy and Space Science: the TMT Perspective
12:00 PM • TMT Project Office, Pasadena • Science Talk

Richard de Grijs will will discuss Chinas's ambitions in astronomy and space science pertaining to the TMT project. Interested to join remotely? Contact Warren Skidmore at was@tmt.org

Mar
10
2017
Overview and Construction Update of the LSST Observatory
11:00 AM • TMT Project Office, Pasadena • Science Talk

Chuck Claver from the LSST observatory will present construction updates for the LSST.

Dec
20
2016
Super Vision needs a Super Map: A Road Map for the Generation of a Near-Infrared Guide Star Catalog for Thirty Meter Telescope Observations
12:00 PM • TMT Project Office, Pasadena • Science Talk

Dr Smitha Subramanian from the Indian Institute of Science will talk about "A Road Map for the Generation of a Near-Infrared Guide Star Catalog for Thirty Meter Telescope Observations" Interested...

Oct
27
2016
Using a Large Telescope to See Small Things: The Application of Fizeau Interferometry to the Study of Solar System Objects
12:00 PM • TMT Project Office, Pasadena • Science Talk

Al Conrad from the LBTO will talk about using a large telescope to see small things: the application of FizeauiInterferometry to the study of solar system objects. Interested to join remotely?...

Sep
29
2016
Ground based high contrast exploration of exoplanets and their formation site
12:00 PM • TMT Project Office • Science Talk

The talk by Dr. Julien Girard, a VLT SHPERE Staff Scientists at ESO will focus on ground based high contrast exploration of exoplanets and their formation site. Interested to join remotely? Contact...

Aug
11
2016
The Habitable Exoplanet Imaging Mission (HabEx) NASA Astrophysics Large Mission Concept
12:00 PM • TMT Project Office, Pasadena • Science Talk

Dr. Bertrand Menneson, the HabEx Study Scientist and STDT co-chair will deliver an introductory talk about the mission. Interested to join remotely? Contact the host Christophe Dumas at...

Jun
2
2016
Science in the Era of the LSST and the need for the Next Generation of Telescopes
12:00 PM • TMT Project Office, Pasadena • Science Talk

David Ciardi from the Exoplanet Science Institute at Caltech/IPAC will talk about the science in the era of LSST and the next generation big telescopes. Interested to join this talk remotely?...

Mar
31
2016
Solar System Science with TMT
12:00 PM • TMT Project Office, Pasadena • Science Talk

This is the first presentation is a series of Science Talks at TMT. The series will invite scientists and engineering from around the world working on the TMT project to talk about the potential...