Star Today, Gone Tomorrow
Channel: Astronomy On Tap Seattle
Date: 2019-08-28

THIS MONTH we will be joined by Dr. Melissa Graham*, who will speak about her research on what happens to stellar siblings when one of them explodes. We'll also hear from Professor Eric Bellm* about the groundbreaking discoveries made by the Zwicky Transient Facility!

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Speaker Bios
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Speaker 1: Dr. Melissa Graham
Title: Messy Siblings: Supernovae in Binary Systems

Dr. Graham currently works in the UW Astronomy Department as a Project Science Analyst for the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope. Her main research focus is supernovae.

Speaker 2: Professor Eric Bellm
Title: Old Telescope, New Tricks!

Eric Bellm is a faculty member in Astronomy at the University of Washington, where he helps develop two major time-domain surveys: the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) and the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST).  He hunts for hidden neutron star and black hole binaries in the resulting catalogs of billions of stars.