Dr Jimi Green
Square Kilometre Array Organisation
Astrophysical masers are the radio equivalent of lasers, highly beamed radiation naturally occurring in space, and found towards a multitude of objects from newly forming stars to stars at the ends of their lives, in the tails of comets, and towards black holes at the centre of galaxies. I will talk about current research in masers and what radio observations of them can be used for, both today and in the era of the world’s largest radio telescope, the Square Kilometre Array (SKA). The SKA is an international effort, with headquarters at Jodrell Bank, and supported by 11 member countries, with a design effort involving more than 500 experts from around 100 organisations across 20 countries. The SKA telescope will use hundreds of thousands of interconnected radio telescopes spread across Africa and Australia to revolutionise our understanding of the Universe.
Time: 7.30pm to 9.00pm
Tickets – Adult £8.00, Concession £6.00. Please call 01477 571 766 to book tickets.
Pre-event dining
Our award winning cafe will be serving delicious pre-lecture dinners.
Why not indulge in an evening treat? Sittings are at 6.00pm, 6.15pm 6.30pm & 6.45pm.
Space is limited to 50 people.
Menu – book either one course or two
Chicken Ballotine, cranberry & chestnut stuffing, Fondant potato £14.50
Honey glazed carrot, mushroom & hazelnut tart, truffled goats curd. £10.50
Pan-fried Gurnard, chicory, roast salsify. £14.50
Plum pudding parfait, salted butter caramel crumble, rum crème anglaise £6.95
Chocolate orange panna cotta, praline ice cream, £6.95
Pecan tart, confit Clementine's, vanilla bean ice cream, £6.95
Please email planetpavilioncafe@gmail.com to make a booking, and confirm your preferred sitting and choice of dishes above. Please note that space is limited to 50 people.
The cafe will be open for light refreshments to non diners.