RASC Montreal Centre: An Evening of Exoplanets

Event Date: 
Tuesday, January 26, 2021 - 19:00 to 21:00 EST

An Evening of Exoplanets

RASC Montreal

The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (RASC) Montreal Centre invites you to join us on Tuesday, Jan 26th at 7:00 pm EST for a discussion on Exoplanet Research. In conjunction with our friends from Guelph Physics and the Institute for Research on Exoplanets (IREX), we’ll be joined by some of Canada’s top researchers probing the depths of space focusing on planets external to our solar system, or as they’re known to scientists, exoplanets. Planned topics include:

  • The James Webb Space Telescope – an orbiting infrared observatory designed to complement and extend the discoveries of the Hubble Space Telescope to be launched later this year.
  • The Ariel Mission – scheduled to launch in 2029, the Atmospheric Remote-sensing Infrared Exoplanet Large-survey Mission is the first mission dedicated to measuring the chemical composition and thermal structures of hundreds of transiting exoplanets.
  • The Gaia Mission – currently in space, the Gaia mission seeks to chart a three-dimensional map of our Galaxy, the Milky Way, in the process revealing its composition, formation and evolution.

We will have a live Q&A where your questions about space exploration, space science, and the cosmos, in general, will be answered! Email montrealrasc@gmail.com with any questions in advance and we'll try to include them. Please join us on Facebook Live or the Guelph Physics YouTube page for this unique opportunity to join in with some of Canada’s top space scientists!

The event will take place Tuesday, January 26 @ 7 pm EST

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Keep an eye out for these upcoming Public Events:

  • Wed, Feb 10th 8pm - RASC Montreal Centre Zoom Event - Women in Astronomy, to celebrate the International Day of Women & Girls in Science
  • Sat, Feb 27th 8pm - RASC Montreal Centre Zoom Event - Mars Science Missions by Dr. Richard Léveillé