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 February 11, 2012
| Time: | 1-2 p.m. |
| Description: | Astronomer and optical scientist Dr. Roger Angel presents "A New Job for Telescopes: Making Solar Electricity." Angel has developed concepts and technology for some of the most powerful astronomical
telescopes, including the Large Binocular Telescope and the planned Giant Magellan Telescope. His current work involves a novel telescope that harvests solar energy by focusing sunlight onto small but powerful photovoltaic cells.
These "energy telescopes" are designed for mass production in huge volume for solar farms, at a cost low enough to make unsubsidized solar electricity highly competitive.
Over the past 25 years, Angel has been in the forefront of a technological renaissance in telescopes and telescope optics. Under his direction, the Steward Observatory Mirror Lab has made the optics for several telescopes, including the two largest mirrors ever (8.4 meters in diameter) for the Large Binocular Telescope on Mt. Graham, Arizona. The lab is now making two equally large mirrors for the Giant Magellan Telescope and the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope.
Angel is regents professor of astronomy and optical sciences at the University of Arizona, where he directs the Steward Observatory Mirror Lab. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a Fellow of the Royal Society and a former MacArthur Fellow. |
| Location: | Applied Engineering and Sciences Building (ACE), Avaya Auditorium 2.302 |
| URL: | More about this event... |
| Contact: | Elizabeth A Donihoo | 512-471-3552 |
| Sponsor: | Dept. of Astronomy & McDonald Observatory Board of Visitors |
| Admission: | Free and open to the public |
| Categories: | Everyone, Lecture/talk |
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