Globular Clusters of the Milky Way

Globular clusters are ancient stellar systems that formed at very early times in the history of the Milky Way galaxy. Professor Smith's talk will examine how globular clusters are distributed within the Milky Way, their ages, chemical compositions, and the types of stars found within them. Such basic properties of globular clusters will be described with a particular emphasis on how these systems of stars can serve as an astronomical fossil record.

Speaker: Graeme Smith, UC Santa Cruz