Lick Observatory Music of the Spheres: New Science and Technology at Lick Observatory - SOLD OUT

• Concert
• Astronomy talk by world-renowned scientists
• Viewing through the historic 36-inch Great Lick Refractor telescope
• Viewing through the 40-inch Nickel Reflector telescope
• Astronomy discussions with amateur astronomers and viewing through small telescopes

Dr. Elinor Gates is a staff astronomer and the visitor services supervisor at Lick Observatory.  Her primary research interest is high tech instrumentation, specializing in laser guide star adaptive optics and near infrared camera instrumentation.  Her scientific research focuses on studying active galaxies and quasars, but she has also participated in studying the atmospheres of Neptune and Uranus, and Supernova follow-up studies.  She did her undergraduate work at Mount Holyoke College, majoring in Mathematics and Astrophysics. She received her Ph.D. in Physics/Astronomy from the University of New Mexico. Before coming to Lick Observatory in 1998, she had worked at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory/International Astronomical Union Minor Planet Center, and the Air Force Phillips Laboratory.  Her previous public education and outreach experience was as the director of the University of New Mexico campus observatory, board member of The Albuquerque Astronomical Society, and outreach coordinator for the LodeStar program. Asteroid 2650 is named Elinor in her honor.

Editor's note: Dr. Courtney Dressing, the original speaker for tonight, will not be available.