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Monthly Meeting: Mr. Andy Briggs – “How to Photograph a Black Hole”
Friday, 15th October 2021 @ 19:00 - 21:00 BST
The October 2021 (William Lassell Memorial Lecture) monthly meeting of Liverpool Astronomical Society will be held on Friday, October 15th from 19:00 to 21:00.
Our guest speaker this month is Mr. Andy Briggs who will be joining us from Spain with his talk:
“How to Photograph a Black Hole“
Join Andy Briggs as he explains exactly how an international team of scientists and engineers acquired the famous image of the supermassive black hole in M87.
This talk compliments the recent talk from Professor Derek Ward-Thompson on a similar topic.
Please note, due to COVID-19 this meeting is ONLINE-ONLY.
Society members have been sent Zoom & YouTube links.
A recording IS publicly available for this lecture »»» at this YouTube link.
With best wishes – Mark
