Star Party

The McKellar Telescope: Discovering Worlds Beyond our Sun

The 1.8-meter Plaskett telescope isn’t the only telescope on site with a notable namesake, interesting history, and exciting scientific instruments. Located just across the road from the Centre of the Universe is the 1.2-meter telescope and McKellar spectrograph. This talk touches on Andrew McKellar’s discoveries, his design of the telescope’s instrumentation, and the role spectroscopy plays in past and present astronomical research.

Allen Keefe is a Physics and Astronomy student at the University of Victoria. Growing up with a broad curiosity for science, Allen discovered a passion for astronomy while taking an aerospace course at the Museum of Flight in Seattle, Washington.

Tickets will be available Monday at 5pm on this page 12 days prior to the event.