Podcaster: Rob Sparks. Guest: Venu Kalari
Title: The Sharpest image Of The Universe’s Most Massive Known Star
Organization: NOIRLab
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Description:
By harnessing the capabilities of the 8.1-meter Gemini South telescope in Chile, which is part of the International Gemini Observatory operated by NSF’s NOIRLab, astronomers have obtained the sharpest image ever of the star R136a1, the most massive known star in the Universe. In this podcast, Gemini Observatory’s Venu M. Kalari challenges our understanding of the most massive stars and suggests that they may not be as massive as previously thought.
Bio: Rob Sparks is in the Communications, Education and Engagement group at NSF’s NOIRLab in Tucson, Arizona
Venu Kalari works at the Gemini Observatory/NSF’s NOIRLab South telescope located in Chile as an assistant scientist. Prior to this, he worked at Universidad de Chile. He obtained his PhD in Astrophysics at Queen’s University Belfast. He grew up in India, and the middle east, before moving to the United Kingdom to pursuing a scholarship to study Physics.
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