[Chaos-l] Tomorrow's meeting

[Jayme Hanzak]

Greetings everyone, 

  

Our long anticipated meeting with Amanda Moffett is tomorrow. 

We'll discuss Staunton River State Park and up and coming events. 

  

May is the month for Astronomy Days this year. 

  

As I said above, Amanda Moffett from the UNC Physics Department will be our guest speaker. 

Here is a synopsis of her talk 

  

Not So Red and Dead: Elliptical and Lenticular Galaxies Reborn as Spirals? 

Both galaxy formation theory and recent observations suggest that some 
merger-formed elliptical and lenticular (E and S0) galaxies may be 
able to transform their appearances over time by (re)growing spiral 
disks. However, the prevalence of this disk regrowth process is not 
yet well determined, and answers to three key questions are still 
being sought: How often does it occur? Under what circumstances does 
it occur? How much growth is possible? I will discuss results bearing 
on all three questions, with particular emphasis on 
recently-discovered XUV (extended ultraviolet) disks around E/S0s, 
representing previously-undetected outer-disk star formation. 

  

Our meeting starts at 7pm. We meet at the Carol Woods Retirement Community 

on Weaver Dairy Rd. In Chapel Hill. 

  

We'll see you there. 



Jayme Hanzak 
CHAOS President 

CHAOS 
P.O. Box 3001 
Chapel Hill, NC 27514-0842 
http://www.rtpnet.org/chaos/ 




Jayme Hanzak 
CHAOS President 

CHAOS 
P.O. Box 3001 
Chapel Hill, NC 27514-0842 
http://www.rtpnet.org/chaos/ 
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