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Join Dr. Patrick Treuthardt, Assistant Head of the Astronomy and Astrophysics Research Lab at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, to explore his latest work investigating rare astronomical phenomena and engaging the public to help.
Nearly every large galaxy appears to host a supermassive black hole in its nucleus, whose mass ranges from millions to billions of times the mass of the Sun. The origin of these black holes is still not understood but rare, intermediate mass black holes (IMBHs; ranging from thousands to hundreds of thousands of times the mass of the Sun) may shed light on the problem. Measuring the mass of a nuclear black hole requires significant telescope resources, so a method of identifying a few probable candidates is necessary. Dr. Patrick Treuthardt will discuss an efficient means of identifying spiral galaxies that potentially harbor IMBHs with the help of citizen scientists, all-sky surveys, and existing scaling relations.
Join Dr. Patrick Treuthardt, Assistant Head of the Astronomy and Astrophysics Research Lab at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, to explore his latest work investigating rare astronomical phenomena and engaging the public to help.
Nearly every large galaxy appears to host a supermassive black hole in its nucleus, whose mass ranges from millions to billions of times the mass of the Sun. The origin of these black holes is still not understood but rare, intermediate mass black holes (IMBHs; ranging from thousands to hundreds of thousands of times the mass of the Sun) may shed light on the problem. Measuring the mass of a nuclear black hole requires significant telescope resources, so a method of identifying a few probable candidates is necessary. Dr. Patrick Treuthardt will discuss an efficient means of identifying spiral galaxies that potentially harbor IMBHs with the help of citizen scientists, all-sky surveys, and existing scaling relations.
![🔴 Museum Makers LIVE! [ Minecraft Build & Chat ] Ep16: Wildfire!](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/fBCx8HcgIhQ/mqdefault.jpg "🔴 Museum Makers LIVE! [ Minecraft Build & Chat ] Ep16: Wildfire!
Im Matthew, shes Audrey and the two of us are makers, museum curators and adequate gamers!
Watch as we build a 1:1 scale replica of the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences within Minecraft! Along the way we chat about science and technology and answer any questions youve been burning to ask!
Recorded live from the Visual World Investigate Lab, a free technology/science/education lab in the Nature Research Center, part of NCMNS in downtown Raleigh.
Minecraft Mods: Clutter, Hybrid Aquatic, Naturalist, Pick Your Poison, Wildlife
Minecraft Shader: Complementary Unbound
Listen to thousands of Cicadas in North Carolina here: https://youtu.be/H2vnEDeoP4Q")
