General Meeting – Give Peas a Chance: How Citizen Scientists Helped Solve the Photon Crisis

PRESENTATION: Give Peas a Chance: How Citizen Scientists Helped Solve the Photon Crisis
This talk will be about ‘Green Pea Galaxies’ – a type of galaxy discovered by citizen scientists on ‘GalaxyZoo’—that helped us understand the evolution of the intergalactic medium and resolved an open question of cosmic-scale significance.

OUR PRESENTER:
Dr. O’Sullivan received his PhD in astrophysics from Caltech in 2020, where he studied how intergalactic gas fuels the growth and evolution of galaxies across cosmic time — logging over 100 nights of observations at the Keck and Palomar Observatories along the way. He has since worked as a Data Scientist at Google Search, as a Research Scientist at the University of Colorado Boulder / LASP, and currently works in advanced concepts development at Blue Origin. Originally from Ireland, he lives in Boulder with his wife, 1-year-old daughter, and two cats.”

Open to members and non-members alike, the Monthly General Meetings feature club announcements, member observing reports, and a headline guest speaker. Speakers typically hail from one of Colorado’s many science or technical organizations and share their experiences on a wide range of astronomy topics.

Location:
In-person at the Secular Hub (254 N. Knox Ct., Denver, CO 80219).
Meeting attendees are welcome to arrive at Secular Hub starting at 6:30 p.m.