April NOVAC General Monthly Meeting

This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows the galaxy cluster MACSJ0717.5+3745. This is one of six being studied by the Hubble Frontier Fields programme, which together have produced the deepest images of gravitational lensing ever made. Due to the huge mass of the cluster it is bending the light of background objects, acting as a magnifying lens. It is one of the most massive galaxy clusters known, and it is also the largest known gravitational lens. Of all of the galaxy clusters known and measured, MACS J0717 lenses the largest area of the sky.
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Fellow NOVAC Members,

NOVAC’s general meeting will be held on the campus of George Mason University on Sunday, April 10th. We will meet as usual in Research Hall Room #163 at 7:00 P.M. The NOVAC Board of Trustees will meet prior to the general meeting at 5:30 PM in the same location.

Our guest speaker this month is Cal Powell who will be giving a talk on Re-Envisioning the Big Bang.
Also, I’d like to extend an invitation to everyone to come to the pre-meeting dinner this month at Brion’s Grille (in University Mall across from GMU at 10621 Braddock Rd) on Sunday at 5:30 p.m. The pre-meeting dinner is an excellent way to meet other club members, welcome newcomers, and renew old friendships.

Clear skies,

Terry Cabell

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