[Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] Meeting Reminder: Downdraft Radar Technology, presented by Dr. Jim Evans. On Wednesday, January 12, 2022 at 10AM ET. Lexington Computer and Technology Group Online Meeting via Zoom

Wed Jan 12 13:56:12 PST 2022

I just retired from CfA.  I'll ask.

On Wed, Jan 12, 2022 at 3:27 PM George Gamota <ggamota at stma-llc.com> wrote:

> Does anybody know a person at the Harvard & Smithsonian Center for
> Astrophysics. Might be a good talk.
>
> George
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> *The Solar System Exists Inside a Giant, Mysterious Void, And We Finally
> Know Why*
>
> MICHELLE STARR <https://www.sciencealert.com/michelle-starr>
>
> 12 JANUARY 2022
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> The Solar System floats in the middle of a peculiarly empty region of
> space.
>
> This region of low-density, high-temperature plasma, about 1,000
> light-years across, is surrounded by a shell of cooler, denser neutral gas
> and dust. It's called the Local Bubble, and precisely how and why it came
> to exist, with the Solar System floating in the middle, has been a
> challenge to explain.
>
> A team of astronomers led by the Harvard & Smithsonian Center for
> Astrophysics (CfA) has now mapped the Local Bubble with the highest
> precision yet – and found that the Local Bubble was likely carved out of
> the interstellar medium by a series of supernova explosions millions of
> years ago.
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> *From:* LCTG <lctg-bounces+ggamota=stma-llc.com at lists.toku.us> *On Behalf
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> *Sent:* Tuesday, January 11, 2022 10:40 AM
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> *Subject:* [Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] Meeting Reminder: Downdraft
> Radar Technology, presented by Dr. Jim Evans. On Wednesday, January 12,
> 2022 at 10AM ET. Lexington Computer and Technology Group Online Meeting via
> Zoom
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> (NOTE: Repeated Reminder with unchanged contents.)
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> Our Zoom Meeting ID is 972 6146 0830. Detailed instructions for joining us
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> *January 12, 2022*
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> *Downdraft Radar Technology *(Dr. Jim Evans)
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> *January 19, 2022*
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> *Quantum Physics Part 1* (Charlie Holbrow)
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> *January 26, 2022*
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> *Potpourri*
> Meandering Rivers (proposed by *John Rudy*) Concord River is a good
> example. e.g., https://www.ausableriver.org/blog/why-do-streams-meander
> Mark Twain and James Fenimore Cooper
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