February 12, 2019

Speaker: Kathryn Johnston

Contact Information: kvj@astro.columbia.edu

Title: Welcome to the Milky Way! Gaia, the Galaxy and me

Abstract: The Milky Way is thought to be dynamically young with a fairly smooth potential dominated by a nearly spherical dark matter halo that has evolved little in the last several billion years. This talk outlines our evolving view of our home galaxy, inspired by the ever-growing catalogues that have mapped it - from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey to the Gaia mission.


Visit Schedule:

Tuesday (12 Feb 2019):

  • 10:30 a.m.: Coffee / Talk Prep

  • 11:00 a.m.: Colloquium

  • 12:15 p.m.: Bahcall Lunch

  • 2:00 p.m.: Jenny Greene

  • 2:30 p.m.: phone call

  • 3:00 p.m.: Miles Cranmer

  • 3:30 p.m.: Tea with grad students

  • 4:00 p.m.: Neta Bahcall (137 Peyton)

  • 4:30 p.m.: Madelyn Broome (Grand Central)

  • 5:00 p.m.: Rachael Beaton Part 1 (107 Peyton)

  • 5:30 p.m.: Eve Ostriker (136 Peyton)

  • 6:00 p.m.: DINNER WITH HOST - meet in Grand Central


Wednesday (13 Feb 2019):

  • 10:30 a.m.: Coffee

  • 11:00 a.m.: Sean Johnson (Peyton 103)

  • 11:30 a.m.: Michael Strauss (Peyton 025C)

  • 12:00-12:30pm: Erin Flowers

  • 12:30-1:30 p.m.: Lunch

  • 1:30 p.m.: Jia Liu (Peyton 103)

  • 2:00 p.m.: Amy Secunda (Peyton 033)

  • 2:30 p.m.: Erin Kado-Fong (Peyton 014)

Dinner Sign-up (students have priority; 8 MAX) - add your name here:

1. Speaker

2. Faculty host: Robert Lupton

3. Postdoc host: Jia Liu

4. Erin F

5. Amy

6. Lachlan Lancaster

7. Goni

8. Christina Kreisch

9. Erin Kado-Fong

NO MORE THAN 8 PEOPLE (otherwise it is very difficult to properly interact with the speaker)