Evento astronómico en Scienceworks, Melbourne


El pasado sábado 28 de abril tuvimos un evento especial en Scienceworks (Melbourne, Victoria): una charla de astronomía y la projección del documental de planetario «Una estrella para Cervantes» (A star for Cervantes). El evento estuvo coordinado por el astrofísico y comunicador científico Ángel R. López-Sánchez (AAO/MQU), quien también fue el encargado de dar una charla sobre las técnicas que usan los astrónomos para detectar planetas alrededor de otras estrellas y cómo mapean los cielos. Nuestro Presidente, Sergio León-Saval (University of Sydney), dio un resumen de nuestra asociación y las actividades que hacemos. El evento estuvo organizado por Elena López Varela, Ángel R. López-Sánchez y Kate Bernard.

Astronomer Ángel López-Sánchez during his talk. Credit: SRAP.

 

Sergio León-Saval (left) and Ángel López-Sánchez (second left) with the Kate Bernard, director of Sciencework (second right) and Elena López Varela (righe). Credit: SRAP.

 

Sergio León-Saval during his talk about SRAP-IEAP. Credit: SRAP.

Agradecemos profundamente al equipo de trabajadores de Sciencework, quienes ayudaron muchísimo a la hora de conseguir que este evento fuese una realidad, así como al apoyo del Consulado General de España en Melbourne. También agradecemos al personal del Planetario de Pamplona, especialmente a su director, Javier Armentia, por su ayuda proporcionando a tiempo los ficheros de alta resolución para la proyección del documental.


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A/Prof Ángel R. López-Sánchez is an astrophysicist and science communicator working at the School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Macquarie University (MQ). He is a recognised expert in the study of how the gas is converted into stars in galaxies and how this affects galaxy evolution. He graduated in Theoretical Physics at the University of Granada (2000) and completed his PhD Thesis in Astrophysics at the prestigious “Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias” (IAC, Spain) and the University of La Laguna (Spain) in 2006. He moved to Australia in 2007, joining CSIRO “Astronomy and Space Science” to perform radio-interferometric observations of gas-rich galaxies at the Australian Telescope Compact Array. In 2011 he joined the Australian Astronomical Observatory and Macquarie University combining instrumentation support, research, lecturing, and outreach. He was appointed as a full-time research academic at the School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences at Macquarie University in May 2023. He is the president of the association of Spanish Researchers in Australia-Pacific (SRAP), the vice-president of the Astronomical Association of Córdoba (AAC, Spain), representative in the Andalusian Astronomy Network (RAdA), and member of the International Astronomical Union (IAU), the Spanish Astronomy Society (SEA), and the Australian Astronomy Society (ASA). He is a globally-recognised science communicator, with visibility in Spanish and Australian printed, broadcast, and social media. He is also a passionate amateur astronomer that uses his own equipment for capturing the beauty of the Cosmos. His stunning astronomy time-lapse videos and photos have received +1/2 million views in YouTube and have been seen in TV channels in USA, Australia and Spain, science museums worldwide, and textbooks.