Lightbox Gallery Talk: Viewing the Active Sun

This afternoon’s talk features Henry “Trae” Winter III, an astrophysicist from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA).

Solar astronomers have been creating near-real time videos of the sun in wavelengths that are not visible to the naked eye. By displaying these images in the Lightbox Gallery, the Harvard Art Museums are serving as a kind of virtual telescope.

This talk is linked to an interactive exhibition on view through March 30, 2016, in the Lightbox Gallery, and is part of the project “(In)visible: Light in Astronomy and Art Conservation,” a collaboration between affiliates of the CfA and the Harvard Art Museums. The project explores how conservators and astronomers use light to analyze and visualize information that helps in studying the formation and evolution of celestial and artistic objects.

Free with museums admission. This talk is limited to 15 people and tickets are required. Ten minutes before the talk, tickets will become available at the admissions desk.

Please meet in the Calderwood Courtyard, in front of the digital screens between the shop and the admissions desk. Museums staff will be on hand to collect tickets.