First Light: The Astronomy Century in California, 1917–2017

Guillermo Blanc from Las Campanas Observatory, Carnegie Institution for Science, delivers a talk titled “From VAR! to the Edge of the Universe.” This talk was included in the session titled “VAR!: Hale, Shapley, Hubble–and Beyond.” Part of “First Light: The Astronomy Century in California, 1917–2017,” a conference held at The Huntington Nov. 17–18, 2017.

Andrew McWilliam from Carnegie Observatories delivers a talk titled “Origin of the Elements and Galactic Archaeology.” This talk was included in the session titled “It’s Elemental.” Part of “First Light: The Astronomy Century in California, 1917–2017,” a conference held at The Huntington Nov. 17–18, 2017.

Bryan Penprase from Soka University of Americadelivers a talk titled “Horizons: Conceptions of Cosmology from a Multi-Cultural Perspective.” This talk was included in the session titled “Faster Than Ever: The Accelerating Universe.” Part of “First Light: The Astronomy Century in California, 1917–2017,” a conference held at The Huntington Nov. 17–18, 2017.

Wendy Freedman from University of Chicago delivers a talk titled “Hubble’s Expanding Legacy: Our Unexpected Universe.” This talk was included in the session titled “Faster Than Ever: The Accelerating Universe.” Part of “First Light: The Astronomy Century in California, 1917–2017,” a conference held at The Huntington Nov. 17–18, 2017.

Daniel Lewis from The Huntington and John Mulchaey from Carnegie Observatories deliver closing remarks for “First Light: The Astronomy Century in California, 1917–2017,” a conference held at The Huntington Nov. 17–18, 2017.

Marcia Bartusiak from Massachusetts Institute of Technology delivers a talk titled “How the 100-Inch and a Variable Star Revealed Our Modern Universe.” This talk was included in the session titled “VAR!: Hale, Shapley, Hubble–and Beyond.” Part of “First Light: The Astronomy Century in California, 1917–2017,” a conference held at The Huntington Nov. 17–18, 2017.

Harold McAlister from Georgia State University delivers a talk titled “Optical Interferometry: Ensuring Mount Wilson’s Second Century of Science.” This talk was included in the session titled “Taking the Measurement of the Stars. Part of “First Light: The Astronomy Century in California, 1917–2017,” a conference held at The Huntington Nov. 17–18, 2017.

Steve Hindle from The Huntington welcomes participants and attendees to “First Light: The Astronomy Century in California, 1917–2017,” a conference held at The Huntington Nov. 17–18, 2017.

Alan Dressler from Carnegie Observatories delivers a talk titled “Eyes on the Universe: Inventing the Telescope.” This talk was included in the session titled “Telescopes Past and Future.” Part of “First Light: The Astronomy Century in California, 1917–2017,” a conference held at The Huntington Nov. 17–18, 2017.

Ronald Brashear from Chemical Heritage Foundation delivers a talk titled “The Observatory as Laboratory: Spectral Analysis at Mount Wilson Observatory.” This talk was included in the session titled “It’s Elemental.” Part of “First Light: The Astronomy Century in California, 1917–2017,” a conference held at The Huntington Nov. 17–18, 2017.

Patrick McCray from University of California, Santa Barbara, delivers a talk titled “When Astronomical Ambitions Met California Skies.” This talk was included in the session titled “Telescopes Past and Future.” Part of “First Light: The Astronomy Century in California, 1917–2017,” a conference held at The Huntington Nov. 17–18, 2017.

Jay Pasachoff from Williams College delivers a talk titled “Studying Sunshine from Pasadena and Mount Wilson.” This talk was included in the session titled “Staring Into the Suns.” Part of “First Light: The Astronomy Century in California, 1917–2017,” a conference held at The Huntington Nov. 17–18, 2017.

Barbara Becker from University of California, Irvine, delivers a talk titled “William Huggins and George Ellery Hale: Stalking the Secrets of the Sun.” This talk was included in the session titled “Building Science across Boundaries.” Part of “First Light: The Astronomy Century in California, 1917–2017,” a conference held at The Huntington Nov. 17–18, 2017.

Jennifer van Saders from University of Hawaii delivers a talk titled “Sounds and Spots: Kepler’s Eye on the Stars.” This talk was included in the session titled “Staring Into the Suns.” Part of “First Light: The Astronomy Century in California, 1917–2017,” a conference held at The Huntington Nov. 17–18, 2017.

John Mulchaey from Carnegie Observatories delivers a talk titled “Astronomy in a Connected World.” This talk was included in the session titled “Building Science across Boundaries.” Part of “First Light: The Astronomy Century in California, 1917–2017,” a conference held at The Huntington Nov. 17–18, 2017.

David DeVorkin from the National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian, delivers a talk titled “Hale’s Mount Wilson as a ‘Physicist’s Testbench’.” This talk was included in the session titled “Taking the Measurement of the Stars.” Part of “First Light: The Astronomy Century in California, 1917–2017,” a conference held at The Huntington Nov. 17–18, 2017.