Herschel's Garden (observation of Nebulae) -- IUSB Lecture by Physicist - March 27, 7 p.m.

from Indiana University South Bend dot-edu slash/news Jerry D. Hinnefeld, professor of physics at IU South Bend, will present the Lundquist Faculty Fellow Award Lecture at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 27,2014 room 1011, Education and Arts Building. The building is off of Esther Street and Mishawaka Avenue, directly to the south of the Administration Building, South Bend, IN. “A Stroll Through Herschel’s ‘Luxuriant Garden ’” is the lecture title and it will have the audience looking to the sky and beyond. The 18th century English astronomer William Herschel, in reference to the many “nebulae” he had observed through his telescope, famously compared the heavens to a “luxuriant garden, which contains the greatest variety of productions, in different flowering beds … “ Hinnefeld will illuminate the audience with stories of the new astronomical observatory on the roof of Northside Hall, how it came to be and possibly a demonstration of its capabilities, modern understandings of Herschel’s “nebulae” and thoughts about what the new observatory means to the campus and the community. A reception and tours will follow. IU South Bend’s Office of Academic Affairs will host the event. The lecture is free and open to the public.