Observing the Brightest Objects in the Universe

Guest Speaker

Thursday, 5th March 2026 (19:45 - 22:00)

Venue: Hybrid

 Join us for a journey through the universe's brightest wonders, a talk by Dr Vicky Fawcett

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Speaker: Victoria Fawcett

I am an astronomy Fellow at the European Southern Observatory (ESO) in Garching, Munich where I study quasars: extremely bright galaxies powered by supermassive black holes. I am part of two major astronomy collaborations: the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI), an optical spectrograph on the Mayall telescope in Arizona, and the Multi-object Optical and Near-IR spectrograph (MOONS), an infrared spectrograph soon to be installed on the Very Large Telescope in Chile.

Outside of research, I am passionate about astronomy outreach and love talking to the public about space, having given many talks at schools, science festivals, museums, and astronomical societies.

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