LSST Public Talk

The LSST 2019 Project and Community Workshop took place August 12-16, 2019 at the Hilton El Conquistador Hotel near Tucson, AZ. A public talk on Thursday evening, titled LSST and Black Holes, featured Feryal Ozel, Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics at The University of Arizona, and Raffaella Margutti, Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy from Northwestern University. The speakers discussed recent black hole discoveries and what might be revealed when LSST begins its ten-year survey. LSST Project Manager Victor Krabbendam also gave an overview and status update on LSST Construction, highlighting the many milestones reached over the past year. An article promoting the talk in the Arizona Daily Star and an item that aired on KGUN-9 television helped drive attendance to this event—more than 300 people were estimated to be in the audience.