I am really excited about my Huntsm
an observing system, which uses off-the-shelf Canon lenses to see some of t
he faintest galactic structures ever seen before. We can use this informati
on to determine the detailed growth history of galaxies. I am also leading
efforts to launch a similar system into space, which will map out nearly 13
billion years of cosmic history.
I
led image analysis for the
ZFOURGE survey, a 45-night campaign over
2 years on the 6.5-metre Magellan Baade telescope in Chile. We cataloged ~
60,000 galaxies, including galaxies as far as 13 billion light years. This
is the most precise study of the distant universe ever conducted.
As a p
art of ZFOURGE, I discovered one of the most
distant galaxy clus
ters. This fascinating galaxy "city" triggered a new observational camp
aign named
ZFIRE using the 10-metre Keck telescopes. We
are looking for signs that the crowded environment of a galaxy city impacte
d the galaxies within it.
My PhD work focused on analysing some of the best i
maging ever taken of nearby galaxies from the Subaru and Hubble Space Teles
copes for the
SLUGGS project. My imaging lead to the discovery of
many thousands of globular star clusters, which we targeted with the Keck
telescope to understand how much dark matter is in these galaxies.
Dr Spitler recieved a BSc with Honor
s in Computer Science from the University of California, Santa Cruz, USA, a
nd a PhD in Astrophysics from Swinburne University, Melbourne, Au
stralia
In 2015, Dr Spitler won the Macquarie University awar
d for Research Excellence for Early Career Researcher, and was nominated as
a finalist for a 2015 Eureka Prize
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I am really excited about my Huntsm
an observing system, which uses off-the-shelf Canon lenses to see some of t
he faintest galactic structures ever seen before. We can use this informati
on to determine the detailed growth history of galaxies. I am also leading
efforts to launch a similar system into space, which will map out nearly 13
billion years of cosmic history.
Dr Lee Spitler
Senior Lecturer, Macquarie Uni
versity and Australian Astronomical Observatory
I led image analysis for the
ZFOURGE survey,
a 45-night campaign over 2 years on the 6.5-metre Magellan Baade telescope
in Chile. We cataloged ~60,000 galaxies, including galaxies as far as 13 bi
llion light years. This is the most precise study of the distant unive
rse ever conducted.
As a part of ZFOURGE, I discovered one of the most <
a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/1112.2691" rel="nofollow" style="color: #3333
33;">distant galaxy clusters. This fascinating galaxy "city" triggered
a new observational campaign named
ZFIRE using the 10-me
tre Keck telescopes. We are looking for signs that the crowded environment
of a galaxy city impacted the galaxies within it.
My PhD work focused on anal
ysing some of the best imaging ever taken of nearby galaxies from the Subar
u and Hubble Space Telescopes for the
SLUGGS project. My imaging
lead to the discovery of many thousands of globular star clusters, which we
targeted with the Keck telescope to understand how much dark matter is in
these galaxies.
Dr Spitler r
ecieved a BSc with Honors in Computer Science from the University of Califo
rnia, Santa Cruz, USA, and a PhD in Astrophysics from Swinburne U
niversity, Melbourne, Australia
In 2015, Dr Spitler won the M
acquarie University award for Research Excellence for Early Career Research
er, and was nominated as a finalist for a 2015 Eureka Prize
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Dr
Lee Spitler