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Poster: Mapping the Stellar Fossil Record of M101 with HETDEX: Spatially Resolved Ages and Metallicities

A poster presentation about my work investigating the stellar populations and star formation history of M101 using data from the Hobby-Eberly Telescope Dark Energy eXperiment …

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Ray Garner
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How to be Successful as an Astronomy Postdoc

This is an invited talk where I'll be speaking to graduate students and other early career researchers about how to be a successful postdoc, what is expected of postdocs, and what …

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Ray Garner
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Astronomy on Tap: The Cursed History of Star Brightness

What is an apparent magnitude? Why are they backwards? How do we actually measure star brightnesses through a telescope? There's a lot of history buried beneath these questions, …

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Ray Garner
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Poster: SIGNALS of Giant HII Regions: Resolved Ionization & Abundance Properties of NGC 604

A poster presentation about my work investigating the spatially-resolved properties of NGC 604.

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Ray Garner
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AggieSTAAR: Introduction to HII Regions

This talk was given as part of a weekly lunch talk for the undergraduates in the Aggie Scholarships for Technology Advancements in Astronomical Research (AggieSTAAR) program. In …

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Ray Garner
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Astronomy on Tap: 110 Things That Are Not Comets

Who was Charles Messier and why did he write down a catalog of things that aren't comets? What is in his catalog and can you observe them all in a single night? I'll explain all in …

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Ray Garner
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Astronomy on Tap: Star-forming Regions and How to Read Them

What are star-forming regions? What do the different colors mean in the images from Hubble? This talk will answer those questions and more!

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Ray Garner
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Poster: NGC 628 in SIGNALS

A poster presentation about my work investigating the correlation between the ionization parameter and oxygen abundance in NGC 628.

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Ray Garner
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Welcome to the Night Sky: A Talk and Star Party!

A public talk serving as an introduction to the night sky! Members of the Brazos Valley Astronomy Club will also be present to host a Star Party after the talk.

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Ray Garner
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The Apollo 11 Mission: 55 Years Ago

A talk given in honor of the 55th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. This talk has been significantly updated from previous talks on the subject.

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Ray Garner
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