Neutron Stars

[Christopher K.]

A neutron star is one of the ways a star can end its life. Any star that becomes a neutron star would have become a black hole had the so-called Oppenheimer-Volkoff limit of ~3 solar masses been exceeded.

Tomorrow night at 7:30pm Professor Rob Hynes will give a presentation on neutron stars at HRPO.

David Darling's entry:
http://www.daviddarling.info/encycloped ... nstar.html

[Christopher K.]

The very first Astronomy Picture of the Day was when Robert Nemiroff and Jerry Bonnell weren't even putting up a new picture every day! Knowledge of those strange neutron stars allows us to imagine the Earth with the density of one. As such, all parts of the Earth's surface can be seen from a single nearby vantage point, and the familiar pattern of Orion is seen duplicated.

The very first APOD:
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap950616.html

[Christopher K.]

Tomorrow at 3:30pm in Nicholson 109 on the LSU campus, Hendrik Schatz (visiting from Michigan State University) will give a talk entitled "The Strange World of Accreting Neutron Stars". The talk will be hosted by Jeff Blackmon and Catherine Deibel.

About Professor Schatz:
http://www.nscl.msu.edu/~schatz/

[Christopher K.]

On Friday 16 September at 7:30pm, LSU physics professor Rob Hynes will give a presentation called "Neutron Stars" at the Highland Road Park Observatory. This is Professor Hynes' sixth time giving this entertaining lecture. The lecture is free and for ages fourteen and older.