Transcript Find the Supernova PH1600: Introductory Astronomy Lecture 16: Star Death PH1600: Introductory Astronomy Lecture 16: Star Death Next Lecture: Black Holes School: Michigan Technological University Professor:

Find the Supernova
PH1600: Introductory Astronomy
Lecture 16: Star Death
PH1600: Introductory Astronomy
Lecture 16: Star Death
Next Lecture: Black Holes
School: Michigan Technological University
Professor: Robert Nemiroff
Online Course WebCT pages:
http://courses.mtu.edu/
This class can be taken online ONLY, class
attendance is not required!
You are responsible for…



Lecture material
Listed wikipedia entries
 But not higher math
APODs posted during the semester


APOD review every week during lecture
Completing the Quizzes



Homework quizzes 1 - 7.
Homework 8 due later (Monday) by 5 pm
See WebCT at http://courses.mtu.edu/
Zoom into the Pelican Nebula

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap070702.html
4
Wikipedia entries:






stellar evolution
planetary nebula
white dwarf
supernova
SN1987A
neutron star
5
Star Death

Low mass stars



Planetary nebulas
White dwarfs
High mass stars



Supernovas
Neutron stars
Black holes
M57: The Ring Nebula
Credit: H. Bond et al., Hubble Heritage Team (STScI / AURA), NASA
APOD: 2006 June 25
Exploring the Ring Credit & Copyright: AstroCooperation - Stefan Heutz/Wolfgang Ries
APOD: 2008 September 18
8
NGC 2440: Cocoon of a New White Dwarf
Credit: H. Bond (STScI), R. Ciardullo (PSU), WFPC2, HST, NASA
APOD: 2006 May 7
The Cat's Eye Nebula
Credit: J.P. Harrington and K.J. Borkowski (U. Maryland), HST, NASA
APOD: 2002 March 24
Cat's Eye
Credit: NASA, ESA, HEIC, and
The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI / (AURA)
APOD: 2005 September 24
Halo of the Cat's Eye
Credit: R. Corradi (Isaac Newton Group),
D. Goncalves (Inst. Astrofisica de Canarias)
APOD: 2003 November 1
M2-9: Wings of a Butterfly Nebula
Credit: B. Balick (U. Washington) et al., WFPC2, HST, NASA
APOD: 2005 June 12
IC 418: The Spirograph Nebula
Credit: R. Sahai (JPL) et al., Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA), NASA
APOD: 2004 October 17
The Eskimo Nebula from Hubble
Credit: Andrew Fruchter (STScI) et al., WFPC2, HST, NASA
APOD: 2006 July 9
http://www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/~pogge/Ast162/Unit3/Images/WhiteDwarf.gif
White Dwarf Star Spiral
Credit: Tod Strohmayer (GSFC), CXC, NASA
Illustration: Dana Berry (CXC)
APOD: 2005 June 1
An Intermediate Polar Binary System
Illustration Credit & Copyright: Mark Garlick (Space-art)
APOD: 2006 May 21
Explosions from White Dwarf Star RS Oph
Illustration Credit & Copyright: David A. Hardy & PPARC
APOD: 2006 July 26
Nova Over Iran
Credit & Copyright:
Mohammad Rahimi
APOD: 2007 February 19
V838 Light Echo: The Movie
Credit: H. Bond (STScI), et al., et al., ESA, NASA
APOD: 2003 April 2
White Dwarf Stars Cool
Credit: H. Richer (UBC) et al., WFPC2, HST, NASA
APOD: 2000 September 10
Supernova 1994D and the Unexpected Universe
Credit: High-Z Supernova Search Team, HST, NASA
APOD: 2000 March 12
A Nearby Supernova in M51
Credit & Copyright: R Jay GaBany (Cosmotography.com)
APOD: 2005 July 19
Supernovas

White dwarf supernova



Core collapse supernova



Type 1a
All have nearly the same brightness
Type II
Typical: Star tries to fuse iron in its
core
We are “star-stuff”
SN 2005ap: The Brightest Supernova Yet Found
Credit: SDSS, R. Quimby/McDonald Obs./UT-Austin
APOD: 2007 October 16
Composite Crab
Credit: NASA - X-ray: CXC, J.Hester (ASU) et al.;
Optical: ESA, J.Hester and A.Loll (ASU); Infrared: JPL-Caltech, R.Gehrz (U. Minn)
APOD: 2006 October 26
SN 1006: Supernova Remnant in X-Rays
Credit: J. Hughes (Rutgers) et al., CXC, NASA
APOD: 2005 December 26
X-Rays From Tycho's Supernova Remnant
Credit: SAO, CXC, NASA
APOD: 2004 May 22
Simeis 147: Supernova Remnant
Credit & Copyright: Robert Gendler
APOD: 2005 March 24
The Mysterious Rings of Supernova 1987A
Credit: (ESA/ STScI), HST, NASA
APOD: 2002 March 31
The Expanding Light Echoes of SN 1987A
Credit: The SuperMACHO Team, CTIO, NOAO, NSF
APOD: 2006 January 25
Shocked by Supernova 1987A
Credit: P. Garnavich (Harvard CfA) et al., NASA
APOD: 2002 February 23
Sher 25: A Pending Supernova?
Credit & Copyright: W. Brandner (UIUC), et al., ESO, 1.54-m Telescope, Chile
APOD: 2001 October 27
Doomed Star Eta Carinae
Credit: J. Morse (ASU), K. Davidson (U. Minn) et al., WFPC2, HST, NASA
APOD: 2006 March 26
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Neutron_star_cross_section.jpg
http://www.nrao.edu/pr/2003/pulsaremission/pulsardiagram.jpg
Composite Crab
Credit: J. Hester (ASU) et al., CXC, HST, NASA
APOD: 2005 March 26
A Dark Pulsar in CTA 1 Credit: NASA,
APOD: 2008 October 21
40
A Lonely Neutron Star
Credit: F. Walter (SUNY Stony Brook), WFPC2, HST, NASA
APOD: 1998 November 28
A Nearby Supernova in M51
Credit & Copyright: R Jay GaBany (Cosmotography.com)
APOD: 2005 July 19