Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Neutron Stars


We were really lucky tonight to have a professor from a local university come talk to us about his research on Neutron Stars. A neutron star is a type of remnant that can result from the gravitational collapse of a massive star during a Type II, Type Ib or Type Ic supernova event. "Supernova" as in when a star explodes towards the end of its life. I spent some time trying to get an interesting photograph, and the best shots were when he walked into the beam of the projector to point out a detail of one of the illustrations. This is my favorite.

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