Friday 01 December 2006 at 12:30 am - SUPERNOVA: Death of a Star
Posted by: DRAA Support Category: Astronomy in the Park
When: Friday 01 December 2006 at 12:30 am Ends: Friday 01 December 2006 at 02:00 am
Location: Durham School Board Education Centre 400 Taunton Road East, Whitby
The DRAA will have displays and telescopes available at this event for the public to experience. The Durham District School Board will present the first lecture in its 2006-2007 SciTech lecture series on November 30, 2006. The SciTech lecture series consists of free public lectures on contemporay issues in science. The lecture will take place at the Durham District School Board's Education Centre located at 400 Taunton Road East, Whitby from 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm and includes a question and answer session. These lectures are meant for the general public, and no special scientific knowledge is required. All seating is free, and is strictly on a first come, irst served basis. There is no reserved seating. The first lecture is called SUPERNOVA: Death of a Star and will be presented by Dr. Norbert Bartel, Ph.D., Professor of Astrophysics and Space Sciences, York University. The Lecture A supernova is the most energetic single event in the universe after the Big Bang. It is the explosion of a star at the end of its life. This explosion can outshine tens of billions of stars combined. This lecture will explain how a star comes to explode. A video will also be shown, produced by Dr. Bartel's team at York, that will illustrate this event by using animation of the enormous shock wave produced by the explosion. The Presenter Dr. Norbert Bartel, Ph.D., received his Ph.D. in Physics/Astronomy at the University of Bonn and the Max-Planck-Institute for Radio Astronomy in Bonn in 1978. After graduating, Dr. Bartel taught and did research at a number of institutions including the Max-Planck-Institute for Radio Astronomy, M.I.T., and Harvard University. In 1979 he won the Otto Hahn Medal from the Max Planck Society in Germany for his work with neutron stars. Dr. Bartel has been at the Department of Physics and Astronomy in York University since 1992. His main research areas are in radio astronomy and observational tests of general relativity; most notably with NASA's Einstein Gravity Probe B satellite. Media Contact: Martin Gabber Programs Facilitator - Science/Technology Durham District School Board Ph: (905); 666-6384 (toll free: 1-800-339-6913 ext. 6384); email: Gabber_Martin@durham.edu.on.ca
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