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The Secret Lives of Planetary Nebula
March 12 @ 7:30 pm - 10:00 pm GMT
$2.88
A Talk by Albert Zijlistra of Manchester University
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The secret lives of planetary nebulae
Planetary nebulae are among the most beautiful objects in the night sky. But they hide a secret. The nebulae mark the final evolution of stars like the Sun. As Lawrence Aller remarked, planetary nebulae are wreaths placed by Nature around dying stars. In this talk we will take a look at recent new images obtained with the James Webb Space Telescope and discuss what they reveal about the nebulae and about the stars behind the wreaths.
Prof Albert Zijlstra works at the University of Manchester. He was Director of the Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics between 2010 and 2015, has worked at the European Southern Observatory, the National Radio Astronomy Observatory in the US and the South African Astronomical Observatory. He has also held visiting positions in Hong Kong and Australia.
This hybrid meeting is available online via Zoom and also live in Mexborough Church Hall. Zoom codes vailable 24 hours prior to event
