Post on 27-Mar-2015
Dying StarsPart 2
Black Holes
First you need a Supernova!
• Giant star
• Layers
• Balance – Gravity and Heat/Energy
• Fusing Iron
• Core Collapse – Ka-Blooey!!!
• Supernovas make some other amazing “remnants”.
An Artist suggests
Where might you go?
• Death of a star around a black hole
Black Hole in the center of the Milky Way
• Proof of the Black Hole – watching the orbits of stars around it.
You can
calculate
its mass!
How can you tell?Light Curve
How can you tell?Eclipse
DisclaimerAloha
I put together these power points for use in my science classes.You may use them in your classes.
Some images are public domain, some are used under the fair-use provisions of the copyright law, some are mine. Copyright is retained by the owners!
Ted Brattstrom