Eta Carinae and the Supernova Impostors

15.03.2012

Englisch

9781461422747

Springer US

Astrophysics and Space Science Library

Nein

330

2012

Gebundene Ausgabe

Kris Davidson is Professor of Astronomy at the University of Minnesota. He received his university degrees from the California Institute of Technology and Cornell University. His research has covered a diverse group of objects distinguished by their special characteristics -- QSO’s, the Crab Nebula supernova remnant, X-ray sources and pulsars, and of course eta Carinae.He is the Principal Investigator on the Hubble Space Telescope Treasury Project on eta Carinae.Roberta Humphreys is an Institute of Technology Distinguished Professor of Astronomy at the University of Minnesota. She received her degrees from Indiana University and the University of Michigan. She has received the George W. Taylor award for distinguished research at the University of Minnesota and the Alexander von Humboldt distinguished Senior Scientist Award from Germany. Her research has focused on observational studies of the most luminous and most massive stars in our Milky Way galaxy, stellar populations in nearby galaxies, and the structure of the Milky Way.

bipolar Homunculus Nebula, book about eta carinae, constellation Carina, first stars in the universe, luminous hypergiant double star, most massive star, supernova impostor event

PG - Astronomie, Raum und Zeit

235 mm

15.5 cm