Gresham College Lectures Cosmic Vision: Witnessing Fireworks
Nov 18, 2020
01:05:40
Accounts of occasional celestial spectacular events in past centuries have provided crucial information for modern-day astrophysicists. One such example is the so-called Great Eruption of Eta Carinae which was for a time in the mid 19th century the third brightest object in the night sky.
Interpretation of the spectacular structure of this so-called supernova imposter would be hard without information from eye-witnesses of days gone by.
A lecture by Katherine Blundell OBE 18 November
The transcript and downloadable versions of the lecture are available from the Gresham College website:
https://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/witnessing-fireworks
Gresham College has been giving free public lectures since 1597. This tradition continues today with all of our five or so public lectures a week being made available for free download from our website. There are currently over 2,000 lectures free to access or download from the website.
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Interpretation of the spectacular structure of this so-called supernova imposter would be hard without information from eye-witnesses of days gone by.
A lecture by Katherine Blundell OBE 18 November
The transcript and downloadable versions of the lecture are available from the Gresham College website:
https://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/witnessing-fireworks
Gresham College has been giving free public lectures since 1597. This tradition continues today with all of our five or so public lectures a week being made available for free download from our website. There are currently over 2,000 lectures free to access or download from the website.
Website: http://www.gresham.ac.uk
Twitter: http://twitter.com/GreshamCollege
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/greshamcollege
Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/greshamcollege