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Week 9 24-28 October
Low Mass Star Death
Week 9 24-28 October
Low Mass Star Death
NOTE: These lectures were recorded before the current lab manual was revised, so the page numbers that I cite in the lectures won't match. Go by what is indicated in the blue type above each image of the lecture.
1) Page 73
(2) Page 74
(3) Page 75
(4) Page 75, 76
(5) Page 76
(6) Page 77
(7) Page 78
(8) Page 78, 79
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Planetary Nebulae
Planetary Nebulae
When stars between 0.4 and 8 solar masses reach the end of their life the cores cease hydrogen fusion and begin to fuse helium into carbon. Eventually the helium fuel runs out, the star cools, contracts, reheats, and then the helium shell outside the carbon core ignites in helium fusion ("helium shell flash"). This represents an exponential increase in energy output and causes the star to expand into an A.G.B. red giant. In our case, the surface of our then-bloated Sun will expand to approximately Earth's orbit. (about 3 to 4 billion years from now).
Eventually the helium fuel will begin to run out as more and more carbon is created. As this happens the fusion in the core will begin to "sputter", like a dying flame. This sputtering will push the outer layers further outward until you have the beautiful formations you see in these pictures. No two are alike. They last roughly 50,000 years (a blink of the eye in cosmic scale) and then dissipate.
What's left in the center is an Earth-sized core of crystalized carbon called a White Dwarf, or in other words, a planet-sized diamond!
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Abell 78Abell 78
Abell 31Abell 31
Abell 33Abell 33
Butterfly NebulaButterfly Nebula
Cat's Eye NebulaCat's Eye Nebula
Dumbell NebulaDumbell Nebula
Eskimo NebulaEskimo Nebula
ESO 456-67ESO 456-67
Helix NebulaHelix Nebula
Hourglass NebulaHourglass Nebula
IC 5148IC 5148
NGC 5979NGC 5979
NGC 6565NGC 6565
NGC 5189NGC 5189
Twin Jet NebulaTwin Jet Nebula
Ant NebulaAnt Nebula
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