Williamsburg Regional Library

Introduction to Astrophysics, Episode 18

Label
Introduction to Astrophysics, Episode 18
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Main title
Introduction to Astrophysics
Medium
electronic resource
resource.otherEventInformation
Originally produced by The Great Courses in 2018
Runtime
32
Summary
Trace stellar evolution from two points of view. First, dive into a protostar and witness events unfold as the star begins to contract and fuse hydrogen. Exhausting that, it fuses heavier elements and eventually collapses into a white dwarf - or something even denser. Next, view this story from the outside, seeing how stellar evolution looks to observers studying stars with telescopes
Technique
live action
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