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