“What Lurks in the Hearts of Galaxies?”
What: FREE astronomy lecture followed by star party
When: October 9, 2009 starting at 7pm
Where: BCC Planetarium
Who: Dr. Eric Perlman, Physics and Space Sciences Department, Florida Institute of Technology
Lecture Description:
In his talk, Dr. Perlman will discuss the central regions of galaxies, and what we find in them. This will include the stellar populations, gas characteristics, and particularly the central black holes. He will discuss in detail the center of our own galaxy, which has at its center a black hole 3 million times the mass of our sun, and how that black hole was discovered.
Also of particular interest will be the centers of other galaxies, where we find even more massive black holes — as massive as several billion suns. Dr. Perlman will discuss what we know about these black holes, how we have discovered their existence, and their relationship to the galaxies they live in. Dr. Perlman will finish up by discussing how the central black holes may have formed.
The events are organized and hosted by Prof. Fiorella Terenzi, BCC Physics and Astronomy
For more information visit BrevardCC.edu/AstroLectures
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