Friday, August 18, 2006
Inter-galactic white dwarf battles red giant
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(Melanie Gosling - IOL News).
Way out in the universe a red giant is being mugged by a white dwarf.
And although the battle galactic is happening a staggering 400 light years away, astronomers at the Southern African Large Telescope (Salt) at Sutherland in the Karoo are able to observe the event.
On Wednesday, astronomers from the South African Astronomical Observatory said these observations formed the first "serious science" to come out of the telescope, which was inaugurated in November last year.
Darragh O'Donoghue, principle investigator at Salt, has written up the findings with 50 co-authors, which has been accepted for publication in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
'There are not many telescopes in the world that can do this' Read More...
Sunrise in SwazilandPosted by SilverJade Posted by Ninja T. Penguin
(Melanie Gosling - IOL News).
Way out in the universe a red giant is being mugged by a white dwarf.
And although the battle galactic is happening a staggering 400 light years away, astronomers at the Southern African Large Telescope (Salt) at Sutherland in the Karoo are able to observe the event.
On Wednesday, astronomers from the South African Astronomical Observatory said these observations formed the first "serious science" to come out of the telescope, which was inaugurated in November last year.
Darragh O'Donoghue, principle investigator at Salt, has written up the findings with 50 co-authors, which has been accepted for publication in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
'There are not many telescopes in the world that can do this'
