{"id":4763,"date":"2010-04-29T09:46:03","date_gmt":"2010-04-29T15:46:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/?p=4763"},"modified":"2012-04-16T12:29:56","modified_gmt":"2012-04-16T17:29:56","slug":"the-life-and-death-of-the-sun-apr-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/archives\/4763","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;The Life and Death of the Sun&#8221; Apr. 30"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #462b67\">Dr. Robert Benjamin, UWW Physics Dept., will present &#8220;<strong>The Life and Death of the Sun<\/strong>&#8221; on <strong>Fri., Apr. 30 @8pm<\/strong> in Upham Hall 140, followed by public viewing at the UWW Observatory @9:15pm (weather permitting). <\/span>It&#8217;s the fourth spring David Bertagnoli Memorial Lecture\/<a href=\"http:\/\/academics.uww.edu\/physics\/events.php#obsls\">Whitewater Observatory Lecture<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>All good things come to end, including our solar system. This lecture on the birth &amp; death of stars will describe how a star changes over its lifespan, with a focus on the life and times of <em>our<\/em> Sun, including some spectacular high resolution movies of its boiling surface taken in the last three weeks by NASA&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov\/\">Solar Dynamics Observatory<\/a>.  &#8220;What do we know about where our Sun came from? How much time do we have left before it goes out? And when it does, what about the Earth?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.uww.edu\/images\/library\/blog\/obsgd.jpg\" alt=\"Observer's Guide cover\" class=\"alignright\" \/><strong>Like to learn more? Andersen Library can help!<\/strong> Search the <a href=\"http:\/\/wtwlib.wisconsin.edu\/vwebv\/searchBasic\">HALCat<\/a> online catalog for books such as <a href=\"http:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=SJDay1tacuwC&amp;source=gbs_ViewAPI\"><em>Observer&#8217;s guide to stellar evolution: The birth, life, and death of stars <\/em><\/a> (3rd-floor Main Collection,  QB857.5.E96 I54 2003) and <a href=\"http:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=NbaIQAAACAAJ&amp;source=gbs_ViewAPI\"><em>Through the eyes of Hubble: The birth, life, and violent death of stars<\/em><\/a> (3rd-floor OVERSIZE Main Collection QB806 .N34 1998). Search <a href=\"http:\/\/library.uww.edu\/indexes\/index.html\">article databases<\/a> to find articles including &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/libproxy.uww.edu:9443\/login?url=http:\/\/search.ebscohost.com\/login.aspx?direct=true&amp;db=a9h&amp;AN=25265392&amp;loginpage=login.asp&amp;site=ehost-live\">Earth&#8217;s deadly future<\/a>&#8221; (<em>Astronomy<\/em>, July 2007, vol.35:no.7, pp.28-33).<\/p>\n<p>Please <a href=\"http:\/\/library.uww.edu\/askwi\/askwi.html\">ask a librarian<\/a> for assistance with finding materials.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mark your calendars for the last the observatory lecture this spring: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>May 7<\/strong>: When Fusion Stops, What Follows (the long retirement of stars as white dwarfs, neutron stars and black holes)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.uww.edu\/images\/library\/blog\/gpologo.gif\" alt=\"Government Printing Office logo\" width=\"60\" height=\"58\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"small\">Andersen Library is a federal depository with many federal, state, local, and international documents on a variety of current and relevant issues available to you in print, microfiche, CD-ROM, and electronically. Come check out your government at Andersen Library!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Robert Benjamin, UWW Physics Dept., will present &#8220;The Life and Death of the Sun&#8221; on Fri., Apr. 30 @8pm in Upham Hall 140, followed by public viewing at the UWW Observatory @9:15pm (weather permitting). 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