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OATS-DAUT SEMINAR
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Speaker: Dick McCray (University of Colorado, USA)

Title: SN1987A: the birth of a supernova remnant

Date: Monday, October 27th, 2008
Time: 12:00
Venue: Villa Bazzoni

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Abstract:
21 years after its discovery, SN1987A has now entered its supernova remnant phase, in which most of its radiation comes, not from the explosion debris, but from the impact of this debris with its circumstellar matter. SNR1987A is now rapidly increasing in brightness, with a doubling timescale of roughly two years. In this seminar, I will describe what we are learning about this event from imaging and spectroscopic observations at radio, IR, optical, and X-ray wave bands.
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contact: John Danziger (DAUT)