Astronomer to describe 'Finding Black Holes in Space'
Released on 03/27/2007, at 2:00 AM
Office of University Communications
University of Nebraska–Lincoln
WHEN: Thursday, Apr. 5, 2007
WHERE: Nebraska Union Auditorium, 1400 R Street
In the past 20 years, black holes have been transformed from exotic, hypothetical objects into real things that exist in the universe, and an April 5 lecture at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will describe how that came to be.
Harry Shipman, Annie Jump Cannon chair of physics and astronomy at the University of Delaware, will discuss "Finding Black Holes in Space," beginning at 7:30 p.m. in the auditorium of the Nebraska Union, 1400 R St. Shipman will describe how black holes come in two sizes, small black holes found in double star systems and large black holes found at the cores of galaxies.
The lecture is free and open to the public. Following his lecture the UNL Student Observatory atop the Stadium Drive Parking Garage, 10th and T streets, will be open for public viewing until 10 p.m.
Shipman's talk is part of the Harlow Shapley Visiting Lectureship Program at UNL. It is sponsored at UNL by the Center for Science, Mathematics and Computer Education and the Department of Physics and Astronomy.
CONTACT: Edward Schmidt, Professor, Physics and Astronomy, (402) 472-7304