June Maunakea Skies with Glen Petitpas
What's Hot and What's Not in the Universe
Hilo, Hawai‘i –Take a temperature reading of our Universe in this months Maunakea Skies with Dr. Glen Petitpas from SMA. What’s Hot and What’s Not in the Universe is the topic for this month’s program at ‘Imiloa on Saturday, June 19, at 7 p.m. in the planetarium.
The Universe is mostly cold, but contains objects of such extreme temperatures the figures are overwhelming. Dr. Petitpas will describe the wide range of temperatures measured in outer space, from dust clouds just above absolute zero, to the cores of supernovae which can reach hundreds of billions of degrees. Observations of these extreme objects require special tools and throughout the talk he will also describe the instruments (past, present, and future) used to make these extraordinary measurements.