Hi Manjari,
Thanks for the clarification. And thanks for the talk as well. You
definitely kindled the interest in astronomy in all of us. :-)
Regards,
Vijay
On Thursday 31 May 2018 10:27 AM, Manjari Bagchi wrote:
Hi all,
Thanks for inviting me to give a talk in your meet-up, and also thanks
to Vivek for a summary of an astrophysics talk!
However, I would like to clarify a few issues (kept with "?") with
Vivek's summary:
1) They are also known neutron stars - about 10 times heavier than
the sun - very dense and regular gravitational physics cannot be
used to explain their gravitational behavior? (not clear how they
are different from black holes)
Neutron stars are not 10 times heavier than the sun. They are 1 to 2
times of the solar mass. They are formed when stars 10 times or more
die (a significant amount of mass is lost during the death or the
supernova explosion).
2) Python3 script to read this data and plot the positions on the
globe - 3d earth image projects on to a 2d oval shaped earth on
the screen.
Used galpy for plotting(matplotlib?)
Yes, galpy did all the calculations but the plotting window was called
by matplotlib.
3) Project SKA - Square Kilometer Array. Huge sets of telescopes
etc in Australia and South Africa are used to capture data. Entire
world is involved in this project. A lot of programming is
required for this. Those interested can contact her
Not me, I am basically a theoretician. Interested people might think
to contact relevant persons in NCRA.
4) Link to the National Center for Radio Astrophysics (also
contains links to the SKA Indian team???):
Yes, but the team involves theoreticians also.
Thanks and regards,
Manjari
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