Jason Kendall's Intro to Astronomy Course

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Module 10: White Dwarfs, Novae and Neutron Stars

01: White Dwarf Stars

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• References for Module 10: White Dwarfs, Novae and Neutron Stars
  • Supplement the videos with "OpenStax Astronomy"
    • 23: The Death of Stars
  • 01: White Dwarf Stars
    • White dwarfs are the end state of most stars around the mass of the Sun. They have amazing properties.
    • White Dwarfs
    • Sirius
    • Proper Motion of Sirius
    • Gravitational redshift
    • The gravitational redshift of Sirius B
    • New Hubble Observations of the Sirius System
    • Stefan-Boltzmann Law
    • White Dwarfs, Neutron Stars, and Degeneracy
    • Virial Theorem
    • Dwarf nova
    • Nova
    • GK Persei
    • Study confirms that stellar novae are the main source of lithium in the universe
    • Accretion Disk Around Binary Star System WZ Sge
    • Planetary nebulae
    • White Dwarf supernova simulation images