UD astronomers coordinating international observatories in white-dwarf watch

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Shown at Mt. Cuba Astronomical Observatory in Greenville Del. resident astronomer Judi Provencal assistant professor of physics and astronomy at UD and director of the Delaware Asteroseismic Research Center is coordinating the worlds major telescopes ...
Shown at Mt. Cuba Astronomical Observatory in Greenville, Del., resident astronomer Judi Provencal, assistant professor of physics and astronomy at UD and director of the Delaware Asteroseismic Research Center, is coordinating the world’s major telescopes in observing the white dwarf star IU Vir from March 26 through May 1. Credit: Duane Perry/University of Delaware

Judi Provencal is star-struck, but not so much by the glitz and glam of Hollywood. You have to look heavenward through a telescope to see the object of her fascination--to pale stars called white dwarfs, their brilliance faded because all of their nuclear fuel has been burned up.


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