Name: The secret lives of Planetary Nebulae
Start: 2026-03-12T19:30:00.000Z
End: 2026-03-12T22:00:00.000Z
Location: Mexborogh & Swinton Astronomical Society

The secret lives of Planetary Nebulae at Mexborogh & Swinton Astronomical Society , rotherham

About This Event

The secret lives of Planetary Nebulae at Mexborogh & Swinton Astronomical Society , Rotherham.

Planetary nebulae are among the most beautiful objects in the night sky. But they hide a secret. The nebulae mark the final evolution of stars like the Sun. As Lawrence Aller remarked, planetary nebulae are wreaths placed by Nature around dying stars. In this talk we will take a look at recent new images obtained with the James Webb Space Telescope and discuss what they reveal about the nebulae and about the stars behind the wreaths.

Speaker: Albert Zijlstra Prof Albert Zijlstra works at the University of Manchester. He was Director of the Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics between 2010 and 2015, has worked at the European Southern Observatory, the National Radio Astronomy Observatory in the US and the South African Astronomical Observatory. He has also held visiting positions in Hong Kong and Australia. https://msas.org.uk/about/programme/event/1354/2026/3

About Mexborogh & Swinton Astronomical Society

Mexborough & Swinton Astronomical Society (MSAS) is a registered charity its objects being: the advancement of education for the public benefit in astronomy and its associated sciences.