Cracking Globular Clusters

The 160 spherical oceans of stars we call globular clusters (GCs) need aperture, good seeing and dark skies to resolve detail. But once observed to their core CG's can reveal a exquisitely rich sea of red giant and fuel spent stars that do not take us back to the big bang but rather show us time in its extreme. Michael's talk will spell out the general properties GC's and which ones to observe/image for detail. He will also cover GC formation with some N-particle animation and the role GCs play in the new field of galactic archeology.

Speaker: Michael Packer