Stellar Formation and Evolution
Dr. Mitrović's Lecture Clips (audio + video, mp4)
Dr. Mitrović's Lecture Notes (pdf)
Additional Sources of Information
- Overview: Nick Strobel, Bakersfield College (click "next section" to read following pages for all stages of stellar evolution); The Saylor Foundation (pdf)
- The interstellar medium: Yost and Daunt, University of Tennessee
- Star formation: Two-billion pixel image of stunning region of Milky Way (CBC); J. Schombert, University of Oregon; Gaseous pillars in M16 (The Eagle Nebula); Herschel Telescope image of M16 in far-infrared wavelengths (BBC); Star Formation (Australia Telescope National Facility); Triggered Star Formation (NASA)
- Nebulae: J. Kaler, University of Illinois; B. Balick, University of Washington; Hubble Site
- Variable stars: Overview (AAVSO); Cepheid variables (Hyperphysics, C.R. Nave, Georgia State University); yellow giants (Science Daily); Mira variables (UC Berkeley Space Sciences Laboratory); RR Lyrae variables (AAVSO); T Tauri variables (AAVSO)
- Period-luminosity relationship: N. Strobel, Bakersfield College
- Hydrostatic equilibrium: N. Strobel, Bakersfield College; G. Bothun, University of Oregon
- Death of the Sun (and similar stars): M. Haynes, Cornell University; R. Pogge, Ohio State University
- Stellar motions: The Milky Way's Fastest Stars Might be Stolen, M. Koren, The Atlantic
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