The secret lives of Planetary Nebulae

Guest Speaker

Thursday, 12th March 2026 (19:45 - 22:00)

Venue: Hybrid

 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.

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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. 

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