Moving the Loft: December 6, 1999 . The building INCHES by the Support Building but doesn't quite make it by the handrail to the Photometric telescope. Luckily, we had a Santa's helper on the crew, and the lack of level ground didn't slow down the process! The late afternoon sun tells you it has taken the better part of the day to get to this spot. The loft is hoisted above the existing enclosure and the enclosure is trollied under the loft for installation. ...

... Bad Astronomy . ... Bitesize Astronomy . ... Bad Astro Store . ... I concentrated on the core of the star, because for supernovae that's where the action is. ... I didn't talk much about what those outer layers are doing while the core is going through its evolutionary gyrations. ... It gives off a slow, dense wind of material, like a super solar wind. ... When the star becomes a blue supergiant, the wind becomes much less dense, but may get a boost in speed by a factor of ten. ... 2008 Phil Plait. ...