Title
SPIRITS: The Search for Born Again Giants
Abstract
This UROP project gauges the viability of using a ground-based telescope to find and study Born Again Giants, which are stars that appears to explode into a supernova, then reappear again as a red giant. After an unknown period of time, the star will again erupt and reform. Our results show that our current telescope and image reduction methods are not sufficient for these purposes.
Description
Faculty advisor: Robert Gehrz
Funding information
This research was supported by the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP).
Suggested Citation
Faella, Joseph L.
(2016).
SPIRITS: The Search for Born Again Giants.
Retrieved from the University of Minnesota Digital Conservancy,
https://hdl.handle.net/11299/179868.