Presenter Full Name
:
Dr. Robert P. Kraft
Award Recipient
:
Bruce Medal
Institution
:
UC Santa Cruz, Lick Observatory
Year & Semester
:
1973 Spring
Presentation Date
:
March 26, 1973
Dr. Robert P. Kraft, Professor of Astronomy at UC Santa Cruz and Acting Director of the Lick Observatory, will describe how x-ray observations from satellites and rockets combine with ground-based optical and radio observations to prove the properties of pulsars, neutron stars, and possibly black holes.