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March 26, 1973

Recent Results Of X-Ray Astronomy

Dr. Robert P. Kraft
UC Santa Cruz, Lick Observatory

Darwin 103
3:00 PM

Award Recipient: Bruce Medal

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.