Sonoma State University
April 11, 1988

Cepheids Are Not Just Standard Candles

Dr. Gordon G. Spear
Sonoma State University

Darwin 103
4:00 PM

Dr. Gordon G. Spear of Sonoma State University will describe the use of classical pulsating variable stars as probes of the structure and evolutionary status of stars in advanced stages of evolution and will explain how he uses Cepheids as probes of the chemical history of nearby galaxies.