Re: supernova rings
Glenn R. Morton (grmorton@waymark.net)
Sun, 03 May 1998 23:29:32 -0500
At 11:03 PM 5/3/98 -0600, Bill Payne wrote:
>Perhaps. I had assumed that the rings were actually spheres, and we are
>only able to see what is the thickest part of the sphere from our
>vantage point, which would be the part of the sphere of dust that is
>perpendicular to our line of sight at the center of the star. Are you
>saying that the
>outer ring actually is a ring and not a sphere, and that the ring is
>perfectly centered around SN 1987A from our particular vantage point?
>
The "rings" that are causing the light echos are spheres. They look like
rings because the light reflects off only a small part of the material
along a ring cut through the sphere.
glenn
Adam, Apes and Anthropology
Foundation, Fall and Flood
& lots of creation/evolution information
http://www.isource.net/~grmorton/dmd.htm