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Ita Lab
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A lab that uses observations to study stellar mass loss and evolution.
AboutAbout the lab
Tracing the life of stars and their mass loss through observation
The Ita Lab uses observations to study how low- and intermediate-mass stars evolve while losing mass, as well as stellar pulsation and circumstellar dust.
Assistant Professor Yoshifusa Ita has studied Mira variables and variable stars in the Magellanic Clouds through observation since being a student.
As a postdoctoral researcher, Ita joined the development team for the Infrared Camera (IRC), a near- and mid-infrared imager and spectrograph aboard the AKARI astronomy satellite.
Ita wrote software to analyze imaging data from the IRC and released it worldwide together with a manual.
Key terms
- Mira variable
- A type of old star whose brightness changes greatly and periodically.
- Mass loss
- The phenomenon in which a star expels its own material into space. It occurs as stars evolve.
- Circumstellar dust
- Tiny solid particles (dust) drifting around a star.
ResearchResearch themes
The lab uses observations to study how low- and intermediate-mass stars evolve while losing mass, along with their pulsation and the dust surrounding them. The research introduction page also covers past work, such as observations of Mira variables and variable stars in the Magellanic Clouds.
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- Assistant ProfessorYoshifusa Ita
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images.
- Top image: “Planetary Nebula MyCn18- An Hourglass Pattern Around a Dying Star ( )” Raghvendra Sahai and John Trauger (JPL), the WFPC2 science team, and NASA / Public domain (cropped)
- Stellar Evolution with Mass Loss and Circumstellar Dust: “Egg Nebula HST” ESA/Hubble & NASA / CC BY 3.0 (cropped)
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