
Events: - Temecula Valley Astronomers
... a few degrees. You will see two stars running up and down from each other. These are Delta on the bottom and Gamma on the top. If you look just to the right of these two stars, about half way between them, you will see a nice open cluster called M-44 or “Beehive Cluster”. M-44 is an easy find using ...
... a few degrees. You will see two stars running up and down from each other. These are Delta on the bottom and Gamma on the top. If you look just to the right of these two stars, about half way between them, you will see a nice open cluster called M-44 or “Beehive Cluster”. M-44 is an easy find using ...
Wednesday, November 7, 2007
... • The central object continues to shed matter slowly. • The ejected matter forms a cloud around the star. ...
... • The central object continues to shed matter slowly. • The ejected matter forms a cloud around the star. ...
The Solar System
... – supernova remnants, expanding at 10,000 km/s – may trigger future star formation? – Neutron stars: mass star but just 10 km across. • Teaspoon weighs 100 million tons! • Seen as Pulsars, flashing beacons in space. ...
... – supernova remnants, expanding at 10,000 km/s – may trigger future star formation? – Neutron stars: mass star but just 10 km across. • Teaspoon weighs 100 million tons! • Seen as Pulsars, flashing beacons in space. ...
PowerPoint Presentation - Super Massive Black Holes
... NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory is a telescope specially designed to detect Xray emission from very hot regions of the Universe such as exploded stars, clusters of galaxies, and matter around black holes. ...
... NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory is a telescope specially designed to detect Xray emission from very hot regions of the Universe such as exploded stars, clusters of galaxies, and matter around black holes. ...
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... Example: The first star to be measured this way was a star in the constellation of Cygnus. The angular difference was found to be 0.292 arcseconds. This gives a distance of 3.48 pc, or 11.36 light years ...
... Example: The first star to be measured this way was a star in the constellation of Cygnus. The angular difference was found to be 0.292 arcseconds. This gives a distance of 3.48 pc, or 11.36 light years ...
PowerPoint - Star Life Cycle
... Which of the following best describes the category in which the Sun would be placed? A. blue supergiant stars B. red giant stars C. yellow main sequence stars D. white dwarf stars ...
... Which of the following best describes the category in which the Sun would be placed? A. blue supergiant stars B. red giant stars C. yellow main sequence stars D. white dwarf stars ...
ems 6 - LincolnLions.org
... are moving away from Earth They are also moving away from each other Hubble discovered a relationship and a law was created Hubble’s Law states that the further away the galaxy, the faster it is moving away from us This is strong support for Big Bang ...
... are moving away from Earth They are also moving away from each other Hubble discovered a relationship and a law was created Hubble’s Law states that the further away the galaxy, the faster it is moving away from us This is strong support for Big Bang ...
Introduction to Basic Stargazing Part I - Naples Free-Net
... With a calendar, you can have reliable agriculture, which is the basis of civilization. Take your star chart and look for the constellation Hercules, just for an example. You will note that the constellation Hercules as drawn does not look much like a man; constellations only occasionally look like ...
... With a calendar, you can have reliable agriculture, which is the basis of civilization. Take your star chart and look for the constellation Hercules, just for an example. You will note that the constellation Hercules as drawn does not look much like a man; constellations only occasionally look like ...
Where is the Sun in the Milk Way?
... – Wien’s law: the wavelength λmax, at which the Bλ is at its maximum, varies inversely with temperature ...
... – Wien’s law: the wavelength λmax, at which the Bλ is at its maximum, varies inversely with temperature ...
White Dwarfs
... Globular clusters formed 12-14 billion years ago. Useful info for studying the history of the Milky Way Galaxy. ...
... Globular clusters formed 12-14 billion years ago. Useful info for studying the history of the Milky Way Galaxy. ...
Transcript_Forbidden Planets
... your application to the academy for another year - and that's even after you just got those two new droids, darn it. So you find yourself staring mournfully at the setting binary suns and… hmm. Given that both of those Tatooine suns have apparent angular diameters similar to how the Sun looks in our ...
... your application to the academy for another year - and that's even after you just got those two new droids, darn it. So you find yourself staring mournfully at the setting binary suns and… hmm. Given that both of those Tatooine suns have apparent angular diameters similar to how the Sun looks in our ...
supplemental educational materials PDF
... • Different constellations are visible at certain times of the year due to Earth’s orbit around the Sun. Each day our sky changes a little bit, which causes some constellations to disappear from sight and others to appear. Since we see different parts of the sky each season, we also see different co ...
... • Different constellations are visible at certain times of the year due to Earth’s orbit around the Sun. Each day our sky changes a little bit, which causes some constellations to disappear from sight and others to appear. Since we see different parts of the sky each season, we also see different co ...
1. Neutron stars 2. Black holes
... Novae and supernovae are two different types of beasts. A nova is an increase in the brightness of an accreting white dwarf star that is undergoing a surface explosion. The temporary and rapid change in luminosity can occur over a period of a few days. On the average, 2 or 3 novae are observed ...
... Novae and supernovae are two different types of beasts. A nova is an increase in the brightness of an accreting white dwarf star that is undergoing a surface explosion. The temporary and rapid change in luminosity can occur over a period of a few days. On the average, 2 or 3 novae are observed ...
Astro 18 – Section Week 2
... In H, the transition from level 2 1 has a rest wavelength of 121.6 nm. Suppose you see this line at a wavelength of 121.3 nm in star A and 122.9 nm in star B. Calculate each star’s speed and state if it’s moving towards or away from us. ...
... In H, the transition from level 2 1 has a rest wavelength of 121.6 nm. Suppose you see this line at a wavelength of 121.3 nm in star A and 122.9 nm in star B. Calculate each star’s speed and state if it’s moving towards or away from us. ...
Astro 18 – Section Week 2
... In H, the transition from level 2 1 has a rest wavelength of 121.6 nm. Suppose you see this line at a wavelength of 121.3 nm in star A and 122.9 nm in star B. Calculate each star’s speed and state if it’s moving towards or away from us. ...
... In H, the transition from level 2 1 has a rest wavelength of 121.6 nm. Suppose you see this line at a wavelength of 121.3 nm in star A and 122.9 nm in star B. Calculate each star’s speed and state if it’s moving towards or away from us. ...
February 2008
... bright and it was easy to mark it’s yearly arrival. On January 1st this year, Sirius was right at due South at midnight. Sirius is twice as large as the Sun and has double it’s mass. It produces more than 20 times the light as the Sun. That isn’t really super bright, but since Sirius is only 8.6 lig ...
... bright and it was easy to mark it’s yearly arrival. On January 1st this year, Sirius was right at due South at midnight. Sirius is twice as large as the Sun and has double it’s mass. It produces more than 20 times the light as the Sun. That isn’t really super bright, but since Sirius is only 8.6 lig ...
Core Theme 2: Constellations
... the first evidence of atmospheric water vapor beyond the solar system, while extrasolar planets orbiting the star HR 8799 also in Pegasus are the first to be directly imaged. ...
... the first evidence of atmospheric water vapor beyond the solar system, while extrasolar planets orbiting the star HR 8799 also in Pegasus are the first to be directly imaged. ...
Cygnus (constellation)

Cygnus /ˈsɪɡnəs/ is a northern constellation lying on the plane of the Milky Way, deriving its name from the Latinized Greek word for swan. The swan is one of the most recognizable constellations of the northern summer and autumn, it features a prominent asterism known as the Northern Cross (in contrast to the Southern Cross). Cygnus was among the 48 constellations listed by the 2nd century astronomer Ptolemy, and it remains one of the 88 modern constellations.Cygnus contains Deneb, one of the brightest stars in the night sky and one corner of the Summer Triangle, as well as some notable X-ray sources and the giant stellar association of Cygnus OB2. One of the stars of this association, NML Cygni, is one of the largest stars currently known. The constellation is also home to Cygnus X-1, a distant X-ray binary containing a supergiant and unseen massive companion that was the first object widely held to be a black hole. Many star systems in Cygnus have known planets as a result of the Kepler Mission observing one patch of the sky, the patch is the area around Cygnus. In addition, most of the eastern part of Cygnus is dominated by the Hercules–Corona Borealis Great Wall, a giant galaxy filament that is the largest known structure in the observable universe; covering most of the northern sky.