Star Search Game: Constructing a Hertzsprung
... Inspired by: Ian Christie (VSSEC); Activity created by: Nandita Bajaj Introduction: Star Search is an online game developed by the Victorian Space Science Education Centre (VSSEC) that allows the user to go on a simulated journey into space using a spacecraft in search of various stars. The user is ...
... Inspired by: Ian Christie (VSSEC); Activity created by: Nandita Bajaj Introduction: Star Search is an online game developed by the Victorian Space Science Education Centre (VSSEC) that allows the user to go on a simulated journey into space using a spacecraft in search of various stars. The user is ...
The colour-magnitude diagram
... Hipparcos classified the naked-eye stars according to their apparent brightness, from 1st magnitude – brightest ones – to 6th – faintest ones Eye sensitivity follows a logarithmic law To stick as much as possible to Hipparcos system, astronomers defined the apparent magnitude of a star: ...
... Hipparcos classified the naked-eye stars according to their apparent brightness, from 1st magnitude – brightest ones – to 6th – faintest ones Eye sensitivity follows a logarithmic law To stick as much as possible to Hipparcos system, astronomers defined the apparent magnitude of a star: ...
Down Under from North Florida
... For example, the sky’s second brightest appearing star, Canopus (Alpha Carinae), remains invisible from most of USA locations. Residents as far south as Atlanta, Georgia would have difficulty spotting this star. Here Canopus only reaches a maximum altitude of about 3-1/2 degrees over this southern c ...
... For example, the sky’s second brightest appearing star, Canopus (Alpha Carinae), remains invisible from most of USA locations. Residents as far south as Atlanta, Georgia would have difficulty spotting this star. Here Canopus only reaches a maximum altitude of about 3-1/2 degrees over this southern c ...
M WHITE DWAR F The WhiTe-hoT Core
... he spotted something unexpected. “Kara, aim the Star Reader at that little white dot next to Sirius,” he ordered. ...
... he spotted something unexpected. “Kara, aim the Star Reader at that little white dot next to Sirius,” he ordered. ...
Astronomy Assignment #1
... with a diameter of 1.23 solar diameters. Alpha Centauri B is (60/85) = 0.706 times smaller than Alpha Centauri A. based on the ratio of their angular sizes (and the fact that they are at the same distance). So Alpha Centauri B is slightly smaller than the Sun with a diameter of 0.867 solar diameters ...
... with a diameter of 1.23 solar diameters. Alpha Centauri B is (60/85) = 0.706 times smaller than Alpha Centauri A. based on the ratio of their angular sizes (and the fact that they are at the same distance). So Alpha Centauri B is slightly smaller than the Sun with a diameter of 0.867 solar diameters ...
neutron star - Livonia Public Schools
... • The view currently favored by most scientists is an expanding universe with no ending point. • It should be noted, however, that the methods used to determine the ultimate fate of the universe have substantial uncertainties!!!! ...
... • The view currently favored by most scientists is an expanding universe with no ending point. • It should be noted, however, that the methods used to determine the ultimate fate of the universe have substantial uncertainties!!!! ...
Stars - MrCrabtreesScience
... • Pressure from the core balance pressure from above layers, particles don’t move. • Energy bounces around inside this layer for an average of 170,000 years. • 7-2,000,000 K ...
... • Pressure from the core balance pressure from above layers, particles don’t move. • Energy bounces around inside this layer for an average of 170,000 years. • 7-2,000,000 K ...
Distant Stars Lesson Plan
... 1. Take a simple quiz. Print and distribute the quiz on page 4. Here are the answers: What is the one factor that determines a star’s color? Answer: b) Its temperature On the H-R Diagram, most stars fall on the diagonal line from the upper left hot blue stars to the lower right cool red stars. W ...
... 1. Take a simple quiz. Print and distribute the quiz on page 4. Here are the answers: What is the one factor that determines a star’s color? Answer: b) Its temperature On the H-R Diagram, most stars fall on the diagonal line from the upper left hot blue stars to the lower right cool red stars. W ...
Powerpoint
... Why is the gas ionized? Remember, takes energetic UV photons to ionize H. Hot, massive stars produce huge amounts of these. Such short-lived stars spend all their lives in the stellar nursery of their birth, so emission nebulae mark sites of ongoing star formation. Many stars of lower mass are form ...
... Why is the gas ionized? Remember, takes energetic UV photons to ionize H. Hot, massive stars produce huge amounts of these. Such short-lived stars spend all their lives in the stellar nursery of their birth, so emission nebulae mark sites of ongoing star formation. Many stars of lower mass are form ...
Life Histories Of Some Stars
... each other and fuse. So even though larger stars have more hydrogen reserves, they fuse hydrogen into helium at a much higher rate. This explains why large stars don’t spend much time as main sequence stars (compared to smaller stars). Finally, large stars have quick and explosive deaths compared to ...
... each other and fuse. So even though larger stars have more hydrogen reserves, they fuse hydrogen into helium at a much higher rate. This explains why large stars don’t spend much time as main sequence stars (compared to smaller stars). Finally, large stars have quick and explosive deaths compared to ...
Life Histories Of Some Stars
... Temperatures in the cores of large stars are much higher than the core temperatures of smaller stars. The higher the temperature inside a star, the faster hydrogen nuclei move. And the faster hydrogen nuclei move, the more likely it is that two nuclei will hit each other and fuse. So even though lar ...
... Temperatures in the cores of large stars are much higher than the core temperatures of smaller stars. The higher the temperature inside a star, the faster hydrogen nuclei move. And the faster hydrogen nuclei move, the more likely it is that two nuclei will hit each other and fuse. So even though lar ...