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Class #
8
Date
02/11/16
Stellar Astronomy & Beyond 2015-2016
Unit 2 Schedule – Stars and Their Lives
Topics & Activities
Assignment Due
The Universe – Season 1 #10 Life and Death of a
Star
Notes – Parallax, Magnitudes, Spectral Types and HR
Diagram
H-R Diagram Worksheet
5 Years of SDO (Amazing):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSVv40M2aks
How we measure the distances to stars:
http://www.scientificamerican.com/video/how-do-wemeasure-the-distance-to-s2013-08-06/
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02/15/16
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02/17/16
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02/19/16
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03/03/16
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03/07/16
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More H-R Diagram Practice
Gas, Dust & Nebula PowerPoint
Star Formation PowerPoint
Notes - Stellar Evolution
Stellar Evolution Activity
Video – How The Universe Works – Supernovas
Video – How The Universe Works – Supernovas
(cont’d)
Notes: Neutron Stars and Black Holes
Video – How The Universe Works – Black Holes
Video – How The Universe Works – Black Holes
(cont’d)
Notes - Light
Internet Search for the Different Types of
Supernovae
Video Notes - #54 White Dwarf Supernovae Stealing to Explode
Current Events
03/09/16
Black Holes & Gravity Waves PowerPoint
Monster of the Milky Way
03/11/16
Monster of the Milky Way (cont’d)
Internet Search for Interesting Neutron Star and
Black Hole Facts
03/15/16
Doppler Shift Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4OnBYrbCjY
Doppler Shift Demonstrator –
http://astro.unl.edu/classaction/animations/light/dop
plershift.html
HubbleSite Black Hole Online Activity
Activity – Identifying Spectra
Death of a Star – 15 minutes or so
Video: Science of the Impossible - Can We Reach
The Stars?
Fate of the Sun.ppt
Video Notes - #43
Stars – Distant
Suns
Video Notes - #45
The Diverse Sizes
of Stars
Video Notes - #51
Our Sun's Brilliant
Future
Video Notes - #53
Exploding Stars –
Celestial Fireworks
Video Notes - #55
Core-Collapse
Supernovae Gravity Wins
Video Notes - #62
Imagining a Journey
to a Black Hole
Current Events
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03/17/16
Review Unit 2
18
03/21/16
Unit 2 Test
Video: Can We Make It To The Stars?