STARS
... succession of heavier elements • Iron is the most stable; it requires energy verses creating it • Star begins to die ...
... succession of heavier elements • Iron is the most stable; it requires energy verses creating it • Star begins to die ...
Chapter 3 Cosmology 3.1 The Doppler effect
... Edwin Hubble was able to identify Cepheid variable stars in Andromeda. These stars vary in brightness with a period of the order of days and are named after the first one to be discovered, -Cephei, the fourth brightest star in the constellation Cepheus. Their significance is that the period depends ...
... Edwin Hubble was able to identify Cepheid variable stars in Andromeda. These stars vary in brightness with a period of the order of days and are named after the first one to be discovered, -Cephei, the fourth brightest star in the constellation Cepheus. Their significance is that the period depends ...
A Proposed Collaboration Between LIGO
... More of these hints would be very helpful. For the first time in history a Harvard group has observed X-ray transients in coincidence with optical CCSNe. This discovery has proven that even if a supernova had its light absorbed with dust, X-ray transients that are more penetrating, and thus could be ...
... More of these hints would be very helpful. For the first time in history a Harvard group has observed X-ray transients in coincidence with optical CCSNe. This discovery has proven that even if a supernova had its light absorbed with dust, X-ray transients that are more penetrating, and thus could be ...
PASS Content Standard 5.1
... The stars differ from each other in size, temperature, and age, but they appear to be made up of the same elements that are found on the earth. ...
... The stars differ from each other in size, temperature, and age, but they appear to be made up of the same elements that are found on the earth. ...
Lecture 11, PPT version
... close to its unseen companion, matter from the star may transfer over and build up in an “accretion disk” around the black hole. ...
... close to its unseen companion, matter from the star may transfer over and build up in an “accretion disk” around the black hole. ...
Star - Uplift Education
... roughly uniformly in all directions. The Big Bang predicts an expanding universe that had a very high temperature at the beginning; during the expansion the universe is cooling down and the temperature of the radiation should fall to its present low value of about 2.7 K. • That radiation corresponds ...
... roughly uniformly in all directions. The Big Bang predicts an expanding universe that had a very high temperature at the beginning; during the expansion the universe is cooling down and the temperature of the radiation should fall to its present low value of about 2.7 K. • That radiation corresponds ...
Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram—7 Oct Outline • Thermal radiation
... 2.9mm K 0.0005mm 500nm 5700K • For a person, T=273+37=310K. 2.9mm K 0.01mm 10μm 310K ...
... 2.9mm K 0.0005mm 500nm 5700K • For a person, T=273+37=310K. 2.9mm K 0.01mm 10μm 310K ...
Star A
... Astronomers classify binary-star systems (or simply binaries) according to their appearance from Earth and the ease with which they can be observed. Visual binaries have widely separated members bright enough to be observed and monitored separately. In the rarer eclipsing binaries, the orbital p ...
... Astronomers classify binary-star systems (or simply binaries) according to their appearance from Earth and the ease with which they can be observed. Visual binaries have widely separated members bright enough to be observed and monitored separately. In the rarer eclipsing binaries, the orbital p ...
Dark Matter Mathematics
... BUT . . . Velocities do not drop off Result: Dark Matter mass is about 10x Luminous Matter mass ...
... BUT . . . Velocities do not drop off Result: Dark Matter mass is about 10x Luminous Matter mass ...
PPT
... • Center of line • provides recessional velocity of galaxy • provides distance to galaxy (if unknown) • Width of line • provides rotational velocity of the galaxy • provides dynamical mass of the galaxy • Total flux in HI line • provides HI mass of the galaxy • probes correlations with optical galax ...
... • Center of line • provides recessional velocity of galaxy • provides distance to galaxy (if unknown) • Width of line • provides rotational velocity of the galaxy • provides dynamical mass of the galaxy • Total flux in HI line • provides HI mass of the galaxy • probes correlations with optical galax ...
The Birth of Stars
... Sometimes (especially in spiral arms), the gas is compressed enough that the dust is thick and gravity can collapse knots in these “molecular” clouds to make new stars. ...
... Sometimes (especially in spiral arms), the gas is compressed enough that the dust is thick and gravity can collapse knots in these “molecular” clouds to make new stars. ...
PHYS-633: Problem set #0 Solutions
... opposition, when it was on the opposite side of the Earth from the Sun, and thus closest to Earth. a. Consider two observers at the same longitude but one at latitude of 45 degrees North and the other at 45 degrees South. Work out the physical separation s between the observers given the radius of E ...
... opposition, when it was on the opposite side of the Earth from the Sun, and thus closest to Earth. a. Consider two observers at the same longitude but one at latitude of 45 degrees North and the other at 45 degrees South. Work out the physical separation s between the observers given the radius of E ...
HEIC0619: EMBARGOED UNTIL: 19:30 (CET)/01:30 PM EST 11
... or maybe even more – tend to be born in multiple systems that can easily disguise themselves as single very heavy stars. Moreover, these stellar heavyweights are so rare that only a few are close enough to the Sun to be examined in detail. One of the top candidates for the title of “Milky Way stella ...
... or maybe even more – tend to be born in multiple systems that can easily disguise themselves as single very heavy stars. Moreover, these stellar heavyweights are so rare that only a few are close enough to the Sun to be examined in detail. One of the top candidates for the title of “Milky Way stella ...
Expansion of the Universe
... Cosmological Redshift There are four phenomena that cause light to be seen as "redder" than the source that actually emitted it. 1. Scattering of blue and green light - i.e. why the sky appears blue, and why some sunrises or sunsets may appear red. Dust, smoke from forest fires, or other intervenin ...
... Cosmological Redshift There are four phenomena that cause light to be seen as "redder" than the source that actually emitted it. 1. Scattering of blue and green light - i.e. why the sky appears blue, and why some sunrises or sunsets may appear red. Dust, smoke from forest fires, or other intervenin ...
AS2001 - University of St Andrews
... No Pop III (Z=0) stars seen (were they all high mass?). Infall of Z = 0 material causes Z => y. Z » min [ y, y ln(1/ m )] ...
... No Pop III (Z=0) stars seen (were they all high mass?). Infall of Z = 0 material causes Z => y. Z » min [ y, y ln(1/ m )] ...
Brightness and Distance
... steradian (a unit of solid angle). It is important to note that luminous intensity takes into account the response of the human visual system. In other words, our eyes are not equally sensitive to all wavelengths of visible light. Since the response of the human eye to brightness is close to logarit ...
... steradian (a unit of solid angle). It is important to note that luminous intensity takes into account the response of the human visual system. In other words, our eyes are not equally sensitive to all wavelengths of visible light. Since the response of the human eye to brightness is close to logarit ...
Solar Lithium Mystery Solved
... Our sun contains far less lithium than other similar stars—a conundrum that’s dogged astronomers for decades—because it has planets. Not only does that finding solve a mystery, it gives astronomers a potential routine scanning method to apply in the search for extrasolar planets. Using the European ...
... Our sun contains far less lithium than other similar stars—a conundrum that’s dogged astronomers for decades—because it has planets. Not only does that finding solve a mystery, it gives astronomers a potential routine scanning method to apply in the search for extrasolar planets. Using the European ...
HR Diagram Lab
... Purpose: In this lab we will investigate the relationship between the temperature, brightness and diameter of stars. Introduction The H-R Diagram is a tool that astronomers use to classify stars based on their luminosity, magnitude, temperature, spectral class and evolutionary stage. The H-R Diagram ...
... Purpose: In this lab we will investigate the relationship between the temperature, brightness and diameter of stars. Introduction The H-R Diagram is a tool that astronomers use to classify stars based on their luminosity, magnitude, temperature, spectral class and evolutionary stage. The H-R Diagram ...
The observational characteristics of the
... tight constraints on cosmological parameters. Correspondingly, modern largearea surveys can provide the huge data samples that can facilitate such precision measurements. In this thesis, we will focus on two main observational characteristics of the inhomogeneous matter distribution: Baryon Acoustic ...
... tight constraints on cosmological parameters. Correspondingly, modern largearea surveys can provide the huge data samples that can facilitate such precision measurements. In this thesis, we will focus on two main observational characteristics of the inhomogeneous matter distribution: Baryon Acoustic ...
Variable Stars: Pulsation, Evolution and applications to Cosmology
... Main Sequence (ms): all stars are nuclear burning hydrogen to helium in their core. Mass increases as you go up the ms, but stars do not travel “too much” on the ms. Upper ms: high mass, hot stars (why?), convective core, radiative envelope, H burning by CNO cycle: M > 4-8Msun Lower ms: low mass, co ...
... Main Sequence (ms): all stars are nuclear burning hydrogen to helium in their core. Mass increases as you go up the ms, but stars do not travel “too much” on the ms. Upper ms: high mass, hot stars (why?), convective core, radiative envelope, H burning by CNO cycle: M > 4-8Msun Lower ms: low mass, co ...
Hubble’s Law & Black Holes at a Galaxy’s Center
... elliptical galaxy, use Kepler’s 3rd Law. Mass = R3/P2 = RV2 R = 60ly V = 800km/s M = 3BillionM~ = 3,000,000,000M~ ...
... elliptical galaxy, use Kepler’s 3rd Law. Mass = R3/P2 = RV2 R = 60ly V = 800km/s M = 3BillionM~ = 3,000,000,000M~ ...
Miss Nevoral - Ms. Nevoral`s site
... Section 10.1 – Explaining the Early Universe (pages 346 – 355) 1. Define astronomers: People who study space and objects in space. 2. Explain why scientific theories are not considered the final truth/fact about something. Theories are developed with existing information. The main ideas about a theo ...
... Section 10.1 – Explaining the Early Universe (pages 346 – 355) 1. Define astronomers: People who study space and objects in space. 2. Explain why scientific theories are not considered the final truth/fact about something. Theories are developed with existing information. The main ideas about a theo ...
Chapter 8, Lesson 5, pdf
... • Gravity has caused matter to collect into clumps forming stars and galaxies. • The galaxies continue to move outward. • Evidence for the big bang theory comes from background radiation, radiation that is left over from the beginning moments of the universe and is coming from all directions in spac ...
... • Gravity has caused matter to collect into clumps forming stars and galaxies. • The galaxies continue to move outward. • Evidence for the big bang theory comes from background radiation, radiation that is left over from the beginning moments of the universe and is coming from all directions in spac ...
Cosmic distance ladder
The cosmic distance ladder (also known as the extragalactic distance scale) is the succession of methods by which astronomers determine the distances to celestial objects. A real direct distance measurement of an astronomical object is possible only for those objects that are ""close enough"" (within about a thousand parsecs) to Earth. The techniques for determining distances to more distant objects are all based on various measured correlations between methods that work at close distances and methods that work at larger distances. Several methods rely on a standard candle, which is an astronomical object that has a known luminosity.The ladder analogy arises because no one technique can measure distances at all ranges encountered in astronomy. Instead, one method can be used to measure nearby distances, a second can be used to measure nearby to intermediate distances, and so on. Each rung of the ladder provides information that can be used to determine the distances at the next higher rung.