Lab 1-2 : Vocabulary
... • Absolute - the magnitude of a star computed as if viewed from a distance of 32.6 light-years. • Apparent – a star’s brightness as it appears from Earth. The sun APPEARS brighter than the other stars because it is closer to us! ...
... • Absolute - the magnitude of a star computed as if viewed from a distance of 32.6 light-years. • Apparent – a star’s brightness as it appears from Earth. The sun APPEARS brighter than the other stars because it is closer to us! ...
Star Chart_May-June_2016
... permanent link to the sky myths and legends of the past. This season's evening sky features the Big Dipper. Its seven stars are bright enough to be visible through the glow of a city sky. Not a true constellation, the Big Dipper forms pattern of stars found within the constellation known as Ursa Maj ...
... permanent link to the sky myths and legends of the past. This season's evening sky features the Big Dipper. Its seven stars are bright enough to be visible through the glow of a city sky. Not a true constellation, the Big Dipper forms pattern of stars found within the constellation known as Ursa Maj ...
Slide 1 - Fort Bend ISD
... • Betelgeuse fairly cool, but big. Shines brightly • Rigel is a lot smaller than Betelgeuse, but it’s hot, so it also shines brightly ...
... • Betelgeuse fairly cool, but big. Shines brightly • Rigel is a lot smaller than Betelgeuse, but it’s hot, so it also shines brightly ...
Starry Starry Night Vocabulary
... Artist: A person who creates art such as paintings, drawings or sculpture. Astronomy: The study of objects outside the earth’s atmosphere, including planets and stars. Author: A person who writes a story or a book. Aztecs: An ancient civilization in Mexico. Aztecs studies the stars, noticed that the ...
... Artist: A person who creates art such as paintings, drawings or sculpture. Astronomy: The study of objects outside the earth’s atmosphere, including planets and stars. Author: A person who writes a story or a book. Aztecs: An ancient civilization in Mexico. Aztecs studies the stars, noticed that the ...
The Lifecycle of Stars
... can escape it. Black Hole’s are so powerful that they can rip light and energy from nearby stars, sometimes swallowing whole stars ...
... can escape it. Black Hole’s are so powerful that they can rip light and energy from nearby stars, sometimes swallowing whole stars ...
ORIGIN OF THE UNIVERSE
... - Collections of similar galaxies found within a cluster. Our galaxy is found in the “Local Group” which contains about 29 other galaxies Galaxy - A collection of similar stars found within a star group. Our galaxy is called the Milky Way and contains about 200 Billion Stars. - There may be about 10 ...
... - Collections of similar galaxies found within a cluster. Our galaxy is found in the “Local Group” which contains about 29 other galaxies Galaxy - A collection of similar stars found within a star group. Our galaxy is called the Milky Way and contains about 200 Billion Stars. - There may be about 10 ...
Solving the Mystery of Massive Star Birth
... Compared to the Earth, the Sun is gigantic. It would take no less than 109 Earths to stretch across the diameter of the Sun. But the Sun is just an average-sized star. The largest known star is called VY Canis Majoris, and if it replaced the Sun at the centre of our Solar System, all planets up to S ...
... Compared to the Earth, the Sun is gigantic. It would take no less than 109 Earths to stretch across the diameter of the Sun. But the Sun is just an average-sized star. The largest known star is called VY Canis Majoris, and if it replaced the Sun at the centre of our Solar System, all planets up to S ...
Life Cycle of Stars: Chapter 21
... • Horizontal axis represents temperature • Vertical axis represents stellar luminosity • Based upon spectral sequence: – OBAFGKM ...
... • Horizontal axis represents temperature • Vertical axis represents stellar luminosity • Based upon spectral sequence: – OBAFGKM ...
Absolute Magnitude - School
... closer the star is to us the brighter it will appear to be. The Absolute Magnitude (M) of a star is a measure of how luminous it actually is, or rather how bright it would appear to be from a certain distance compared with every other star at the same distance. M is defined as how bright a star woul ...
... closer the star is to us the brighter it will appear to be. The Absolute Magnitude (M) of a star is a measure of how luminous it actually is, or rather how bright it would appear to be from a certain distance compared with every other star at the same distance. M is defined as how bright a star woul ...
1 DS 3.10 Grade 9 Review
... Grade 9 Astronomy Test Review Concepts and terms to review: □ astronomy □ celestial objects □ luminosity □ sun □ moon □ planet □ star □ asteroid □ comet □ gas giant □ solar system □ nuclear fusion □ astronomical unit (AU) □ light-year □ binary system □ supernova □ nebula □ dwarf star □ hydrogen & he ...
... Grade 9 Astronomy Test Review Concepts and terms to review: □ astronomy □ celestial objects □ luminosity □ sun □ moon □ planet □ star □ asteroid □ comet □ gas giant □ solar system □ nuclear fusion □ astronomical unit (AU) □ light-year □ binary system □ supernova □ nebula □ dwarf star □ hydrogen & he ...
Groups_of_Stars_spectra
... Dopplar/Wavelength Shifts In space there is no up down left or right, only towards or away • Motion towards & away causes the light given off to be squeezed or stretched • Blue-shift: wavelengths from objects moving toward another get squeezed • Red-shift: wavelengths from objects moving away get s ...
... Dopplar/Wavelength Shifts In space there is no up down left or right, only towards or away • Motion towards & away causes the light given off to be squeezed or stretched • Blue-shift: wavelengths from objects moving toward another get squeezed • Red-shift: wavelengths from objects moving away get s ...
Physical Science 1 Quiz 10 1 ID # or name:
... Please circle the letter or write the letter next to or under the question number. This quiz is due by 7:30 pm, Wed., May 28th. Please submit your quiz to me via email to one of the ...
... Please circle the letter or write the letter next to or under the question number. This quiz is due by 7:30 pm, Wed., May 28th. Please submit your quiz to me via email to one of the ...
Stars and Their Characteristics
... • Constellation- groups of stars that appear to form patterns – 88 constellations can be seen from n. and s. hemispheres – So far away that only after thousands of years might the motions be observed – Big Dipper- asterism (small-star grouping) • Part of Ursa Major- Great Bear ...
... • Constellation- groups of stars that appear to form patterns – 88 constellations can be seen from n. and s. hemispheres – So far away that only after thousands of years might the motions be observed – Big Dipper- asterism (small-star grouping) • Part of Ursa Major- Great Bear ...
Name Date ______ Period _____ Earth Science Chapter 25 Study
... What is the name for the interstellar matter that will eventually form a star? __________________________________________________________________ When is a star said to be born? __________________________________________________________________ What forces are most responsible for the formation of a ...
... What is the name for the interstellar matter that will eventually form a star? __________________________________________________________________ When is a star said to be born? __________________________________________________________________ What forces are most responsible for the formation of a ...
North Star pulses brightly with constant change
... Or that Polaris, the "North Star," is the brightest star in the sky. Polaris is only the 49th-brightest star visible from Earth. But two things make Polaris special. One is that the spin axis of Earth happens to be pointing toward it, which is why we call it the "North Star." The other is that Polar ...
... Or that Polaris, the "North Star," is the brightest star in the sky. Polaris is only the 49th-brightest star visible from Earth. But two things make Polaris special. One is that the spin axis of Earth happens to be pointing toward it, which is why we call it the "North Star." The other is that Polar ...
Ursa Minor
Ursa Minor (Latin: ""Smaller She-Bear"", contrasting with Ursa Major), also known as the Little Bear, is a constellation in the northern sky. Like the Great Bear, the tail of the Little Bear may also be seen as the handle of a ladle, hence the name Little Dipper. It was one of the 48 constellations listed by the 2nd-century astronomer Ptolemy, and remains one of the 88 modern constellations. Ursa Minor has traditionally been important for navigation, particularly by mariners, due to Polaris being the North Star.Polaris, the brightest star in the constellation, is a yellow-white supergiant and the brightest Cepheid variable star in the night sky, ranging from apparent magnitude 1.97 to 2.00. Beta Ursae Minoris, also known as Kochab, is an aging star that has swollen and cooled to become an orange giant with an apparent magnitude of 2.08, only slightly fainter than Polaris. Kochab and magnitude 3 Gamma Ursae Minoris have been called the ""guardians of the pole star"". Planets have been detected orbiting four of the stars, including Kochab. The constellation also contains an isolated neutron star—Calvera—and H1504+65, the hottest white dwarf yet discovered with a surface temperature of 200,000 K.