celestial sphere
... star chart mounted in such a fashion that it can be oriented to represent the true aspect of the sky as seen by an observer at any point on the earth at any time. Since the surface is spherical, the distortion inherent in flat star maps is avoided. On the other hand, it forces you to view the conste ...
... star chart mounted in such a fashion that it can be oriented to represent the true aspect of the sky as seen by an observer at any point on the earth at any time. Since the surface is spherical, the distortion inherent in flat star maps is avoided. On the other hand, it forces you to view the conste ...
Project 3. Colour in Astronomy
... where Fx is the observed flux in the band x, and F vega is the flux of the star Vega. The star Vega, in the constellation of Lyra is used as a reference in the magnitude system. Vega has the arbitrary definition of zero magnitude at all wavelengths U=B=V=R=I=0 This does not mean that Vega show the s ...
... where Fx is the observed flux in the band x, and F vega is the flux of the star Vega. The star Vega, in the constellation of Lyra is used as a reference in the magnitude system. Vega has the arbitrary definition of zero magnitude at all wavelengths U=B=V=R=I=0 This does not mean that Vega show the s ...
The Classification of Stellar Spectra
... stars exist in binary systems where the companion star has stripped away the Wolf-Rayet star's outer layers. Thus the spectra observed is from the exposed stellar interior rather than the normal surface material. The broadness of the lines also indicates that the material observed may be from high v ...
... stars exist in binary systems where the companion star has stripped away the Wolf-Rayet star's outer layers. Thus the spectra observed is from the exposed stellar interior rather than the normal surface material. The broadness of the lines also indicates that the material observed may be from high v ...
Astrophysics
... • From these figures it was calculated that if the Sun was made of coal, it could burn for about 10,000 years given a lot of oxygen! As life on the Earth seemed to be millions of years old this appeared to be a problem! • Lord Kelvin and Hermann von Helmholtz suggested that the collapsing matter for ...
... • From these figures it was calculated that if the Sun was made of coal, it could burn for about 10,000 years given a lot of oxygen! As life on the Earth seemed to be millions of years old this appeared to be a problem! • Lord Kelvin and Hermann von Helmholtz suggested that the collapsing matter for ...
March 2010 - Pomona Valley Amateur Astronomers
... expansion of the universe, and makes it harder for aliens to take intergalactic journeys. Sometimes those aliens say they're from the Andromeda Galaxy (M31) some three million light years away. Perhaps this is because it's most distant object that can be seen by the unaided eye. In a telescope it re ...
... expansion of the universe, and makes it harder for aliens to take intergalactic journeys. Sometimes those aliens say they're from the Andromeda Galaxy (M31) some three million light years away. Perhaps this is because it's most distant object that can be seen by the unaided eye. In a telescope it re ...
Stellar Evolution
... Evolution of Stars More Massive than the Sun Star of more than 8 solar masses can fuse elements far beyond carbon in its core Leads to a very different fate Path across the H-R diagram is essentially a straight line Stays at just about the same luminosity as it cools off Eventually the star dies in ...
... Evolution of Stars More Massive than the Sun Star of more than 8 solar masses can fuse elements far beyond carbon in its core Leads to a very different fate Path across the H-R diagram is essentially a straight line Stays at just about the same luminosity as it cools off Eventually the star dies in ...
upperMS - CWRU Astronomy
... lifetime If 40% of the remaining mass can be removed in the final 85% of the lifetime, then it’s a nitrogen rich star It’s ok to lose this much mass and still be OB, but if it loses much more, then its luminosity will be too low Often present in young clusters ...
... lifetime If 40% of the remaining mass can be removed in the final 85% of the lifetime, then it’s a nitrogen rich star It’s ok to lose this much mass and still be OB, but if it loses much more, then its luminosity will be too low Often present in young clusters ...
Whiteq
... white dwarf. White dwarves themselves can be no more massive than 1.4 times the mass of the sun. However, it is believed that the progenitor star can be as much as 4 times as massive as the sun, because during the end of their nuclear fuel burning stage most stars eject a large portion of their mass ...
... white dwarf. White dwarves themselves can be no more massive than 1.4 times the mass of the sun. However, it is believed that the progenitor star can be as much as 4 times as massive as the sun, because during the end of their nuclear fuel burning stage most stars eject a large portion of their mass ...
Virtual HR Diagram Lab
... 8. Uncheck show luminosity classes and check show instability strip. Note that this region of the HR Diagram indicates where pulsating stars are found such as RR Lyrae stars and Cepheid variable stars. These stars vary in brightness because they are pulsating-alternately growing bigger and smaller- ...
... 8. Uncheck show luminosity classes and check show instability strip. Note that this region of the HR Diagram indicates where pulsating stars are found such as RR Lyrae stars and Cepheid variable stars. These stars vary in brightness because they are pulsating-alternately growing bigger and smaller- ...
ph507lecnote06
... a pixel stably over many years are required High sensitivity to small radial velocity shifts is achieved by: • comparing high S/N = 200 - 500 spectra with template stellar spectra • using a large number of lines in the spectrum to allow shifts of much less than one pixel to be determined. Absolute w ...
... a pixel stably over many years are required High sensitivity to small radial velocity shifts is achieved by: • comparing high S/N = 200 - 500 spectra with template stellar spectra • using a large number of lines in the spectrum to allow shifts of much less than one pixel to be determined. Absolute w ...
July 2014 BRAS Newsletter - The Baton Rouge Astronomical Society
... also quantified the fraction of planets that might have been missed by their census, either because the planes of their orbits were tilted so the planets could not transit the host star as seen from Earth, or those that the TERRA software itself could have missed. Shedding (the right amount of) ligh ...
... also quantified the fraction of planets that might have been missed by their census, either because the planes of their orbits were tilted so the planets could not transit the host star as seen from Earth, or those that the TERRA software itself could have missed. Shedding (the right amount of) ligh ...
Building Functions
... depends on its distance and its luminosity, also called its absolute magnitude. What you see in the sky is the apparent brightness of a star. The actual amount of light produced by the surface of the star is its absolute magnitude. A simple equation, basic to all astronomy, relates the star’s distan ...
... depends on its distance and its luminosity, also called its absolute magnitude. What you see in the sky is the apparent brightness of a star. The actual amount of light produced by the surface of the star is its absolute magnitude. A simple equation, basic to all astronomy, relates the star’s distan ...
Picture: Alnitak is the left-hand star in Orion`s Belt. Image: NASA
... planets and targeted SETI programs, since if they have planets orbiting within their habitable zones there is the possibility that these worlds support life of some kind. Giant K types are typically 100 to 400 K cooler, and have luminosities of 60 to 300 Lsun and masses of 1.1 to 1.2 Msun. Familiar ...
... planets and targeted SETI programs, since if they have planets orbiting within their habitable zones there is the possibility that these worlds support life of some kind. Giant K types are typically 100 to 400 K cooler, and have luminosities of 60 to 300 Lsun and masses of 1.1 to 1.2 Msun. Familiar ...
High Mass Stars
... – From H-R diagram its luminosity is 100000 times greater than the Sun’s. – It therefore burns fuel (uses it’s mass) 100000 times faster than the Sun. – It has 25 times the mass of the Sun so its lifetime will be 25/100000 = 0.00025 times than the Sun’s lifetime = 2.5 million years. ...
... – From H-R diagram its luminosity is 100000 times greater than the Sun’s. – It therefore burns fuel (uses it’s mass) 100000 times faster than the Sun. – It has 25 times the mass of the Sun so its lifetime will be 25/100000 = 0.00025 times than the Sun’s lifetime = 2.5 million years. ...
doc - Jnoodle
... the frequency) of the electromagnetic radiation it emits most of. We will notice this as a change in colour: if you heat up a piece of iron it will first look like it did before heating (but emit invisible infrared radiation, observable in a "heat camera"), then become redglowing (red has the longes ...
... the frequency) of the electromagnetic radiation it emits most of. We will notice this as a change in colour: if you heat up a piece of iron it will first look like it did before heating (but emit invisible infrared radiation, observable in a "heat camera"), then become redglowing (red has the longes ...
Classifying Spectra PDF version - the Home Page for Voyager2
... The spectral classes are specified by the letters O, B, A, F, G, K, M, L, T going hotter to colder. Each letter is subdivided by assigning a number 0 through 9 following the letter and going from hotter to colder. So B0 is colder than O9 and hotter than B1. Obviously not every type is shown. Origina ...
... The spectral classes are specified by the letters O, B, A, F, G, K, M, L, T going hotter to colder. Each letter is subdivided by assigning a number 0 through 9 following the letter and going from hotter to colder. So B0 is colder than O9 and hotter than B1. Obviously not every type is shown. Origina ...
Time From the Perspective of a Particle Physicist
... • fusion continues beyond C,O to Iron • if Mass(core) > 1.4 M(Sun) core collapses in SUPERNOVA (II) • leaves either Neutron Star or Black Hole • Most SN are this type PHYS 162 ...
... • fusion continues beyond C,O to Iron • if Mass(core) > 1.4 M(Sun) core collapses in SUPERNOVA (II) • leaves either Neutron Star or Black Hole • Most SN are this type PHYS 162 ...
THE GALACTIC GAZETTE The Astronomical Society of Southern New England Next Meeting
... Cataclysmics, also known as dwarf novae, are binary stars in close orbit about one another. One of them is Sunlike, the other a compact white dwarf star with an appetite. Their embrace is so tight — 100,000 miles for SS Cygni according to some estimates — that the dwarf's powerful gravity strips mat ...
... Cataclysmics, also known as dwarf novae, are binary stars in close orbit about one another. One of them is Sunlike, the other a compact white dwarf star with an appetite. Their embrace is so tight — 100,000 miles for SS Cygni according to some estimates — that the dwarf's powerful gravity strips mat ...
Measuring the Properties of Stars (ch. 17)
... of Kepler’s 3rd law. There are three types of binary stars, which depend on how close they are to each other, their relative brightnesses, the distance of the binary, and other factors: a.Visual binaries—can see both stars, and so monitor orbit directly. (But must be near enough for you to resolve t ...
... of Kepler’s 3rd law. There are three types of binary stars, which depend on how close they are to each other, their relative brightnesses, the distance of the binary, and other factors: a.Visual binaries—can see both stars, and so monitor orbit directly. (But must be near enough for you to resolve t ...
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David`s Mapping the Heavens[1]
... Read the text book pg 220/221. Complete the following table. In each column outline what theory each astronomer came up with. Shapley ...
... Read the text book pg 220/221. Complete the following table. In each column outline what theory each astronomer came up with. Shapley ...
The Sky - HiSPARC
... stars present in the (night) sky. Figure 3.1 shows the stars in the Northern hemisphere. The mouse cursor points towards Polaris, the Pole or North Star. In the bottom of the screen the location of the cursor is represented as RA 7h10m00.00s en Dec 89◦ 15’45.11”. The abbreviation RA stands for Right ...
... stars present in the (night) sky. Figure 3.1 shows the stars in the Northern hemisphere. The mouse cursor points towards Polaris, the Pole or North Star. In the bottom of the screen the location of the cursor is represented as RA 7h10m00.00s en Dec 89◦ 15’45.11”. The abbreviation RA stands for Right ...
Boötes
Boötes /boʊˈoʊtiːz/ is a constellation in the northern sky, located between 0° and +60° declination, and 13 and 16 hours of right ascension on the celestial sphere. The name comes from the Greek Βοώτης, Boōtēs, meaning herdsman or plowman (literally, ox-driver; from βοῦς bous “cow”). The ""ö"" in the name is a diaeresis, not an umlaut, meaning that each 'o' is to be pronounced separately.One of the 48 constellations described by the 2nd century astronomer Ptolemy, Boötes is now one of the 88 modern constellations. It contains the fourth brightest star in the night sky, the orange-hued Arcturus. Boötes is home to many other bright stars, including eight above the fourth magnitude and an additional 21 above the fifth magnitude, making a total of 29 stars easily visible to the naked eye.