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 ...
Wednesday, April 17 - Otterbein University
... • Any irregularly shaped cloud of gas and dust • May be bright or dark, depending on temperature • Types: – Emission (bright) Nebulae – Dark Nebulae – Reflection Nebulae ...
... • Any irregularly shaped cloud of gas and dust • May be bright or dark, depending on temperature • Types: – Emission (bright) Nebulae – Dark Nebulae – Reflection Nebulae ...
Astronomy
... 6. You just got off a plane in an unknown location somewhere in the Northern Hemisphere. Once you locate Polaris in your sky, how can you use that to figure out your latitude? Your latitude will be the same as how high Polaris is above the northern horizon. We are at 40 degrees latitude and Polaris ...
... 6. You just got off a plane in an unknown location somewhere in the Northern Hemisphere. Once you locate Polaris in your sky, how can you use that to figure out your latitude? Your latitude will be the same as how high Polaris is above the northern horizon. We are at 40 degrees latitude and Polaris ...
Study Guide for the Final Astronomy Exam
... B) State the significance of the universal gravitational constant being such a small number. C) Explain the inverse square law nature of gravity. 5) Unit 32 to 34: Planetary Science A) In a written essay contrast the properties of the Terrestrial and Jovian planets. B) Answer multiple choice questio ...
... B) State the significance of the universal gravitational constant being such a small number. C) Explain the inverse square law nature of gravity. 5) Unit 32 to 34: Planetary Science A) In a written essay contrast the properties of the Terrestrial and Jovian planets. B) Answer multiple choice questio ...
Name: Candle Spectra Lab Objective: Students will be able to
... Explain how this lab relates to the following: a. Aurora Bourelis: ...
... Explain how this lab relates to the following: a. Aurora Bourelis: ...
What is a star? A star is a giant ball of gases held together by gravity
... black hole is a massive star that has collapsed onto itself. It is very dense. Its gravity is so strong, not even light can escape. It is invisible. Scientists have evidence that a black hole is the center of the Milky Way Galaxy. Its mass has been estimated at over three million times the mass of o ...
... black hole is a massive star that has collapsed onto itself. It is very dense. Its gravity is so strong, not even light can escape. It is invisible. Scientists have evidence that a black hole is the center of the Milky Way Galaxy. Its mass has been estimated at over three million times the mass of o ...
The Star of Bethlehem: a Type Ia/Ic Supernova in the Andromeda
... with Palestine in the penumbra and within 2 degrees of the umbra. Matthew 27:45 (or Luke 23:44; Mark 15:33) records a “darkness over the land”, and a near contemporary, Thallus, writing about 52 CE, asserts this “darkness” recorded in Matthew, Mark and Luke was in fact a solar eclipse([31] , pp. 84– ...
... with Palestine in the penumbra and within 2 degrees of the umbra. Matthew 27:45 (or Luke 23:44; Mark 15:33) records a “darkness over the land”, and a near contemporary, Thallus, writing about 52 CE, asserts this “darkness” recorded in Matthew, Mark and Luke was in fact a solar eclipse([31] , pp. 84– ...
chapter 7
... There are also trinary star systems (3 stars) and other multiple star systems in the galaxy. Single stars like the Sun are in the minority. For any two gravitationally interacting bodies, their barycenter is always closer to the more massive object. If the two stars have the same mass, their baryce ...
... There are also trinary star systems (3 stars) and other multiple star systems in the galaxy. Single stars like the Sun are in the minority. For any two gravitationally interacting bodies, their barycenter is always closer to the more massive object. If the two stars have the same mass, their baryce ...
Binary Stars (Professor Powerpoint)
... binaries. Eclipsing Binary stars are also referred to as Extrinsic Variable Stars. ...
... binaries. Eclipsing Binary stars are also referred to as Extrinsic Variable Stars. ...
Some Facts and Hypotheses regard
... been mistaken for a star, There is no known instance of a new star appearing and remaining permanently bright. However, it is certain that there are genuine cases of missing stars, which cannot be explained away by any supposition of mistaken entries, It may be that such stars are in reality periodi ...
... been mistaken for a star, There is no known instance of a new star appearing and remaining permanently bright. However, it is certain that there are genuine cases of missing stars, which cannot be explained away by any supposition of mistaken entries, It may be that such stars are in reality periodi ...
The Rigel Star - Emmi
... Black Hole: an object whose gravity is so powerful that nothing, not even light, can escape. Neutron Star: the small, dense remains of a supergiant star after a supernova. Pulsar: a neutron star that spins very fast and releases radio waves. ...
... Black Hole: an object whose gravity is so powerful that nothing, not even light, can escape. Neutron Star: the small, dense remains of a supergiant star after a supernova. Pulsar: a neutron star that spins very fast and releases radio waves. ...
Introduction to Basic Stargazing Part I - Naples Free-Net
... For many years the summer star Vega was the reference star and was assigned a magnitude of 0.0 as a starting point. Now that everything has been reduced to mathematical ratios one can now say Pollux has a magnitude of +1.15 while the dimmer Castor has been assigned a magnitude of +1.9 There is no ma ...
... For many years the summer star Vega was the reference star and was assigned a magnitude of 0.0 as a starting point. Now that everything has been reduced to mathematical ratios one can now say Pollux has a magnitude of +1.15 while the dimmer Castor has been assigned a magnitude of +1.9 There is no ma ...
Properties of Stars
... would be easier and more helpful, since we know a lot about the Sun and it is a star. Let’s get rid of the constants ! ...
... would be easier and more helpful, since we know a lot about the Sun and it is a star. Let’s get rid of the constants ! ...
The Solar System and Beyond
... *How to find these stars in the night sky: All but two of the stars in the list above are identified on Uncle Al’s Sky Wheels (http://www.lhs.berkeley.edu/starclock/skywheel.html). The two not identified are Fomalhaut and Adhara. Adhara is the bottom star (marking the “foot” of the dog) in the const ...
... *How to find these stars in the night sky: All but two of the stars in the list above are identified on Uncle Al’s Sky Wheels (http://www.lhs.berkeley.edu/starclock/skywheel.html). The two not identified are Fomalhaut and Adhara. Adhara is the bottom star (marking the “foot” of the dog) in the const ...
13 Space Photos To Remind You The Universe Is
... In death, the star’s dusty outer layers are unraveling into space, glowing from the intense ultraviolet radiation being pumped out by the hot stellar core. Planetary nebulae (like the Helix Nebula above) are actually the remains of stars that once looked a lot like our sun. These stars spend most of ...
... In death, the star’s dusty outer layers are unraveling into space, glowing from the intense ultraviolet radiation being pumped out by the hot stellar core. Planetary nebulae (like the Helix Nebula above) are actually the remains of stars that once looked a lot like our sun. These stars spend most of ...
Earth-sized planet found just outside solar system
... Alpha Centauri B is very similar to the Sun but slightly smaller and less bright. The newly discovered planet, with a mass of a little more than that of the Earth, is orbiting about six million kilometres away from the star, much closer than Mercury is to the Sun in the Solar System. The orbit of th ...
... Alpha Centauri B is very similar to the Sun but slightly smaller and less bright. The newly discovered planet, with a mass of a little more than that of the Earth, is orbiting about six million kilometres away from the star, much closer than Mercury is to the Sun in the Solar System. The orbit of th ...
Stellar Evolution Simulation
... In this activity, you will be tracing the lifecycle of several different types of stars. First, go onto http://www.planetseed.com/laboratory/virtual-experiment-build-your-own-star. You will want to keep this website open as it lists some terms that you might not be familiar with. Read through the pa ...
... In this activity, you will be tracing the lifecycle of several different types of stars. First, go onto http://www.planetseed.com/laboratory/virtual-experiment-build-your-own-star. You will want to keep this website open as it lists some terms that you might not be familiar with. Read through the pa ...
Winter - Dark Sky Discovery
... The plough is perhaps the most easily recognised group of stars in the northern sky and it is a very useful ‘skymark’. The plough is always above the horizon and allows us to find Polaris, or the Pole Star. If you imagine the plough as a saucepan, then you can follow the two stars furthest from the ...
... The plough is perhaps the most easily recognised group of stars in the northern sky and it is a very useful ‘skymark’. The plough is always above the horizon and allows us to find Polaris, or the Pole Star. If you imagine the plough as a saucepan, then you can follow the two stars furthest from the ...
27.1: Characteristics of Stars
... About 3 billion can be seen through ground-based telescopes Over 1 trillion can be observed from the Hubble Space Telescope The visibility of a star depends on its brightness and its distance from the Earth. Astronomers use two scales to describe the brightness of a star: apparent magnitude and abso ...
... About 3 billion can be seen through ground-based telescopes Over 1 trillion can be observed from the Hubble Space Telescope The visibility of a star depends on its brightness and its distance from the Earth. Astronomers use two scales to describe the brightness of a star: apparent magnitude and abso ...
Conceptobasico.pdf
... At this time, the object is at its maximum altitude in the sky. The altazimuth coordinates of an object are local coordinates. Stars very far south near the South Celestial Pole do not rise at all, and they remain unseen for observers in the north. As the Earth orbits the Sun, we see the Sun moving ...
... At this time, the object is at its maximum altitude in the sky. The altazimuth coordinates of an object are local coordinates. Stars very far south near the South Celestial Pole do not rise at all, and they remain unseen for observers in the north. As the Earth orbits the Sun, we see the Sun moving ...
answer key
... which makes them burn off (or rather “fuse off”) their fuel faster, which makes them die sooner/younger! ...
... which makes them burn off (or rather “fuse off”) their fuel faster, which makes them die sooner/younger! ...
Perseus (constellation)
Perseus, named after the Greek mythological hero Perseus, is a constellation in the northern sky. It was one of 48 listed by the 2nd-century astronomer Ptolemy and among the 88 modern constellations defined by the International Astronomical Union (IAU). It is located in the northern celestial hemisphere near several other constellations named after legends surrounding Perseus, including Andromeda to the west and Cassiopeia to the north. Perseus is also bordered by Aries and Taurus to the south, Auriga to the east, Camelopardalis to the north, and Triangulum to the west.The galactic plane of the Milky Way passes through Perseus but is mostly obscured by molecular clouds. The constellation's brightest star is the yellow-white supergiant Alpha Persei (also called Mirfak), which shines at magnitude 1.79. It and many of the surrounding stars are members of an open cluster known as the Alpha Persei Cluster. The best-known star, however, is Algol (Beta Persei), linked with ominous legends because of its variability, which is noticeable to the naked eye. Rather than being an intrinsically variable star, it is an eclipsing binary. Other notable star systems in Perseus include X Persei, a binary system containing a neutron star, and GK Persei, a nova that peaked at magnitude 0.2 in 1901. The Double Cluster, comprising two open clusters quite near each other in the sky, was known to the ancient Chinese. The constellation gives its name to the Perseus Cluster (Abell 426), a massive galaxy cluster located 250 million light-years from Earth. It hosts the radiant of the annual Perseids meteor shower—one of the most prominent meteor showers in the sky.