Warm-Up Monday, July 23, 2012
... • A. The stars of Orion are closer together in space. • B. The stars in Orion orbit the Sun, just like the planets. • C. The brightest stars in Orion are the ones that are closest to us. • D. You can’t tell if the brightest stars in Orion are really brighter than the others, or if they are just clos ...
... • A. The stars of Orion are closer together in space. • B. The stars in Orion orbit the Sun, just like the planets. • C. The brightest stars in Orion are the ones that are closest to us. • D. You can’t tell if the brightest stars in Orion are really brighter than the others, or if they are just clos ...
Evolution of Close Binary Systems
... • Think about the continued evolution of Algol and you have the explanation for novae. • If the original primary transfers most of its mass to the original secondary, you are left with a massive main-sequence star and a helium WD. • When the original secondary starts to evolve up the RGB, it transfe ...
... • Think about the continued evolution of Algol and you have the explanation for novae. • If the original primary transfers most of its mass to the original secondary, you are left with a massive main-sequence star and a helium WD. • When the original secondary starts to evolve up the RGB, it transfe ...
The STFC Further Learning Package
... The Hubble Space Telescope is a telescope that floats in space. It was built by the European Space Agency and NASA. This telescope was launched in 1990 and is in orbit around the Earth. British scientists have worked on the instruments that are carried onboard the Hubble Space Telescope and study th ...
... The Hubble Space Telescope is a telescope that floats in space. It was built by the European Space Agency and NASA. This telescope was launched in 1990 and is in orbit around the Earth. British scientists have worked on the instruments that are carried onboard the Hubble Space Telescope and study th ...
Chapter 19 Star Formation
... Clouds contract in a “distorted” way: In fact the clouds are usually much more irregular than shown in this textbook illustration. (Note: all the colorful emission line nebulae shown in this chapter are just this same molecular gas after a massive stars has started pouring out photons. ...
... Clouds contract in a “distorted” way: In fact the clouds are usually much more irregular than shown in this textbook illustration. (Note: all the colorful emission line nebulae shown in this chapter are just this same molecular gas after a massive stars has started pouring out photons. ...
Chapter 19 Star Formation
... Clouds contract in a “distorted” way: In fact the clouds are usually much more irregular than shown in this textbook illustration. (Note: all the colorful emission line nebulae shown in this chapter are just this same molecular gas after a massive stars has started pouring out photons. ...
... Clouds contract in a “distorted” way: In fact the clouds are usually much more irregular than shown in this textbook illustration. (Note: all the colorful emission line nebulae shown in this chapter are just this same molecular gas after a massive stars has started pouring out photons. ...
Galaxies • Test 3 (New date) – Thurs, 9 April
... Alien astronomers want to measure the mass of the sun using the Doppler effect of light emitted by Jupiter. If the mass of the sun is greater, they would measure a shift in wavelength. A. B. ...
... Alien astronomers want to measure the mass of the sun using the Doppler effect of light emitted by Jupiter. If the mass of the sun is greater, they would measure a shift in wavelength. A. B. ...
QDSpaperFred1.tex
... from either carbon-rich or oxygen-rich atmospheres. In addition, the Hipparchos data provides distance measurements or lower limits that provide an easy distinction between the relatively low luminosity main-sequence stars that could host colonies, and the very large, short-lived giant stars. As new ...
... from either carbon-rich or oxygen-rich atmospheres. In addition, the Hipparchos data provides distance measurements or lower limits that provide an easy distinction between the relatively low luminosity main-sequence stars that could host colonies, and the very large, short-lived giant stars. As new ...
Chapter 18 Notes - Valdosta State University
... orbiting near the center, the tremendous energy generated by the core and the shape of most galaxies. The most distant objects detected in the universe are called quasars (quasi-stellar radio sources). The closest known quasar is 600 million light years away and the farthest currently detected is 13 ...
... orbiting near the center, the tremendous energy generated by the core and the shape of most galaxies. The most distant objects detected in the universe are called quasars (quasi-stellar radio sources). The closest known quasar is 600 million light years away and the farthest currently detected is 13 ...
The Milky Way as a Spiral galaxy
... By the 1700’s the old notion that the Earth was the center of the Universe was overthrown by the success of Newton’s theory of universal gravitation, a theory which explained the motion of the planets around the Sun. It became respectable to see the stars as other suns, like our Sun, but scattered ...
... By the 1700’s the old notion that the Earth was the center of the Universe was overthrown by the success of Newton’s theory of universal gravitation, a theory which explained the motion of the planets around the Sun. It became respectable to see the stars as other suns, like our Sun, but scattered ...
Document
... What are neutron stars and pulsars? What are black holes? What happens near a black hole? How do we see black holes? What happens when neutron stars and black holes are in binaries? ...
... What are neutron stars and pulsars? What are black holes? What happens near a black hole? How do we see black holes? What happens when neutron stars and black holes are in binaries? ...
Booklet 5 – Stellar Processes and Evolution
... Initially, they evolve in the same way as low mass stars, turning into red giants and undergoing a core helium burning phase. In medium mass stars, however, the burning of helium into carbon is no longer the end phase of stellar evolution. When the core helium supply is exhausted, the additional mas ...
... Initially, they evolve in the same way as low mass stars, turning into red giants and undergoing a core helium burning phase. In medium mass stars, however, the burning of helium into carbon is no longer the end phase of stellar evolution. When the core helium supply is exhausted, the additional mas ...
07-01TheColsmologicalDistanceLadder
... •In 1912, Henrietta Leavitt observes Cepheids in the Large and small Magellenic clouds. •These Stars are all the same distance from Earth ...
... •In 1912, Henrietta Leavitt observes Cepheids in the Large and small Magellenic clouds. •These Stars are all the same distance from Earth ...
Can we detect asteroid impacts with rocky extrasolar planets?
... therefore possible that one of these new systems will eventually come across a major extrasolar impact. So what: why bother with extra-solar impacts? First of all, astronomers looking for other types of transient events should be aware that they may, serendipitously come across an impact event. They ...
... therefore possible that one of these new systems will eventually come across a major extrasolar impact. So what: why bother with extra-solar impacts? First of all, astronomers looking for other types of transient events should be aware that they may, serendipitously come across an impact event. They ...
The Sun and Stars The Sun is a typical star with a mass of about 2
... which takes small nuclei as a fuel and joins them to form larger nuclei whose mass is less than the mass of the fuel. The mass difference ∆m is transformed into energy according to Einstein’s formula E = ∆mc2 . In a normal (main sequence) star the fuel is hydrogen that is converted into helium. The ...
... which takes small nuclei as a fuel and joins them to form larger nuclei whose mass is less than the mass of the fuel. The mass difference ∆m is transformed into energy according to Einstein’s formula E = ∆mc2 . In a normal (main sequence) star the fuel is hydrogen that is converted into helium. The ...
The Universe Section 1
... – During convection, hot gas moves upward, away from the star’s center, and cooler gas sinks toward the center. – During radiation, atoms absorb energy and transfer it to other atoms in random directions. Atoms near the star’s surface radiate energy into space. ...
... – During convection, hot gas moves upward, away from the star’s center, and cooler gas sinks toward the center. – During radiation, atoms absorb energy and transfer it to other atoms in random directions. Atoms near the star’s surface radiate energy into space. ...
The Sky from Your Point of View
... • Direction (DIR): angle clockwise from N measured around horizon 0º: N 180º: S S 90º: E 270º: W ...
... • Direction (DIR): angle clockwise from N measured around horizon 0º: N 180º: S S 90º: E 270º: W ...
Studying Variable stars using Small Telescopes Observational
... Light curve of Eclipsing Binaries - Algol A binary system of stars in which the orbital plane lies edge-on to us so that the component stars periodically eclipse one another. ...
... Light curve of Eclipsing Binaries - Algol A binary system of stars in which the orbital plane lies edge-on to us so that the component stars periodically eclipse one another. ...
Stars, Galaxies & Universe
... Size- Giant, main sequence, and dwarf Temperature- blue=hot; red=cooler Brightness- apparent brightness and absolute magnitude HR diagram shows temperature, brightness, color of stars and where the star is in its life cycle. Used to graph the surface temperature (x-axis) vs. brightness (yaxis) Hotte ...
... Size- Giant, main sequence, and dwarf Temperature- blue=hot; red=cooler Brightness- apparent brightness and absolute magnitude HR diagram shows temperature, brightness, color of stars and where the star is in its life cycle. Used to graph the surface temperature (x-axis) vs. brightness (yaxis) Hotte ...
Transits of extrasolar moons around luminous giant planets
... minutes.4 Adaptive optics and the availability of a close-by reference object, e.g., a low-mass star with an apparent IR brightness similar to the target, will be essential. Alternatively, systems with multiple directly imaged giant planets would provide particularly advantageous opportunities, both ...
... minutes.4 Adaptive optics and the availability of a close-by reference object, e.g., a low-mass star with an apparent IR brightness similar to the target, will be essential. Alternatively, systems with multiple directly imaged giant planets would provide particularly advantageous opportunities, both ...
Piscataway High School - Piscataway Township Schools
... course consists of the study of various celestial objects and their movement. Some topics include: Kepler’s and Newton’s Laws; types of telescopes and their use; the sun and the moon; the various planets; stars; stellar evolution; galaxies; comets; cosmology; space travel; extraterrestrial; U.F.O’s ...
... course consists of the study of various celestial objects and their movement. Some topics include: Kepler’s and Newton’s Laws; types of telescopes and their use; the sun and the moon; the various planets; stars; stellar evolution; galaxies; comets; cosmology; space travel; extraterrestrial; U.F.O’s ...
