planet
... • From its time of discovery in 1930 to 2006 it was considered to be the ninth planet in the solar system, but because additional objects have been discovered including Eris which is 27% more massive, the IAU reclassified Pluto and the other objects as dwarf planets. The New Horizons spacecraft was ...
... • From its time of discovery in 1930 to 2006 it was considered to be the ninth planet in the solar system, but because additional objects have been discovered including Eris which is 27% more massive, the IAU reclassified Pluto and the other objects as dwarf planets. The New Horizons spacecraft was ...
the life cycle of stars
... star that is the leftover center of an old star • No hydrogen left • Can shine for billions of years before they cool completely • RED DWARF – low-mass stars • Oldest stars in the universe ...
... star that is the leftover center of an old star • No hydrogen left • Can shine for billions of years before they cool completely • RED DWARF – low-mass stars • Oldest stars in the universe ...
Observing: The process of using one or more of your senses to
... Quasar: An enormously bright, distant galaxy with a giant black hole at its center (p 617) Elliptical galaxy: A galaxy shaped like a round or flattened ball, generally containing only old stars (p 618) Binary star: A star system with 2 stars (p 615) Open cluster: A star cluster that has a loose, dis ...
... Quasar: An enormously bright, distant galaxy with a giant black hole at its center (p 617) Elliptical galaxy: A galaxy shaped like a round or flattened ball, generally containing only old stars (p 618) Binary star: A star system with 2 stars (p 615) Open cluster: A star cluster that has a loose, dis ...
NAM_f2
... lightcurves of over 34,000 stars with I brighter than 8th mag. Early results suggest that we will be able to achieve the required photometric accuracy to detect transits for over 70% of these lightcurves, i.e., for 23,000 stars. ...
... lightcurves of over 34,000 stars with I brighter than 8th mag. Early results suggest that we will be able to achieve the required photometric accuracy to detect transits for over 70% of these lightcurves, i.e., for 23,000 stars. ...
Unit: Southern Europe
... GLE 0507.6.1: I can compare planets based on their known characteristics. This means that I can create a diagram, experiment or model communicating the major characteristics of each planet. I can also distinguish among the planets according to their appearance, location, composition, and apparent mo ...
... GLE 0507.6.1: I can compare planets based on their known characteristics. This means that I can create a diagram, experiment or model communicating the major characteristics of each planet. I can also distinguish among the planets according to their appearance, location, composition, and apparent mo ...
What Did We Used to Think About the Solar System
... ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________. Ptolemy’s Geocentric Model Greek astronomer that lived in Egypt in the second century A.D. was puzzled by retrograde motion (pattern of apparent ba ...
... ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________. Ptolemy’s Geocentric Model Greek astronomer that lived in Egypt in the second century A.D. was puzzled by retrograde motion (pattern of apparent ba ...
Supernova’s
... Death of a Massive Star (contd.) • While the sun can burn helium and hydrogen to keep the star shinning, massive stars attain temperatures so great that Iron is produced in the core. • Iron is the most stable nuclei. • It is at this point where the core collapses and the imploding material produces ...
... Death of a Massive Star (contd.) • While the sun can burn helium and hydrogen to keep the star shinning, massive stars attain temperatures so great that Iron is produced in the core. • Iron is the most stable nuclei. • It is at this point where the core collapses and the imploding material produces ...
Round 1
... This is the source of energy for main sequence stars. (hydrogen fusion) Before reaching the main sequence, a protostar is doing this. (contracting due to gravity) A star becomes a red giant when this happens. (runs out of hydrogen to fuse in its core → leaves the main sequence) $1600 A Type 1a super ...
... This is the source of energy for main sequence stars. (hydrogen fusion) Before reaching the main sequence, a protostar is doing this. (contracting due to gravity) A star becomes a red giant when this happens. (runs out of hydrogen to fuse in its core → leaves the main sequence) $1600 A Type 1a super ...
Final Exam Review (Word doc)
... underwent a supernova explosion right now, approximately how long would it be until we found out about it? 5300 years. 9. The most important reason for measuring the parallax of a star is to help us find the stars' intrinsic brightness (absolute magnitude) or luminosity. 10. If two intrinsically ide ...
... underwent a supernova explosion right now, approximately how long would it be until we found out about it? 5300 years. 9. The most important reason for measuring the parallax of a star is to help us find the stars' intrinsic brightness (absolute magnitude) or luminosity. 10. If two intrinsically ide ...
Planetary Configurations
... • Ground based missions continue • Two new space-based missions: o COROT (European) o Kepler (American) • These space-based telescopes use the transiting method, and they are now getting results. • The transit method has discovered 1000’s of planetary candidates. ...
... • Ground based missions continue • Two new space-based missions: o COROT (European) o Kepler (American) • These space-based telescopes use the transiting method, and they are now getting results. • The transit method has discovered 1000’s of planetary candidates. ...
The Temperatures of Stars
... The Harvard Computers At the same time, the Observatory received funding from a wealthy donor to complete a large survey of stellar spectral types: the Henry Draper Survey. The work of collecting measurements, cataloging the results, and analyzing them fell to the female computers. Since they could ...
... The Harvard Computers At the same time, the Observatory received funding from a wealthy donor to complete a large survey of stellar spectral types: the Henry Draper Survey. The work of collecting measurements, cataloging the results, and analyzing them fell to the female computers. Since they could ...
The Hubble Space Telescope
... Every star is balanced by the inward pull of gravity and the outward pressure of heat by nuclear fusion. Once a star runs out of fuel the pressure needed for balance is gone. Gravity causes the star to cave in and BOOM an explosion destroying the star and everything around it. ...
... Every star is balanced by the inward pull of gravity and the outward pressure of heat by nuclear fusion. Once a star runs out of fuel the pressure needed for balance is gone. Gravity causes the star to cave in and BOOM an explosion destroying the star and everything around it. ...
Life Cycle of Stars - Faulkes Telescope Project
... cores remain behind and live as White Dwarfs. No nuclear reactions occur in a white dwarf so they spend the rest of their lives slowly leaking out energy that was formed during it’s nuclear ...
... cores remain behind and live as White Dwarfs. No nuclear reactions occur in a white dwarf so they spend the rest of their lives slowly leaking out energy that was formed during it’s nuclear ...
Everyday a new Christmas
... continually giving himself/herself/itself to recover swathes of lost creation. Every day is probably a new Christmas somewhere. Like many I know, you may choose not to bother with such theo-boggling, but some will be ‘Star Gazing Live’ with Professor Brian Cox, or following the debate between Dr Row ...
... continually giving himself/herself/itself to recover swathes of lost creation. Every day is probably a new Christmas somewhere. Like many I know, you may choose not to bother with such theo-boggling, but some will be ‘Star Gazing Live’ with Professor Brian Cox, or following the debate between Dr Row ...
Lecture4
... The HR (Hertzsprung-Russell) Diagram (1913) Notice that a 100 solar mass star is about a million times brighter than the Sun. It has 100 times more fuel but uses it up a million times faster. It therefore lives only about 10-4 times as long as the Sun. Since the Sun lives 10 billion years, a 100 so ...
... The HR (Hertzsprung-Russell) Diagram (1913) Notice that a 100 solar mass star is about a million times brighter than the Sun. It has 100 times more fuel but uses it up a million times faster. It therefore lives only about 10-4 times as long as the Sun. Since the Sun lives 10 billion years, a 100 so ...
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY CANTON, NEW YORK
... By the end of this course, the student will be able to: Course Objective ...
... By the end of this course, the student will be able to: Course Objective ...
Document
... How is it possible for white dwarf stars to have lower luminosity than the sun even though the sun is cooler than white dwarfs? ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________ ...
... How is it possible for white dwarf stars to have lower luminosity than the sun even though the sun is cooler than white dwarfs? ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________ ...
01-ChapterRadiation
... which of the seven forms of light…. …does our Sun have its peak intensity? …does our eyes have the greatest sensitivity? …is the Earth’s atmosphere fairly transparent? ...
... which of the seven forms of light…. …does our Sun have its peak intensity? …does our eyes have the greatest sensitivity? …is the Earth’s atmosphere fairly transparent? ...
Linking Asteroids and Meteorites through Reflectance Spectroscopy
... than cooler ones • At the same temperature, larger stars are more luminous than smaller ones ...
... than cooler ones • At the same temperature, larger stars are more luminous than smaller ones ...
Astronomy Universe2
... • The H-R diagram represents a pattern that was discovered that allows stars to be compared by brightness and color. • The majority of stars are found in a band stretching diagonally across the diagram called the “Main Sequence”. • Stars start out in the Main Sequence and as the core cools, they mov ...
... • The H-R diagram represents a pattern that was discovered that allows stars to be compared by brightness and color. • The majority of stars are found in a band stretching diagonally across the diagram called the “Main Sequence”. • Stars start out in the Main Sequence and as the core cools, they mov ...
