Formation of Stars
... wavelengths. Infrared and radio waves pass through dust because their wavelengths are much larger than the size of a typical dust particle. ...
... wavelengths. Infrared and radio waves pass through dust because their wavelengths are much larger than the size of a typical dust particle. ...
Slides from Lecture06
... • Astronomers determine the mass of a star by examining how strong the gravitational field is around that star. (Isaac Newton’s law of universal gravitation; §4-7) • By studying the motion of planets around our Sun, astronomers have determined that the Sun has a mass of 2 x 1030 kilograms. • We cann ...
... • Astronomers determine the mass of a star by examining how strong the gravitational field is around that star. (Isaac Newton’s law of universal gravitation; §4-7) • By studying the motion of planets around our Sun, astronomers have determined that the Sun has a mass of 2 x 1030 kilograms. • We cann ...
Main Sequence stars
... Lifetimes (p.119) • Work with a partner! • Read the instructions and questions carefully. • Discuss the concepts and your answers with one another. Take time to understand it now!!!! • Come to a consensus answer you both agree on. • If you get stuck or are not sure of your answer, ask ...
... Lifetimes (p.119) • Work with a partner! • Read the instructions and questions carefully. • Discuss the concepts and your answers with one another. Take time to understand it now!!!! • Come to a consensus answer you both agree on. • If you get stuck or are not sure of your answer, ask ...
Constellation ARA
... planet 12152 Aratus are Hades, and Poseidon. When the named in his honour youngest child, Zeus, was born, his mother Rhea hid him in Crete and gave Cronus a stone to swallow, telling him the stone was Zeus. When Zeus grew up, he made Cronus vomit his brothers and sisters. Once freed, they banded tog ...
... planet 12152 Aratus are Hades, and Poseidon. When the named in his honour youngest child, Zeus, was born, his mother Rhea hid him in Crete and gave Cronus a stone to swallow, telling him the stone was Zeus. When Zeus grew up, he made Cronus vomit his brothers and sisters. Once freed, they banded tog ...
Supernova
... • The photons are energetic enough to break up iron nuclei. • The particles from the broken nuclei fuse with iron to create ...
... • The photons are energetic enough to break up iron nuclei. • The particles from the broken nuclei fuse with iron to create ...
PowerPoint File
... Measure the distance over which the density of stars significantly falls off with height above, or distance below, the galactic plane. The distance depends on the type of objects considered, but is roughly 100 – 200 parsecs. The galactic plane is much thinner than it is wide. ...
... Measure the distance over which the density of stars significantly falls off with height above, or distance below, the galactic plane. The distance depends on the type of objects considered, but is roughly 100 – 200 parsecs. The galactic plane is much thinner than it is wide. ...
Lect07-2-4-09
... 2) The orbits of stars in the disk are circles centered on the galactic center. 3) If we go around one of these circular orbits, the local density of stars at each point will be roughly the same. 4) There may be a nuclear bulge centered on the galactic center and with a spherical or oblate spheroida ...
... 2) The orbits of stars in the disk are circles centered on the galactic center. 3) If we go around one of these circular orbits, the local density of stars at each point will be roughly the same. 4) There may be a nuclear bulge centered on the galactic center and with a spherical or oblate spheroida ...
Last time: Star Clusters (sec. 19.6)
... deficit compared to gravity, so core contracts, heating up (just like for a protostar). But the overlying layers heat as well, causing H-burning just outside the core to become very rapid H shell-burning. See Fig. 20-3. So star gets brighter (L rises) even though it has lost its fuel at the center ...
... deficit compared to gravity, so core contracts, heating up (just like for a protostar). But the overlying layers heat as well, causing H-burning just outside the core to become very rapid H shell-burning. See Fig. 20-3. So star gets brighter (L rises) even though it has lost its fuel at the center ...
Opposition of Jupiter - Hong Kong Observatory
... coloured bands on its surface and the Great Red Spot near the equator. Jupiter revolves around the Sun with a period of about 11.86 years. In ancient China, the year was counted according to the position of Jupiter on the celestial sphere, and matched to the 12 Earthly Branches. So Jupiter is also ...
... coloured bands on its surface and the Great Red Spot near the equator. Jupiter revolves around the Sun with a period of about 11.86 years. In ancient China, the year was counted according to the position of Jupiter on the celestial sphere, and matched to the 12 Earthly Branches. So Jupiter is also ...
WEBDA - a tool for CP star research in open clusters
... all located at approximately the same heliocentric distance. They are believed to originate from large cosmic gas and dust clouds (diffuse nebulae) in the Milky Way, and to continue to orbit the galaxy through the disk. Hence, star clusters are of great interest for scientists because the stellar me ...
... all located at approximately the same heliocentric distance. They are believed to originate from large cosmic gas and dust clouds (diffuse nebulae) in the Milky Way, and to continue to orbit the galaxy through the disk. Hence, star clusters are of great interest for scientists because the stellar me ...
The Evening Sky Map
... Diffuse Nebula – A cloud of gas illuminated by nearby stars. Double Star – Two stars that appear close to each other in the sky; either linked by gravity so that they orbit each other (binary star) or lying at different distances from Earth (optical double). Apparent separation of stars is given in ...
... Diffuse Nebula – A cloud of gas illuminated by nearby stars. Double Star – Two stars that appear close to each other in the sky; either linked by gravity so that they orbit each other (binary star) or lying at different distances from Earth (optical double). Apparent separation of stars is given in ...
astronomy timeline
... H.C. van de Hulst predicts 21 cm line of interstellar hydrogen. van de Hulst calculated that interstellar hydrogen atoms emit a spectral line at a wavelength of 21 cm in the radio part of the spectrum. He suggested that it would be possible to detect the 21 cm line using radio telescopes. p. 462463, ...
... H.C. van de Hulst predicts 21 cm line of interstellar hydrogen. van de Hulst calculated that interstellar hydrogen atoms emit a spectral line at a wavelength of 21 cm in the radio part of the spectrum. He suggested that it would be possible to detect the 21 cm line using radio telescopes. p. 462463, ...
telescope as time machine - Galaxy Evolution Explorer
... How will scientists know how old the light is that GALEX is receiving? Scientists know that the universe is expanding. Like a chocolate chip cake in the oven, space is the “cake batter” that keeps getting bigger and bigger, while the stars and galaxies are the “chocolate chips” that keep getting far ...
... How will scientists know how old the light is that GALEX is receiving? Scientists know that the universe is expanding. Like a chocolate chip cake in the oven, space is the “cake batter” that keeps getting bigger and bigger, while the stars and galaxies are the “chocolate chips” that keep getting far ...
Ursa Major
Ursa Major /ˈɜrsə ˈmeɪdʒər/ (also known as the Great Bear and Charles' Wain) is a constellation in the northern celestial hemisphere. One of the 48 constellations listed by Ptolemy (second century AD), it remains one of the 88 modern constellations. It can be visible throughout the year in most of the northern hemisphere. Its name, Latin for ""the greater (or larger) she-bear"", stands as a reference to and in direct contrast with Ursa Minor, ""the smaller she-bear"", with which it is frequently associated in mythology and amateur astronomy. The constellation's most recognizable asterism, a group of seven relatively bright stars commonly known as the ""Big Dipper"", ""the Wagon"" or ""the Plough"" (among others), both mimicks the shape of the lesser bear (the ""Little Dipper"") and is commonly used as a navigational pointer towards the current northern pole star, Polaris in Ursa Minor. The Big Dipper and the constellation as a whole have mythological significance in numerous world cultures, usually as a symbol of the north.The third largest constellation in the sky, Ursa Major is home to many deep-sky objects including seven Messier objects, four other NGC objects and I Zwicky 18, the youngest known galaxy in the visible universe.