Astronomy
... 6. (b) Sketch the phase and the daily position of the Moon, at the same hour and place, for four days in a row. Include landmarks on the horizon such as hills, trees, and buildings. Explain assignment and get them started tonight. (c) Make two sketches of the Big Dipper. In one sketch, show the Bi ...
... 6. (b) Sketch the phase and the daily position of the Moon, at the same hour and place, for four days in a row. Include landmarks on the horizon such as hills, trees, and buildings. Explain assignment and get them started tonight. (c) Make two sketches of the Big Dipper. In one sketch, show the Bi ...
Stellarium01 Starter Part A B Doc - ASTR101
... around the world can’t even agree on the names that exist! There have been several other, more scientifically precise methods devised to identify stars. The Bayer method, created by German astronomer Johann Bayer in 1603, labels the stars in a given constellation using the Greek alphabet, with rough ...
... around the world can’t even agree on the names that exist! There have been several other, more scientifically precise methods devised to identify stars. The Bayer method, created by German astronomer Johann Bayer in 1603, labels the stars in a given constellation using the Greek alphabet, with rough ...
powerpoint - Physics @ IUPUI
... Absolute Magnitude • RR Lyrae have an average absolute magnitude of 0.75. • Why is that an advantage? • What is the disadvantage if you are looking at other galaxies? ...
... Absolute Magnitude • RR Lyrae have an average absolute magnitude of 0.75. • Why is that an advantage? • What is the disadvantage if you are looking at other galaxies? ...
fall_2000_final
... C. there wasn’t a black hole nearby. D. pulsars had a uniform distribution around the sky. E. pulsars had a non-uniform distribution around the sky. 10. The argument was made by Frank Drake that the stars most likely to have planets with extraterrestrial technical civilizations are A. F to M giants. ...
... C. there wasn’t a black hole nearby. D. pulsars had a uniform distribution around the sky. E. pulsars had a non-uniform distribution around the sky. 10. The argument was made by Frank Drake that the stars most likely to have planets with extraterrestrial technical civilizations are A. F to M giants. ...
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... night away from city lights, the dense band of stars crossing the sky, which to the ancients looked like spilled milk, are the stars of the Milky Way Galaxy. ...
... night away from city lights, the dense band of stars crossing the sky, which to the ancients looked like spilled milk, are the stars of the Milky Way Galaxy. ...
Star Life Cycle - GSHS Mrs. Francomb
... together, forming carbon atoms and releasing energy. • The core is now stable since the carbon atoms are not further compressible. • Now the outer layers of the star start to drift off into space, forming a planetary nebula (a planetary nebula has nothing to do with planets). • The star loses most o ...
... together, forming carbon atoms and releasing energy. • The core is now stable since the carbon atoms are not further compressible. • Now the outer layers of the star start to drift off into space, forming a planetary nebula (a planetary nebula has nothing to do with planets). • The star loses most o ...
1 au d p = 1 au d
... Local luminosity function (stars with d < 20 pc) for the Milky Way measured by Kroupa, Tout & Gilmore (1993): ...
... Local luminosity function (stars with d < 20 pc) for the Milky Way measured by Kroupa, Tout & Gilmore (1993): ...
Astronomy Day 2006: A short presentation on eclipsing binary stars
... systems is the potential for the discovery of extra-solar planets that theoretically can exist in stable orbit around the binary star pair. These might be seen through transit observations of very high inclination angle binary stars. After all, they are in near-perfect configuration to observe a pla ...
... systems is the potential for the discovery of extra-solar planets that theoretically can exist in stable orbit around the binary star pair. These might be seen through transit observations of very high inclination angle binary stars. After all, they are in near-perfect configuration to observe a pla ...
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... Find the last two stars of the bowl and follow the direction in which they point. The star they point to is Polaris, the North Star. When you look at it, you are facing North. Google ‘star chart’. What constellation is the North Star a part of? ...
... Find the last two stars of the bowl and follow the direction in which they point. The star they point to is Polaris, the North Star. When you look at it, you are facing North. Google ‘star chart’. What constellation is the North Star a part of? ...
what`s up this month – april 2017
... we need to find some familiar objects so we can get our bearings. The Pole Star Polaris can be easily found by first finding the familiar shape of the Great Bear ‘Ursa Major’ that is also sometimes called the Plough or even the Big Dipper by the Americans. Ursa Major is visible ...
... we need to find some familiar objects so we can get our bearings. The Pole Star Polaris can be easily found by first finding the familiar shape of the Great Bear ‘Ursa Major’ that is also sometimes called the Plough or even the Big Dipper by the Americans. Ursa Major is visible ...
Chapter 02
... Constellations (3) The stars of a constellation only appear to be close to one another Usually, this is only a projection effect. The stars of a constellation may be located at very different distances from us. An asterism is a part of a constellation. (The Big Dipper is part of Ursa Major) ...
... Constellations (3) The stars of a constellation only appear to be close to one another Usually, this is only a projection effect. The stars of a constellation may be located at very different distances from us. An asterism is a part of a constellation. (The Big Dipper is part of Ursa Major) ...
the lives of stars
... sky. People named these patterns, called constellations and told stories about them. This picture shows one of the most easily recognized constellations. The ancient Greeks thought this group of stars looked like a hunter from one of their myths, so they named it Orion after a great hunter. The patt ...
... sky. People named these patterns, called constellations and told stories about them. This picture shows one of the most easily recognized constellations. The ancient Greeks thought this group of stars looked like a hunter from one of their myths, so they named it Orion after a great hunter. The patt ...
April 1st
... • Not enough mass for fusion • Minimum mass of gas need for fusion is 0.08 solar masses (80 times the mass of Jupiter) ...
... • Not enough mass for fusion • Minimum mass of gas need for fusion is 0.08 solar masses (80 times the mass of Jupiter) ...
Name________________ Astronomy I cans 1. What is the Big Bang
... The dust and gas in a nebula began to spin, then the dust and gas began accreting (gathering) because of gravity 4.5 billion years old ...
... The dust and gas in a nebula began to spin, then the dust and gas began accreting (gathering) because of gravity 4.5 billion years old ...
binary stars - El Camino College
... the same gas cloud. Only about 30% of all stars are single, like the Sun. The distances between companion stars ranges from less than 10 million miles (0.1 AU), to over 10,000 AU. Similarly, the time it takes stars to orbit each other varies from a few hours to a million years or more! For reference ...
... the same gas cloud. Only about 30% of all stars are single, like the Sun. The distances between companion stars ranges from less than 10 million miles (0.1 AU), to over 10,000 AU. Similarly, the time it takes stars to orbit each other varies from a few hours to a million years or more! For reference ...
Big bang galaxies stars Name: Date: 1. The diagram below
... with the Big Bang on January 1 and continues to the present time, which is represented by midnight on December 31. Several inferred events and the relative times of their occurrence have been placed in the appropriate locations on the time line. ...
... with the Big Bang on January 1 and continues to the present time, which is represented by midnight on December 31. Several inferred events and the relative times of their occurrence have been placed in the appropriate locations on the time line. ...
Discovering The Universe for Yourself
... The band of light called the “Milky Way” traces the galactic plane as it appears from our location in the outskirts of the galaxy. ...
... The band of light called the “Milky Way” traces the galactic plane as it appears from our location in the outskirts of the galaxy. ...
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.