Stars and Galaxies
... Stars and Galaxies 1. A _____________________ is a group of stars that when viewed from Earth look close together. 2. In most cases, they are _________ related to one another. 3. ___________________ is in the right shoulder of the constellation Orion. 4. The brightest star in the winter sky is _____ ...
... Stars and Galaxies 1. A _____________________ is a group of stars that when viewed from Earth look close together. 2. In most cases, they are _________ related to one another. 3. ___________________ is in the right shoulder of the constellation Orion. 4. The brightest star in the winter sky is _____ ...
11.1 Stars - St John Brebeuf
... It is estimated there are more stars in the universe than there are grains of sand on all the beaches on Earth. By peering through the interstellar matter (dust and gases), astronomers can observe the birth of stars. ...
... It is estimated there are more stars in the universe than there are grains of sand on all the beaches on Earth. By peering through the interstellar matter (dust and gases), astronomers can observe the birth of stars. ...
Unit 1: The Big Picture
... – Thought Milky Way made up entire universe until 1920s – Small fuzzy patches in telescopes appeared as nebulae, Latin for clouds – Edwin Hubble measured approximate distance to nearby Andromeda…no way Milky Way was that large – 3 Types: spiral, elliptical, irregular ...
... – Thought Milky Way made up entire universe until 1920s – Small fuzzy patches in telescopes appeared as nebulae, Latin for clouds – Edwin Hubble measured approximate distance to nearby Andromeda…no way Milky Way was that large – 3 Types: spiral, elliptical, irregular ...
Star - Danielle`s science9 weebly
... 1. Why did ancient peoples think that Earth was at the centre of the universe? Ancient peoples thought that Earth was at the centre of the universe because of Earth’s rotation, stars and planets appear to circle above us and use stars to track motion in the sky instead of the Earth. Ancient peoples ...
... 1. Why did ancient peoples think that Earth was at the centre of the universe? Ancient peoples thought that Earth was at the centre of the universe because of Earth’s rotation, stars and planets appear to circle above us and use stars to track motion in the sky instead of the Earth. Ancient peoples ...
Study Guide - Universe Exam key 2014-15 v2
... c) How are color and temperature related? Red to blue = cooler to hotter d) How is luminosity and temperature related in the Main Sequence stars? They are equal e) In what two ways are the stars Sirius B and Regulus alike? Similar in temperature ...
... c) How are color and temperature related? Red to blue = cooler to hotter d) How is luminosity and temperature related in the Main Sequence stars? They are equal e) In what two ways are the stars Sirius B and Regulus alike? Similar in temperature ...
solar system formation and gal
... What happens to the Nebula? • Over time it flattens into a disc-like shape while spinning in one direction • Astronomers theorize that any planets forming during this phase would form in the same flat plane and would rotate and revolve around the star in the same way • Using technology, astronomers ...
... What happens to the Nebula? • Over time it flattens into a disc-like shape while spinning in one direction • Astronomers theorize that any planets forming during this phase would form in the same flat plane and would rotate and revolve around the star in the same way • Using technology, astronomers ...
second grade - Math/Science Nucleus
... These points of light in the sky, and the shapes they represented, were also important for traveling at night and for determining the time of the year. The constellations, as they are now called, helped to guide the early people in many ways. The constellations are groupings of points of light, as s ...
... These points of light in the sky, and the shapes they represented, were also important for traveling at night and for determining the time of the year. The constellations, as they are now called, helped to guide the early people in many ways. The constellations are groupings of points of light, as s ...
Current Study Guide - Department of Physics and Astronomy
... What is the cosmic background radiation and why is it important? What is Dark Matter and Dark Energy and what is their role in modern cosmology? How would you define Life? What is a curious biochemical feature of life on earth? What does the term “encephalization” refer to? What is the characterist ...
... What is the cosmic background radiation and why is it important? What is Dark Matter and Dark Energy and what is their role in modern cosmology? How would you define Life? What is a curious biochemical feature of life on earth? What does the term “encephalization” refer to? What is the characterist ...
REVIEW: STAR`S TEST
... What factor determines a star’s color ? _______surface temperature______________________________ The apparent magnitude of a star tells you how bright the star is as viewed from A nebula is a huge cloud of gas, primarily composed of hydrogen A nebula becomes a star when _______fusion takes place____ ...
... What factor determines a star’s color ? _______surface temperature______________________________ The apparent magnitude of a star tells you how bright the star is as viewed from A nebula is a huge cloud of gas, primarily composed of hydrogen A nebula becomes a star when _______fusion takes place____ ...
Chapter 1 Vocabulary – The Puzzled of Matter
... star’s bright spectrum H-R Diagram – the Hertxsprung-Russell diagram, a graph of the surface temperature versus absolute brightness of a sample of stars Star Life Cycle Nebula – a large cloud of gas and dust spread out over a large volume of space Protostar – a contracting nebula with enough mass to ...
... star’s bright spectrum H-R Diagram – the Hertxsprung-Russell diagram, a graph of the surface temperature versus absolute brightness of a sample of stars Star Life Cycle Nebula – a large cloud of gas and dust spread out over a large volume of space Protostar – a contracting nebula with enough mass to ...
Monday, December 8 - Otterbein University
... Figure 2 shows a horizon view of what you would see when facing south at midnight on the night of December 1 in the northern hemisphere. How would this view change if you were to look towards south at midnight a month earlier? a. You would have the same view as on December 1 because it still is aut ...
... Figure 2 shows a horizon view of what you would see when facing south at midnight on the night of December 1 in the northern hemisphere. How would this view change if you were to look towards south at midnight a month earlier? a. You would have the same view as on December 1 because it still is aut ...
AstroProjectDay4b
... Looking back from its orbit around Mercury, MESSENGER captured this view of Earth and the Moon on May 6, 2010. The spacecraft was 183 million kilometers (114 million miles) from Earth at the time, farther than our average distance from the Sun (150 million kilometers, or 93 million miles) because Me ...
... Looking back from its orbit around Mercury, MESSENGER captured this view of Earth and the Moon on May 6, 2010. The spacecraft was 183 million kilometers (114 million miles) from Earth at the time, farther than our average distance from the Sun (150 million kilometers, or 93 million miles) because Me ...
Patterns in the Night Sky Constellation: a grouping of stars, as
... geographical coordinates of their location. Geostationary Orbit Satellites: Directly above the equator; appear motionless in the sky, which makes them useful for communications and other commercial industries because they can be linked to antennas on Earth. Communication industries use geostationary ...
... geographical coordinates of their location. Geostationary Orbit Satellites: Directly above the equator; appear motionless in the sky, which makes them useful for communications and other commercial industries because they can be linked to antennas on Earth. Communication industries use geostationary ...
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.