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... The quasars we see are very distant, meaning they existed a long time ago. Therefore, they may represent an early stage in galaxy development. The quasars in this image are shown with their host galaxies. ...
... The quasars we see are very distant, meaning they existed a long time ago. Therefore, they may represent an early stage in galaxy development. The quasars in this image are shown with their host galaxies. ...
Disk
... outflow detection rate = 40-90% in massive YSOs (luminous IRAS sources, UC HIIs, H2O masers,…) (Osterloh et al., Beuther et al., Zhang et al., …) disks should be widespread! ...
... outflow detection rate = 40-90% in massive YSOs (luminous IRAS sources, UC HIIs, H2O masers,…) (Osterloh et al., Beuther et al., Zhang et al., …) disks should be widespread! ...
The Interstellar Medium
... absorbed by interstellar clouds. Red light can more easily penetrate the cloud, but is still absorbed to some extent. ...
... absorbed by interstellar clouds. Red light can more easily penetrate the cloud, but is still absorbed to some extent. ...
Diapositiva 1 - Dipartimento di Fisica
... equator rotating faster than the poles, while values higher than 1.83 may point at the presence of anti-solar differential rotation (the poles rotate faster than the equator). We found possible presence of solar-like differential rotation in at least 7 of the 113 stars examined so far. For most of t ...
... equator rotating faster than the poles, while values higher than 1.83 may point at the presence of anti-solar differential rotation (the poles rotate faster than the equator). We found possible presence of solar-like differential rotation in at least 7 of the 113 stars examined so far. For most of t ...
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... •The series of reactions ends with 4He since for A=5 there are no stable systems •Elements heavier than 4He are formed by means of 3a reactions 4He+ 4He +4He →12C + energia •This occurs for densities large enough to allow for a 3 body reaction . •The produced elements are immitted in the interstella ...
... •The series of reactions ends with 4He since for A=5 there are no stable systems •Elements heavier than 4He are formed by means of 3a reactions 4He+ 4He +4He →12C + energia •This occurs for densities large enough to allow for a 3 body reaction . •The produced elements are immitted in the interstella ...
Characteristics of Stars
... temperature. How bright a star looks from Earth depends on both its distance from Earth and how bright the star actually is. The brightness of a star can be described in two different ways: apparent brightness and absolute brightness. A star’s apparent brightness is its brightness as seen from Earth ...
... temperature. How bright a star looks from Earth depends on both its distance from Earth and how bright the star actually is. The brightness of a star can be described in two different ways: apparent brightness and absolute brightness. A star’s apparent brightness is its brightness as seen from Earth ...
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... possibility at the end of its life to become a black hole that usually form at the center of the dying star where gravity starts to compress the star’s mass into one single point that there is no force that can prevent that point from collapsing on itself which forms a singularity that rips apart th ...
... possibility at the end of its life to become a black hole that usually form at the center of the dying star where gravity starts to compress the star’s mass into one single point that there is no force that can prevent that point from collapsing on itself which forms a singularity that rips apart th ...
Constellations and the Galactic Plane
... are all familiar names to northern hemisphere night sky watchers. There are 88 named constellations, each having numerous stars. This exercise takes you through some of the most recognizable ones in the October-November sky in the Bay Area. The patterns of stars remain the same over the ages. That i ...
... are all familiar names to northern hemisphere night sky watchers. There are 88 named constellations, each having numerous stars. This exercise takes you through some of the most recognizable ones in the October-November sky in the Bay Area. The patterns of stars remain the same over the ages. That i ...
main characteristics of the emission from elliptical galaxies
... primarly due to a halo of extremely hot gas in which ellipticals seem to be embedded. After a brief classi cation, the two main processes linked to these phenomena will be described, together with the informations we can collect thanks to them. Eventually, we will take a quick look at the other regi ...
... primarly due to a halo of extremely hot gas in which ellipticals seem to be embedded. After a brief classi cation, the two main processes linked to these phenomena will be described, together with the informations we can collect thanks to them. Eventually, we will take a quick look at the other regi ...
AST 111 – Introduction to Astronomy
... 4. If we say that an object is 1,000 light-years away we see it a. as it looked 1,000 light-years ago. b. as it is right now, but it appears 1,000 times dimmer. c. as it looked 1,000 years ago. d. as it would appear to our ancestors 1,000 years ago. 5. The star Vega has an apparent visual magnitude ...
... 4. If we say that an object is 1,000 light-years away we see it a. as it looked 1,000 light-years ago. b. as it is right now, but it appears 1,000 times dimmer. c. as it looked 1,000 years ago. d. as it would appear to our ancestors 1,000 years ago. 5. The star Vega has an apparent visual magnitude ...
Astronomy Part 1 Regents Questions
... Base your answers to questions 59 and 60 on the graph below, which shows changes in the Sun’s magnetic activity and changes in the number of sunspots over a period of approximately 100 years. Sunspots are dark, cooler areas within the Sun’s photosphere that can be seen from Earth. ...
... Base your answers to questions 59 and 60 on the graph below, which shows changes in the Sun’s magnetic activity and changes in the number of sunspots over a period of approximately 100 years. Sunspots are dark, cooler areas within the Sun’s photosphere that can be seen from Earth. ...
Stars Stellar Lifetimes Life cycles of low
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... © 2007 Pearson Education Inc., publishing as Pearson Addison-Wesley ...
Stellar Evolution and the fate of the Solar System
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... YUV420 codec decompressor are needed to see this picture. ...
Chapter 15
... the same speed as one moving across the line of sight – Use Doppler shift of radial maser source to determine speed and use this with transverse maser angular motion to determine distance – Geometric center of masers gives Sun distance of 7 kpc ...
... the same speed as one moving across the line of sight – Use Doppler shift of radial maser source to determine speed and use this with transverse maser angular motion to determine distance – Geometric center of masers gives Sun distance of 7 kpc ...
the discovery of extrasolar planets
... given by the undisputable observation of the first planet around a star other than the Sun, 42 light-years away: 51 Pegasi had a planetary companion, orbiting in 4.2 days and at least half as massive as Jupiter. The astronomers Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz, from the Geneva Observatory, had made th ...
... given by the undisputable observation of the first planet around a star other than the Sun, 42 light-years away: 51 Pegasi had a planetary companion, orbiting in 4.2 days and at least half as massive as Jupiter. The astronomers Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz, from the Geneva Observatory, had made th ...
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... a. observations of supernovae occurring in galaxies having independently derived distances b. Hubble’s observation of the expanding universe back in the early 1900’s c. supermassive black holes at centers of galaxies and the rapid motion of stars close to them d. observations of distant galaxies and ...
... a. observations of supernovae occurring in galaxies having independently derived distances b. Hubble’s observation of the expanding universe back in the early 1900’s c. supermassive black holes at centers of galaxies and the rapid motion of stars close to them d. observations of distant galaxies and ...
Stellar evolution
Stellar evolution is the process by which a star changes during its lifetime. Depending on the mass of the star, this lifetime ranges from a few million years for the most massive to trillions of years for the least massive, which is considerably longer than the age of the universe. The table shows the lifetimes of stars as a function of their masses. All stars are born from collapsing clouds of gas and dust, often called nebulae or molecular clouds. Over the course of millions of years, these protostars settle down into a state of equilibrium, becoming what is known as a main-sequence star.Nuclear fusion powers a star for most of its life. Initially the energy is generated by the fusion of hydrogen atoms at the core of the main-sequence star. Later, as the preponderance of atoms at the core becomes helium, stars like the Sun begin to fuse hydrogen along a spherical shell surrounding the core. This process causes the star to gradually grow in size, passing through the subgiant stage until it reaches the red giant phase. Stars with at least half the mass of the Sun can also begin to generate energy through the fusion of helium at their core, whereas more-massive stars can fuse heavier elements along a series of concentric shells. Once a star like the Sun has exhausted its nuclear fuel, its core collapses into a dense white dwarf and the outer layers are expelled as a planetary nebula. Stars with around ten or more times the mass of the Sun can explode in a supernova as their inert iron cores collapse into an extremely dense neutron star or black hole. Although the universe is not old enough for any of the smallest red dwarfs to have reached the end of their lives, stellar models suggest they will slowly become brighter and hotter before running out of hydrogen fuel and becoming low-mass white dwarfs.Stellar evolution is not studied by observing the life of a single star, as most stellar changes occur too slowly to be detected, even over many centuries. Instead, astrophysicists come to understand how stars evolve by observing numerous stars at various points in their lifetime, and by simulating stellar structure using computer models.In June 2015, astronomers reported evidence for Population III stars in the Cosmos Redshift 7 galaxy at z = 6.60. Such stars are likely to have existed in the very early universe (i.e., at high redshift), and may have started the production of chemical elements heavier than hydrogen that are needed for the later formation of planets and life as we know it.