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Celestial Distances - Wayne State University
... Cepheid Variable Stars One of the two special types of variable stars used for measuring distances are the cepheids They are are large, yellow, pulsating stars named for the first-known one of the group, Delta Cephei ...
... Cepheid Variable Stars One of the two special types of variable stars used for measuring distances are the cepheids They are are large, yellow, pulsating stars named for the first-known one of the group, Delta Cephei ...
Stellar Census
... Sirius B is a white dwarf companion The orbits are drawn to scale, but the sizes of the stars are exaggerated Sirius A is considerably larger than the Sun, while Sirius B is about the size of the Earth 22 March 2005 ...
... Sirius B is a white dwarf companion The orbits are drawn to scale, but the sizes of the stars are exaggerated Sirius A is considerably larger than the Sun, while Sirius B is about the size of the Earth 22 March 2005 ...
PowerPoint - Herschel Space Observatory
... – The shape of the spectrum is always the same, but the peak wavelength changes with temperature. – But not all objects are black bodies. – Atoms, molecules and electrons emit radiation with a different ...
... – The shape of the spectrum is always the same, but the peak wavelength changes with temperature. – But not all objects are black bodies. – Atoms, molecules and electrons emit radiation with a different ...
Beers_First_Stars_NIC_School
... W. Aoki, N. Tominaga, T. C. Beers, S. Honda, Y. S. Lee Abstract: Numerical simulations of structure formation in the early Universe predict the formation of some fraction of stars with masses several hundred times the solar mass. No clear evidence of supernovae from such supermassive stars has, howe ...
... W. Aoki, N. Tominaga, T. C. Beers, S. Honda, Y. S. Lee Abstract: Numerical simulations of structure formation in the early Universe predict the formation of some fraction of stars with masses several hundred times the solar mass. No clear evidence of supernovae from such supermassive stars has, howe ...
essay - Caltech Astronomy
... Several times, owing to my longer experience, I was able to see or discern that a discovery was already present in our data. I made a point to let the student make the discovery on his or her own timescales, sometimes many months later. There is some risk of being scooped but in my view there is not ...
... Several times, owing to my longer experience, I was able to see or discern that a discovery was already present in our data. I made a point to let the student make the discovery on his or her own timescales, sometimes many months later. There is some risk of being scooped but in my view there is not ...
File - Mr. Catt`s Class
... 2. The Julian calendar was 365 days long and added one day at the end of February every four years. Thus it had an average of 365.25 days. 3. The difference between the tropical and Julian year caused the calendar to get out of synchronization with the seasons. The Gregorian calendar has an average ...
... 2. The Julian calendar was 365 days long and added one day at the end of February every four years. Thus it had an average of 365.25 days. 3. The difference between the tropical and Julian year caused the calendar to get out of synchronization with the seasons. The Gregorian calendar has an average ...
How Many Stars in the Sky?
... classified by colors as related to their surface temperature. The coolest stars are orange, then red, yellow, green, blue and finally blue-white. The size of a star on a photograph tells us about its brightness. Large star images mean a brighter star. No camera can actually discern the actual size o ...
... classified by colors as related to their surface temperature. The coolest stars are orange, then red, yellow, green, blue and finally blue-white. The size of a star on a photograph tells us about its brightness. Large star images mean a brighter star. No camera can actually discern the actual size o ...
Astronomy (C) - North Carolina Science Olympiad
... galaxy of Milky Way As with 47 Tucanae, more than one population of stars visible Suggests that many globular clusters have rich history of interaction with galaxies & molecular clouds ...
... galaxy of Milky Way As with 47 Tucanae, more than one population of stars visible Suggests that many globular clusters have rich history of interaction with galaxies & molecular clouds ...
Neutron stars and quark stars - Goethe
... • extremely small mass, small radius stars (includes strangelets!) • strange dwarfs: small and light white dwarfs with a strange star core (Glendenning, Kettner, Weber, 1995) • super-Eddington luminosity from bare, hot strange stars (Page and Usov, 2002) • conversion of neutron stars to strange star ...
... • extremely small mass, small radius stars (includes strangelets!) • strange dwarfs: small and light white dwarfs with a strange star core (Glendenning, Kettner, Weber, 1995) • super-Eddington luminosity from bare, hot strange stars (Page and Usov, 2002) • conversion of neutron stars to strange star ...
FOTO Imaging
... This topic will discuss and show the effects of "seeing" conditions – and how, with the use of a webcam style camera, you can create a much sharper image than is visible to the eye through the eyepiece. Steve will demonstrate how a few minutes of computer processing time can produce a very usable im ...
... This topic will discuss and show the effects of "seeing" conditions – and how, with the use of a webcam style camera, you can create a much sharper image than is visible to the eye through the eyepiece. Steve will demonstrate how a few minutes of computer processing time can produce a very usable im ...
Document
... light emission from chromosphere • Chromospheric plasma heated to coronal temperatures, hot plasma flows up into the corona • Shock front moves downward to heat the photospheric base • As the density of the corona increases, it is further heated by the energetic electrons. Soft x-rays from the coron ...
... light emission from chromosphere • Chromospheric plasma heated to coronal temperatures, hot plasma flows up into the corona • Shock front moves downward to heat the photospheric base • As the density of the corona increases, it is further heated by the energetic electrons. Soft x-rays from the coron ...
Today in Astronomy 102: general relativity and the prediction of the
... Experimental tests of relativity (continued) Results of experiments: All reproducible experiments to date have confirmed the predictions of Einstein’s relativity theories. Few scientific theories are so well-supported by experiment, in fact. We keep using the theory to predict new effects. Th ...
... Experimental tests of relativity (continued) Results of experiments: All reproducible experiments to date have confirmed the predictions of Einstein’s relativity theories. Few scientific theories are so well-supported by experiment, in fact. We keep using the theory to predict new effects. Th ...
Atoms and Stars IST 3360 and IST 1990
... o Backwards motions of planets – a problem for Aristotelian astronomy. • Celestial (heavenly) domain is perfect • Perfectly circular motion, but retrograde motion didn’t fit in • Normally counter-clockwise from above north pole • All planets exhibited this sometimes • Plato’s theory had extra sphere ...
... o Backwards motions of planets – a problem for Aristotelian astronomy. • Celestial (heavenly) domain is perfect • Perfectly circular motion, but retrograde motion didn’t fit in • Normally counter-clockwise from above north pole • All planets exhibited this sometimes • Plato’s theory had extra sphere ...
Ch. 16 - Astro1010
... Centauri complex Model of distances: Sun is a marble, Earth is a grain of sand orbiting ...
... Centauri complex Model of distances: Sun is a marble, Earth is a grain of sand orbiting ...
Carolina Kehrig
... There is still a lack of understanding of narrow HeII emitters even at low redshift WR features are not seen whenever narrow HeII is observed IFS spatial offset between nebular HeII-emitting zone and WR stars can be a possible explanation for the non-detection of WR features in some galaxy s ...
... There is still a lack of understanding of narrow HeII emitters even at low redshift WR features are not seen whenever narrow HeII is observed IFS spatial offset between nebular HeII-emitting zone and WR stars can be a possible explanation for the non-detection of WR features in some galaxy s ...
Planetary Fact Sheet – Metric
... If you joined Santa last Christmas at the north pole (90 degrees latitude), you would have seen Polaris straight overhead and the celestial equator on your horizon. The point straight overhead on the celestial sphere for any observer is called the zenith and is always 90 degrees from the horizon. T ...
... If you joined Santa last Christmas at the north pole (90 degrees latitude), you would have seen Polaris straight overhead and the celestial equator on your horizon. The point straight overhead on the celestial sphere for any observer is called the zenith and is always 90 degrees from the horizon. T ...
Determining the Sizes of Stars Using the HR Diagram
... Determining the Sizes of Stars Using the H-R Diagram Exercise In this exercise, you are going to use an Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram to determine the luminosity and temperature of stars. Then you are going to use a relationship called Stephan's Law to calculate the stars' radii. By comparing the radi ...
... Determining the Sizes of Stars Using the H-R Diagram Exercise In this exercise, you are going to use an Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram to determine the luminosity and temperature of stars. Then you are going to use a relationship called Stephan's Law to calculate the stars' radii. By comparing the radi ...
File
... son of the Corinthian king Glaucus and the grandson of Sisyphus. The hero helped the Goddess Athena. In Greek mythology, he is best known for slaying the Chimera, a monster that breathed out fire and had the head of a lion, a body of a goat and a tail of a serpent. When Bellerophon tried to ascend t ...
... son of the Corinthian king Glaucus and the grandson of Sisyphus. The hero helped the Goddess Athena. In Greek mythology, he is best known for slaying the Chimera, a monster that breathed out fire and had the head of a lion, a body of a goat and a tail of a serpent. When Bellerophon tried to ascend t ...
Oscillating White Dwarf Stars Background on White Dwarfs
... Example: DBAQ4 = Star showing He I, H, and C features (in order of decreasing strength) near Teff=12.600 K ...
... Example: DBAQ4 = Star showing He I, H, and C features (in order of decreasing strength) near Teff=12.600 K ...
Local Horizon View
... in the night sky. All the Solar System objects - the Sun, the Moon, the other planets, asteroids, and comets have their own motion across the background of stars, so for all these objects their sky position changes hourly or daily but can be mathematically predicted. ...
... in the night sky. All the Solar System objects - the Sun, the Moon, the other planets, asteroids, and comets have their own motion across the background of stars, so for all these objects their sky position changes hourly or daily but can be mathematically predicted. ...
Distances to the Stars in Leo
... If the distance to the star is known via its measured parallax (as it was discussed in class), it is a somewhat easyl matter for astronomers, or anyone else for that matter, to determine the absolute magnitude of the star using the distance-magnitude relation. However, most stars are too far away to ...
... If the distance to the star is known via its measured parallax (as it was discussed in class), it is a somewhat easyl matter for astronomers, or anyone else for that matter, to determine the absolute magnitude of the star using the distance-magnitude relation. However, most stars are too far away to ...
PowerPoint
... If light emitted by #2 moves relative to #2 at speed c, Galileo says that #1 must see it move at c + v. But light emitted by #1 moves relative to #1 at speed c – or at speed c – v relative to #2! So the speed of light can’t be the same for everyone if Galileo – and our intuition – are right. But Max ...
... If light emitted by #2 moves relative to #2 at speed c, Galileo says that #1 must see it move at c + v. But light emitted by #1 moves relative to #1 at speed c – or at speed c – v relative to #2! So the speed of light can’t be the same for everyone if Galileo – and our intuition – are right. But Max ...
Chapter 12
... 2. Knowledge of the size of one of the star’s ellipses, along with knowledge of the period of its motion, permits calculation of the total mass of the two stars. 3. To determine how the system’s total mass is distributed between the two stars, we need only consider the ratio of the two stars’ distan ...
... 2. Knowledge of the size of one of the star’s ellipses, along with knowledge of the period of its motion, permits calculation of the total mass of the two stars. 3. To determine how the system’s total mass is distributed between the two stars, we need only consider the ratio of the two stars’ distan ...
Constellation
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In modern astronomy, a constellation is a specific area of the celestial sphere as defined by the International Astronomical Union (IAU). These areas had their origins in Western-traditional asterisms from which the constellations take their names. There are 88 officially recognized constellations, covering the entire sky.Thus, any given point in a celestial coordinate system can unambiguously be assigned to a constellation. It is usual in astronomy to give the constellation in which a given object is found along with its coordinates in order to convey a rough idea in which part of the sky it is located. For example, saying the Horsehead Nebula is near Orion's Belt in the constellation Orion immediately locates it just south of the ecliptic and conveys that it is best observable in winter from the Northern Hemisphere.