STARS - AN INTRODUCTION
... They give off light and heat. The Sun is a medium sized star. It is bigger than all eight planets combined! However, there are stars a lot bigger than the Sun! The largest stars are called ...
... They give off light and heat. The Sun is a medium sized star. It is bigger than all eight planets combined! However, there are stars a lot bigger than the Sun! The largest stars are called ...
Patterns in the Sky
... - These patterns have been named by many cultures, using names of heroes, mythical monsters, and animals. - Uras Major is the constellation that the Big Dipper is found. - There are 88 constellations recognized. - Different cultures named the same constellations differently as they used their imagin ...
... - These patterns have been named by many cultures, using names of heroes, mythical monsters, and animals. - Uras Major is the constellation that the Big Dipper is found. - There are 88 constellations recognized. - Different cultures named the same constellations differently as they used their imagin ...
LT 5: I can describe how astronomers determine the composition
... Starlight passing through a spectrograph produces a display of colors and lines called a spectrum. ...
... Starlight passing through a spectrograph produces a display of colors and lines called a spectrum. ...
Down Under from North Florida
... Fig. 2. Omega Centauri Swings Low. This southern Southern Cross”), which lies near the hemisphere globular cluster appears only 13 degrees high southwestern boundary of Centaurus. Yes, against the faint stars of Centaurus in this picture. This I said the “Southern Cross” normally only beautiful clus ...
... Fig. 2. Omega Centauri Swings Low. This southern Southern Cross”), which lies near the hemisphere globular cluster appears only 13 degrees high southwestern boundary of Centaurus. Yes, against the faint stars of Centaurus in this picture. This I said the “Southern Cross” normally only beautiful clus ...
Stars Part 2 - westscidept
... • How bright a star looks in the sky from Earth is called apparent magnitude. • A dim star might look bright to us on Earth if it is close. At the same time, we may barely be able to see a very bright star if it is too far away. • Betelgeuse which is one of the brightest stars in the sky is 310 lig ...
... • How bright a star looks in the sky from Earth is called apparent magnitude. • A dim star might look bright to us on Earth if it is close. At the same time, we may barely be able to see a very bright star if it is too far away. • Betelgeuse which is one of the brightest stars in the sky is 310 lig ...
Unit 11 Guide: Concepts of Earth Science Stars, Galaxies, and the
... 5. What is the difference between absolute and apparent magnitude? What is luminosity? 6. What are the three types of spectra? How can scientists use absorption spectra to determine the elements that compose a star? 7. What are stars made of and how do they produce their light? What is the differenc ...
... 5. What is the difference between absolute and apparent magnitude? What is luminosity? 6. What are the three types of spectra? How can scientists use absorption spectra to determine the elements that compose a star? 7. What are stars made of and how do they produce their light? What is the differenc ...
Maui Stargazing April Observing List DEEP SPACE OBJECTS
... ASTERISMS - In astronomy, an asterism is an informal pattern of stars recognized in the Earth's night sky. It may be part of an official constellation or it may be composed of stars from more than one constellation. CONSTELLATIONS - In modern astronomy, a constellation is a specific area of the cel ...
... ASTERISMS - In astronomy, an asterism is an informal pattern of stars recognized in the Earth's night sky. It may be part of an official constellation or it may be composed of stars from more than one constellation. CONSTELLATIONS - In modern astronomy, a constellation is a specific area of the cel ...
Planetarium Activity 1 Learning to measure brightness and Limiting
... Things to review before you come: Constellations, naming conventions of stars in constellations, apparent magnitude, and magnitude scale, Greek Letters Task 1 Instructions 1. You will be shown five popular constellations (Ursa Major, Cassiopeia, Leo, Ursa Minor and Orion) fix their position in the s ...
... Things to review before you come: Constellations, naming conventions of stars in constellations, apparent magnitude, and magnitude scale, Greek Letters Task 1 Instructions 1. You will be shown five popular constellations (Ursa Major, Cassiopeia, Leo, Ursa Minor and Orion) fix their position in the s ...
Presentation 2
... One beautiful summer night, Josslyn decided to join her grandparents on their nightly walk along the grassy pasture. As they took part in their walk, Josslyn stared into the clear summer sky studying all the bright stars in her view. She had glazed at the sky many times before, but tonight, she not ...
... One beautiful summer night, Josslyn decided to join her grandparents on their nightly walk along the grassy pasture. As they took part in their walk, Josslyn stared into the clear summer sky studying all the bright stars in her view. She had glazed at the sky many times before, but tonight, she not ...
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... Dog Star, appears almost overhead on March evenings, while a bit south of the point overhead is the second brightest star in the sky, Canopus. Rising in the southeast are the stars of the Southern Cross and the Pointers (Alpha and Beta Centauri). Alpha Centauri is a triple system, with two sun like ...
... Dog Star, appears almost overhead on March evenings, while a bit south of the point overhead is the second brightest star in the sky, Canopus. Rising in the southeast are the stars of the Southern Cross and the Pointers (Alpha and Beta Centauri). Alpha Centauri is a triple system, with two sun like ...
Friday, August 28 - Otterbein University
... • Zenith – the point right above you • Meridian – the line from North to Zenith to south ...
... • Zenith – the point right above you • Meridian – the line from North to Zenith to south ...
H-R Diagram Notes
... An H-R Diagram is… A graph of stars’ ___________________ and ________________________. – It also shows ___________________ since color is related to temperature – It was made by two astronomers who plotted the data for thousands of stars and noticed some trends. – It stands for _____________________ ...
... An H-R Diagram is… A graph of stars’ ___________________ and ________________________. – It also shows ___________________ since color is related to temperature – It was made by two astronomers who plotted the data for thousands of stars and noticed some trends. – It stands for _____________________ ...
Constellations
... • Constellations change are unchanging year after year. – Change over thousands of years is proper motion ...
... • Constellations change are unchanging year after year. – Change over thousands of years is proper motion ...
Constellation Notes
... to each other at all. Some of them are bright because they are close to the Earth while others are bright because they are very large stars Hemisphere and Seasons Not all of the constellations are visible from any one point on Earth. Star maps typically divide into maps for the northern hemisphere a ...
... to each other at all. Some of them are bright because they are close to the Earth while others are bright because they are very large stars Hemisphere and Seasons Not all of the constellations are visible from any one point on Earth. Star maps typically divide into maps for the northern hemisphere a ...
Stars are classified according to their color
... • Stars are classified according to their color temperature: ...
... • Stars are classified according to their color temperature: ...
Constellation Part II readingConstellation Part II reading(es)
... The stars are distant objects. Their distances vary, but they are all very far away. Excluding our Sun, the nearest star, Proxima Centauri, is more than 4 light years away. As Earth spins on its axis, we, as Earth-bound observers, spin past this background of distant stars. As Earth spins, the stars ...
... The stars are distant objects. Their distances vary, but they are all very far away. Excluding our Sun, the nearest star, Proxima Centauri, is more than 4 light years away. As Earth spins on its axis, we, as Earth-bound observers, spin past this background of distant stars. As Earth spins, the stars ...
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... 8. Newton’s telescope used a curved mirror to make objects appear sharper. ...
... 8. Newton’s telescope used a curved mirror to make objects appear sharper. ...
How it works:
... because it contains the brightest star in the high eastern sky, called Vega! Once you have found Vega, look for a faint parallelogram to the lower right of it. Together, these five stars make up Lyra. ...
... because it contains the brightest star in the high eastern sky, called Vega! Once you have found Vega, look for a faint parallelogram to the lower right of it. Together, these five stars make up Lyra. ...
Star Classification
... Star Classification The first people to combine a camera with a spectroscope were the father and son team of John and Henry Draper in the 1870s. Their work was carried on by Edward C. Pickering who, by 1918, had listed the spectra of over 200000 stars. Using details about luminosity and composition, ...
... Star Classification The first people to combine a camera with a spectroscope were the father and son team of John and Henry Draper in the 1870s. Their work was carried on by Edward C. Pickering who, by 1918, had listed the spectra of over 200000 stars. Using details about luminosity and composition, ...
Grade 6 Standard 4 - Murray School District
... objects, movement, and apparent motion (due to Earth’s rotation) of objects in the universe and how cultures have understood, related to and used these objects in the night sky. Objective 2: Describe the appearance and apparent motion of groups of stars in the night sky relative to Earth and how var ...
... objects, movement, and apparent motion (due to Earth’s rotation) of objects in the universe and how cultures have understood, related to and used these objects in the night sky. Objective 2: Describe the appearance and apparent motion of groups of stars in the night sky relative to Earth and how var ...
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... Alphard, heart of the serpent, high in the northwest. Above and to the left of the Crow, for an observer facing east, is the Cup. Alphard is an Arabic name meaning the ‘solitary one’, as there are no other bright stars near it. At about 40 times the diameter of the sun and 400 times as bright, Alpha ...
... Alphard, heart of the serpent, high in the northwest. Above and to the left of the Crow, for an observer facing east, is the Cup. Alphard is an Arabic name meaning the ‘solitary one’, as there are no other bright stars near it. At about 40 times the diameter of the sun and 400 times as bright, Alpha ...
What Can We See in the Night Sky?
... • Groups of stars that are close together and travel together are known as star clusters • Star clusters are part of galaxies • Open clusters – contain about 50 to 1000 stars – dispersed along the Milky Way’s main band ...
... • Groups of stars that are close together and travel together are known as star clusters • Star clusters are part of galaxies • Open clusters – contain about 50 to 1000 stars – dispersed along the Milky Way’s main band ...
Crux
Crux /ˈkrʌks/, located in the deep southern sky, is the smallest yet one of the most distinctive of the 88 modern constellations. Its name is Latin for cross, and it is dominated by a cross-shaped asterism that is commonly known as the Southern Cross. Although visible to the Ancient Greeks, it was seen as part of the constellation Centaurus, and not defined or accurately mapped till the 16th century.Known as Acrux, blue-white Alpha Crucis is the constellation's brightest star and the bottom star of the cross. Nearly as bright are Beta and Gamma, while Delta and Epsilon make up the asterism. Many of the constellation's brighter stars are members of the Scorpius–Centaurus Association, a loose group of hot blue-white stars that appear to share a common origin and motion across the Milky Way. Two star systems have been found to have planets. The constellation also contains four Cepheid variables visible to the naked eye under optimum conditions. Crux also contains the Jewel Box, a bright open cluster, and the Coalsack Nebula, the most prominent dark nebula in the sky.