characteristics of stars 19.1. basics star = body of gas gives off heat light vary in size, color,...
DESCRIPTION
Composition & Texture Spectrometer: separates light into colors Each element has unique spectra Most stars are made of H, He, Fe, Na, Ca Color indicates surface temp of star: –Blue = hotter (30,000 C) –Red = cooler (3,500 C)TRANSCRIPT
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Characteristics of Stars
19.1
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Basics
• Star = body of gas• Gives off heat & light• Vary in size, color, composition,
temperature & brightness
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Composition & Texture
• Spectrometer: separates light into colors• Each element has unique spectra• Most stars are made of H, He, Fe, Na, Ca• Color indicates surface temp of star:
– Blue = hotter (30,000 C)– Red = cooler (3,500 C)
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Motion
• Apparent motion id due to earth’s movement
• Circumpolar stars appear to move around the north star (Polaris)
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Distances
• Light travels ~ 10 trillion km/yr• Proxima centauri is the nearest star at 4.3
l.y. away • Sirius is brightest star at 9 l.y. away • Polaris is 700 l.y. away• Andromeda Galaxy is 2.5 million l.y. away• Parallax
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Magnitudes
• 6000 stars are observable to unaided eye• 3 billion stars can be seen with ground
based telescopes
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Apparent magnitude
• Brightness of a star as it appears from earth
• Brightest stars have lowest #s• Dimmest stars have highest #s
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Absolute magnitude
• True brightness as stars would appear if seen from 32.5 l.y. from earth
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Classification
• H-R diagram• Absolute magnitude vs. temperature• For most stars the brightness increases as
surface temp increases• Main sequence stars are band in center
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