Physics 202: Introduction to Astronomy – Lecture 15 Carsten Denker Physics Department Center for...

9
Physics 202: Introduction to Astronomy – Lecture 15 Carsten Denker Physics Department Center for Solar–Terrestrial Research
  • date post

    21-Dec-2015
  • Category

    Documents

  • view

    222
  • download

    4

Transcript of Physics 202: Introduction to Astronomy – Lecture 15 Carsten Denker Physics Department Center for...

Page 1: Physics 202: Introduction to Astronomy – Lecture 15 Carsten Denker Physics Department Center for Solar–Terrestrial Research.

Physics 202: Introduction to Astronomy – Lecture 15

Carsten Denker

Physics DepartmentCenter for Solar–Terrestrial

Research

Page 2: Physics 202: Introduction to Astronomy – Lecture 15 Carsten Denker Physics Department Center for Solar–Terrestrial Research.

March 31, 2006 Center for Solar-Terrestrial Research

Spectroscopic parallax

Luminosity classes Stellar Masses Binary-star systems Visual binaries Eclipsing binaries Spectroscopic

binaries Star clusters

Open clusters Associations Globular clusters

H-R Diagram and Star Clusters

Stellar sizes Direct

measurements Luminosity-

temperature-radius relationship

Giants and dwarfs Hertzsprung-Russell

diagram Main-sequence Distance scale

Page 3: Physics 202: Introduction to Astronomy – Lecture 15 Carsten Denker Physics Department Center for Solar–Terrestrial Research.

March 31, 2006 Center for Solar-Terrestrial Research

Stellar Sizes

Page 4: Physics 202: Introduction to Astronomy – Lecture 15 Carsten Denker Physics Department Center for Solar–Terrestrial Research.

March 31, 2006 Center for Solar-Terrestrial Research

Cosmic Distance Scale

2

luminosityapparent brightness

distance

2 4luminosity radius temperature

Page 5: Physics 202: Introduction to Astronomy – Lecture 15 Carsten Denker Physics Department Center for Solar–Terrestrial Research.

March 31, 2006 Center for Solar-Terrestrial Research

Stellar Masses

Page 6: Physics 202: Introduction to Astronomy – Lecture 15 Carsten Denker Physics Department Center for Solar–Terrestrial Research.

March 31, 2006 Center for Solar-Terrestrial Research

Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram

Nearby stars

Page 7: Physics 202: Introduction to Astronomy – Lecture 15 Carsten Denker Physics Department Center for Solar–Terrestrial Research.

March 31, 2006 Center for Solar-Terrestrial Research

Brightest stars Hipparcos catalogue

Page 8: Physics 202: Introduction to Astronomy – Lecture 15 Carsten Denker Physics Department Center for Solar–Terrestrial Research.

March 31, 2006 Center for Solar-Terrestrial Research

Page 9: Physics 202: Introduction to Astronomy – Lecture 15 Carsten Denker Physics Department Center for Solar–Terrestrial Research.

March 31, 2006 Center for Solar-Terrestrial Research

Star Clusters