Extra-Solar Planets Planetary Physics Summer Term 2004 Lecture 10.
Kepler Mission: The Search Earth-like Planets By Kurt Wiehenstroer May 9, 2007.
Astronomy - State of the Art - Galaxies
The Star
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Review game astro
Introduction to Stars. Stellar Parallax Given p in arcseconds (”), use d=1/p to calculate the distance which will be in units “parsecs” By definition,
NOTES: Cepheid Variable Stars: John Goodrick (1784) discovered Delta-Cephei. Henrietta Leavitt (1908)--Period Luminosity Relation: (overlay). Stars varying.
Earth Science Topic #3 Review Game 1111 7777 13 19 25 2222 8888 14 20 26 3333 9999 15 21 27 4444 10 16 22 28 5555 11 17 23 29 6666 12 18 24 30.
Luminosity and Colour of Stars Michael Balogh Stellar Evolution (PHYS 375)
Distance Ladder. Pre-class Problem You stand are looking at “famous local landmark” from two positions on either side of the “other famous local place”.
Slide 1 The Family of Stars Chapter 9. Slide 2 Part 1: measuring and classifying the stars What we can measure directly: – Surface temperature and color.
