LIVE INTERACTIVE LEARNING @ YOUR DESKTOP Thursday, September 25, 2008 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Eastern time NSDL/NSTA Web Seminar: Celebrating Astronomy: A Star’s Story Introductions…

* Class events: week 11 Goals Learn about stars—a primer from basic astronomy Luminosity (and brightness) Distance Temperature Hertzprung-Russell diagram Radii Mass Life…

Which do you think is the most common element (by mass) found in stars? Helium Hydrogen Carbon Silicon Sagittarius Star Cloud, Center of the Milky Way Galaxy Test your star…

Origins AA3051 Topic A:Binary Star Formation-why are there so many binaries? Sir William Herschell Coined the term âbinary starâ to describe a pair of stars in a single…

PowerPoint Presentation Notes- Chapter 4, Section 4: Star Systems and Galaxies Essential Question How do astronomers learn about the structure of the universe? Objectives…

Canis Majoris VY Canis Majoris The Largest Star That Has So Far Been Discovered About VY Canis Majoris Canis Majoris is a red hypergiant star that when viewed from earth…

Chapter Twenty/Twenty-One Questions for the Day What are the end states of stars? How do stars interact? What are the end states of stars? When nuclear fuel is exhausted,…

Stellarium User Guide Matthew Gates 11th March 2009 Copyright © 2006-2009 Matthew Gates. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the…

Worlds Unnumbered Lecture Twenty-Nine, Apr. 14, 2003 Projects due April 25 Background papers have been graded (out of 15 points). Happy to offer suggestions or answer questions…