Our Place in the Cosmos Lecture 11 Understanding Stars - the H-R Diagram.
Announcements Comet SWAN! Vega West. Classifying the Stars 27 October 2006.
Exploring the Universe. I.) Properties of Stars A. A. Color and Temperature 1.A star’s color indicates that temperature of its surface a. a. Hottest stars.
University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire Continuing Education Dr. Nathan Miller Department of Physics & Astronomy To the Stars and Beyond WELCOME BACK!
Exploring the Universe
How do stars produce energy? Nuclear reactions Project due Friday! Lab this week Assignments next week Measuring radial velocities from light –Doppler.
To the Stars and Beyond
Chapter 10 The Nature of Stars. What do you think? What color are stars? Are most stars isolated from other stars, like the Sun?
I.) Properties of Stars A.Color and Temperature 1.A star’s color indicates that temperature of its surface a.Hottest stars (surface temps above 30,000K)
Project due Friday! Lab this week Assignments next week Measuring radial velocities from light
Question 1 Stellar parallax is used to measure the a) sizes of stars. b) distances of stars. c) temperatures of stars. d) radial velocity of stars. e)
