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© 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. Chapter 15 Surveying the Stars

© 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. How do we measure stellar luminosities?

© 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. The brightness of a star depends on both distance and luminosity.

© 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. Luminosity: Amount of power a star radiates (energy per second = watts) Apparent brightness: Amount of starlight that reaches Earth (energy per second per square meter)

© 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. Clicker Question Alpha Centauri and the Sun have about the same luminosity. Which one appears brighter? A. Alpha Centauri B. The Sun

© 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. Clicker Question Alpha Centauri and the Sun have about the same luminosity. Which one appears brighter? A. Alpha Centauri B. The Sun

© 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. Luminosity passing through each sphere is the same App Brightness = Luminosity 4 π D 2 This formula is used to find stellar distances, D, once the luminosity & apparent brightness is known.

© 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. Clicker Question How would the apparent brightness of Alpha Centauri change if it were three times farther away? A. It would be only 1/3 as bright. B. It would be only 1/6 as bright. C. It would be only 1/9 as bright. D. It would be three times brighter.

© 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. Clicker Question How would the apparent brightness of Alpha Centauri change if it were three times farther away? A. It would be only 1/3 as bright. B. It would be only 1/6 as bright. C. It would be only 1/9 as bright. D. It would be three times brighter.

© 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. Parallax is one technique used to find distance of nearby stars.

© 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. Parallax is the apparent shift in position of a nearby object against a background of more distant objects.

© 2010 Pearson Education, Inc.

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