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15. Make the following conversions: 5.4 m = ? km 0.87 kg = ? mg 2.04 cL = ? mL 16. What are 3 pieces of evidence to support the Big Bang theory? 17. How would you know if a spectrum is red- shifted and what would it mean about that object? 18. What are some things you have heard are in space that you are unsure of or have questions on?
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Not really empty Stars, planets, etc. Interstellar medium ◦ Dust and Gas ◦ Nebulas Orion Nebula http://hubblesite.org/gallery/album/nebula/pr19 95044a/ Large Magellanic Cloud http://hubblesite.org/gallery/album/nebula/pr200605 5a/
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Random collisions of atoms Areas of growing mass ◦ Spherical shape ◦ Pull in more matter Increase in Temperature Pressure Spin - creates a bulge in the sphere http://physics.uoregon.edu/~jimbrau/BrauImNew/Chap06/FG06 _17.jpg
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Fermi National Lab http://www.wired.com/playbook/2012/08/olympics-physics-hammer-throw/ http://www.universetoday.com/52696/nuclear-fusion-power-closer-to-reality-say-two-separate-teams/ Eventually…. High temperatures 2 particles become 1 Releases a lot of energy Particle accelerators ◦ Man-made ◦ Create new elements ◦ Find smallest particles ◦ Recreating the early universe conditions
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Objects give off a variety of light Peak depends on temperature ◦ Peak shows most common type of light http://docs.kde.org/stable/en/kdeedu/kstars/ai-colorandtemp.html
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White dwarfs Red giants Red supergiants Blue giants http://www.rootstown.sparcc.org/mattjust/h-r-diagram
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Parallax effect ◦ Compare distant stars to nearby stars ◦ Measure shift as Earth orbits the Sun ◦ Calculate the distance Further away = less of a shift Better technology = see smaller shifts = measure larger distances http://lifeng.lamost.org/courses/astrotoday/CHAISSON/AT301/HTML/AT30105.HTM
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If a star is 10 light years away ◦ How old is the light we see today? ◦ Is that star still there today? If an alien is on a planet 10 million light years away ◦ If they could see with the Earth with great detail, what would they see right now? When we observe light from a star 2 billion light years away….what does that mean? http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1214c/
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Quiz – ◦ Quiet until everyone is done ◦ Eyes on own paper ◦ Turn in when finished Bring me your binder if you didn’t have it set up last time What are the differences in the types of stars? How are all stars the same?
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Wide variety Highest # of stars Actively fusing hydrogen into helium ◦ Outward pressure from fusion ◦ Inward pressure from gravity ◦ Equal in these stars ◦ Maintain size http://www.thenaked scientists.com/HTML/ articles/article/the- science-of-the- supernova/ http://science.howstuffworks.com/sun.htm
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Form red giants ◦ Fusing helium ◦ Core collapsing ◦ Outer layers spread out Cools http://flightline.highline.edu/iglozman/classes/astronotes/media/2paths.jpg http://www.physics.uc.edu/~hanson/ASTRO/LECTURENOTES/StarLife/Page7.html
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Forms a white dwarf ◦ Ran out of helium No more fusion ◦ Outer gasses moving away Planetary nebula ◦ Leaves a hot, dense core http://chandra.harvard.edu/xray_sources/white_dwarfs.html Ring Nebula http://hubblesite.org/gallery/album/nebula/planetary/pr2004032d/ Cat’s Eye Nebula http://hubblesite.org/gallery/album/nebula/planetary/pr2004027a/
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Become red supergiants ◦ Fuse elements larger than helium All the way to iron ◦ Short lives Supernova Supernova ◦ No more fusion ◦ Core violently explodes ◦ Fuses heavier atoms ◦ Very bright, short time ◦ Spreads out material http://flightline.highline.edu/iglozman/classes/astronotes/media/2paths.jpg http://hubblesite.org/gallery/album/nebula/supernova_remnant/pr2005037a/
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Forms a neutron star ◦ If a lower mass core ◦ Very dense Not very big Lots of gravity ◦ Can produce gamma and x- rays when it pulls items into it Neutron star in supernova Cassiopeia A http://www.space-pictures.com/view/pictures-of-space/pictures-of-stars/neutron-star/index.php http://www.clccharter.org/maya1/Supernova/supernova.html
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Forms a black hole ◦ Higher mass cores ◦ Infinitely dense ◦ Need to travel faster than the speed of light to escape How can we see? ◦ Will bend light from nearby stars ◦ See dust and gas swirling around Hot enough to give off x-rays Probably at the center of most galaxies ◦ Including ours! Video Video Whirlpool Galaxy http://hubblesite.org/gallery/album/pr2001010a/ http://www.space.com/15421-black-holes-facts-formation-discovery-sdcmp.html
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