Closest stars to earth
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A: Required : Orbital period of Uranus.
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A: Write the relation in distance and parallax angle. d=1p
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A: Required : Spectral type, absolute magnitude, temperature and luminosity of star E.
Q: The period–luminosity relation is useful in determining a. the mass of a star for which the…
A: Period-luminosity relation :- According to this…
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A: The Messier catalog is a list of 110 commonly found objects in the night sky that can be easily…
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A: 1. Suppose you observe a tight eclipsing binary with orbital period of 3 days, and radial velocity…
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A: The statement: All stars are in binary systems. The book says: "So far you have been considering the…
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A: Given, that the Sun as seen from the earth has an apparent magnitude of m=-26 in the B-Band…
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Q: 1. What is the term that defines how bright an object actually is?
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A: Here given the stars with spectral classes.We have to find the stars which is hottest.
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Q: Orion One Million Years in the Past Using what you have already drawn, trace out the locations of…
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A: E.E. Barnard contributed to the understanding of our galaxy by________.
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A: Solution:- A star whose atmosphere contains more carbon(C) than oxygen(O) is known as a carbon…
Q: 2. The Orion Nebula is a gas-rich region in which stars are being born. The nebula is at a distance…
A: Given, Distance of nebula from earth is, d = 1344 light year = 412.07 Parsec Apparent magnitude of…
Q: 5. A planet of mass m is located on a line equidistant from two identical stars of mass M, located…
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Q: QUESTION 33 What observational feature was the epicycle designed to account for? a. Difference…
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Q: What is a standard candle in the astronomical sense? How do Cepheid variables fit into this and what…
A: For distances which are too large to measure using parallax, astronomers use 'standard candles'.…
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Q: Based on what you learned about stellar evolution, select all of the correct statements from the…
A: 1. Correct: From the studies, it has been found that the period of some Cepheid variables actually…
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