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If you assume that a globular cluster 2 arc minutes in diameter is actually 27 pc in diameter, how far away is it? (Hint: Use the small-angle formula.)
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- If a giant molecular cloud is 38 pc in diameter and a shock wave can sweep through it in 6 million years, how fast is the shock wave going in kilometers per second? (Notes: 1 pc = 3.1 1013 km; 1 yr = 3.2 107 s.) answer in km/sA supernova’s energy is often compared to the total energy output of the Sun over its lifetime. Using the Sun’s current luminosity, calculate the total solar energy output, assuming a 1010 year main-sequence lifetime. Using Einstein’s formula E=mc2 calculate the equivalent amount of mass, expressed in Earth masses. [Hint: The total energy output of the Sun over its lifetime is given by its current luminosity times the number of seconds in a year times its ten billion-year lifetime; ; mass of earth = 6×1024kg; c = 3×108m/s. Your answer should be 200-300 Earth masses.]If a standard passenger aircraft can fly at 0.26 km/s (582 mph), how long (in yr) would it take to reach the Sun? yr How long (in yr) would it take to reach the galactic center? (Note: 1 pc = 3.1 ✕ 1013 km. The radius of the Sun's orbit around the galactic center is approximately 8,300 pc.) yr
- If interstellar dust makes an RR Lyrae variable star look 7 magnitudes fainter than the star should, by how much will you over- or underestimate its distance? (Hint: Use the magnitude-distance formula d = 10 mv - Mv + 5)/5.) destimate dactual = Is your calculated value an over- or underestimate? O overestimate O underestimateif a protostellar disk is 260 au in radius and the disk plus the forming star together contain 7 solar masses what is the orbital speed at the outer edge of the disk in km per second. use the circular orbital velocity formulaHow many years? Thank you!
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