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The document summarizes key concepts about stars and the universe from an Earth science textbook chapter. It discusses the properties of stars like color, temperature, binary systems, parallax and measuring distances. It explains stellar evolution through different stages like the main sequence and red giant phases. It also describes galaxies like spiral, elliptical and irregular types as well as the structure and types of the Milky Way galaxy. Hubble's law connecting galaxy redshifts and expansion of the universe is explained in the context of the Big Bang theory.
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Ch. 25
- 1. Prentice Hall EARTH SCIENCE Tarbuck Lutgens
- 2. Chapter 25 Beyond Our Solar System
- 3. Objectives for 25.1(write down) Properties of Stars Describe what astronomers can learn by studying the 4 properties of stars. Explain how distance affects parallax. List the factors that determines star’s apparent magnitude. Describe the relationship shown on the Hertzprung-Russell diagram.
- 4. 25.1 Properties of Stars 1. Star Color and Temperature 2. Binary stars and mass 3. Distance from Earth (parallax) 4.Brightness A constellation is an apparent group of stars originally named for mythical characters. The sky contains 88 constellations. Characteristics of Stars
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- 6. 25.1 Properties of Stars Binary Stars and Stellar Mass • A binary star is one of two stars revolving around a common center of mass under their mutual gravitational attraction. • Binary stars are used to determine the star property most difficult to calculate—its mass. Characteristics of Stars
- 7. Common Center ofMass
- 8. Parallax Demonstration Closeyour left eye. With your index finger (school appropriate, Dagio) held about 1 foot from your eye, point to something in the distance. (works best with distant objects) Without moving your finger view the object with your right eye closed and your left eye open. Now, move your finger to arm’s length and do the same test. What happended? http:// www.youtube.com/watch?v =KZF8n0opmW8&feature=related
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- 10. 25.1 Properties of Stars Parallax • The nearest stars have the largest parallax angles, while those of distant stars are too small to measure. Light-Year • A li ght-year is the distance light travels in a year, about 9.5 trillion kilometers. • Parallax is the slight shifting of the apparent position of a star due to the orbital motion of Earth. Measuring Distances to Stars
- 11. Parallax Original PhotoPhoto taken 6 months later
- 12. 25.1 Propertiesof Stars Apparent Magnitude • Apparent magnitude is the brightness of a star when viewed from Earth. • Three factors control the apparent brightness of a star as seen from Earth: how big it is, how hot it is, and how far away it is. Absolute Magnitude • Absolute magnitude is the apparent brightness of a star if it were viewed from a distance of 32.6 light-years. Stellar Brightness
- 13. Distance, Apparent Magnitude,and Absolute Magnitude of Some Stars
- 14. 25.1 Propertiesof Stars A Hertzsprung–Russell diagram shows the relationship between the absolute magnitude and temperature of stars. A main-sequence star is a star that falls into the main sequence category on the H–R diagram. This category contains the majority of stars and runs diagonally from the upper left to the lower right on the H–R diagram. Hertzsprung–Russell Diagram
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- 16. 25.1 Propertiesof Stars A red giant is a large, cool star of high luminosity; it occupies the upper-right portion of the H–R diagram. A supergiant is a very large, very bright red giant star. Hertzsprung–Russell Diagram
- 17. 25.1 Properties of Stars Variable Stars • A Cepheid variable is a star whose brightness varies periodically because it expands and contracts; it is a type of pulsating star. • A nova is a star that explosively increases in brightness. Hertzsprung–Russell Diagram
- 18. Images of aNova Taken Two Months Apart
- 19. 25.1 Propertiesof Stars Interstellar Matter • A nebula is a cloud of gas and/or dust in space. • There are two major types of nebulae: 1. Bright nebula 2. Dark nebula - Emission nebula - Reflection nebula Hertzsprung–Russell Diagram
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- 21. Objectives for 25.2(write down) Stellar Evolution Identify what stage marks the birth of a star. Explain why all stars eventually die. List the stages of the sun’s life cycle.
- 22. 25.2 StellarEvolution (1) Protostar Stage • A protostar is a collapsing cloud of gas and dust destined to become a star—a developing star not yet hot enough to engage in nuclear fusion. • When the core of a protostar has reached about 10 million K, pressure within is so great that nuclear fusion of hydrogen begins, and a star is born. Star Birth
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- 25. 25.2 Stellar Evolution Main-Sequence Stage • Stars age at different rates. - Massive stars use fuel faster and exist for only a few million years. - Small stars use fuel slowly and exist for perhaps hundreds of billions of years. • A star spends 90 percent of its life in the main-sequence stage. Star Birth
- 26. 25.2 StellarEvolution Red-Giant Stage • Hydrogen burning migrates outward. The star’s outer envelope expands. • The core collapses as helium is converted to carbon. Eventually all nuclear fuel is used and gravity squeezes the star. • Its surface cools and becomes red. Star Birth
- 27. 25.2 Stellar Evolution All stars, regardless of their size, eventually run out of fuel and collapse due to gravity. • Stars less than one-half the mass of the sun never evolve to the red giant stage but remain in the stable main-sequence stage until they consume all their hydrogen fuel and collapse into a white dwarf. Death of Low-Mass Stars (2) Burnout and Death
- 28. 25.2 StellarEvolution Death of Medium-Mass Stars • Stars with masses similar to the sun evolve in essentially the same way as low-mass stars. • During their collapse from red giants to white dwarfs, medium-mass stars are thought to cast off their bloated outer layer, creating an expanding round cloud of gas called planetary nebula. (2) Burnout and Death
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- 30. 25.2 StellarEvolution • In contrast to sunlike stars, stars that are over three times the sun’s mass have relatively short life spans, which end in a supernova event. Death of Massive Stars A supernova is an exploding massive star that increases in brightness many thousands of times. The massive star’s interior condenses and may produce a hot, dense object that is either a neutron star or a black hole. (2) Burnout and Death
- 31. Crab Nebula inthe Constellation Taurus
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- 33. 25.2 StellarEvolution H–R Diagrams and Stellar Evolution • Hertzsprung–Russell diagrams have been helpful in formulating and testing models of stellar evolution. • They are also useful for illustrating the changes that take place in an individual star during its life span. Burnout and Death
- 34. (3) Life Cycleof a Sunlike Star
- 35. 25.2 StellarEvolution White Dwarfs • A white dwarf is a star that has exhausted most or all of its nuclear fuel and has collapsed to a very small size, believed to be near its final stage of evolution. • The sun begins as a nebula, spends much of its life as a main-sequence star, and then becomes a red giant, a planetary nebula, a white dwarf, and, finally, a black dwarf. Stellar Remnants
- 36. Summary of Evolutionfor Stars of Various Masses
- 37. 25.2 Stellar Evolution Neutron Stars • A neutron star is a star of extremely high density composed entirely of neutrons. • Neutron stars are thought to be remnants of supernova events. Supernovae • A pulsar is a source that radiates short bursts or pulses of radio energy in very regular periods. • A pulsar found in the Crab Nebula during the 1970s is undoubtedly the remains of the supernova of 1054. Stellar Remnants
- 38. Veil Nebula inthe Constellation Cygnus
- 39. 25.2 StellarEvolution Black Holes • A black hole is a massive star that has collapsed to such a small volume that its gravity prevents the escape of everything, including light. Scientists think that as matter is pulled into a black hole, it should become very hot and emit a flood of X-rays before being pulled in. Stellar Remnants
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- 41. 25.3 TheUniverse A galaxy is a group of stars, dust, and gases held together by gravity. • The Milky Way is a large spiral galaxy whose disk is about 100,000 light-years wide and about 10,000 light-years thick at the nucleus. Size of the Milky Way • Radio telescopes reveal that the Milky Way has at least three distinct spiral arms, with some splintering. Structure of the Milky Way The Milky Way Galaxy
- 42. Structure of theMilky Way
- 43. 25.3 The Universe Spiral Galaxies • About 30 percent of all galaxies are spiral galaxies. • They have large diameters of 20,000 to 125,000 light-years and contain both young and old stars. • About 60 percent of galaxies are classified as elliptical galaxies. Elliptical Galaxies • Elliptical galaxies range in shape from round to oval. Types of Galaxies
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- 46. 25.3 The Universe • In addition to shape and size, one of the major differences among different types of galaxies is the age of their stars. Irregular galaxies contain young stars. Irregular Galaxies • Only 10 percent of the known galaxies have irregular shapes and are classified as irregular galaxies. • A galaxy cluster is a system of galaxies containing several to thousands of member galaxies. Galaxy Clusters Types of Galaxies
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- 49. 25.3 Objectives Relatethe two forces that define the size and density of a star to the Big Bang and Big Crunch theories. List the stages of the sun’s life cycle. 3. Describe the structural types of galaxies. 4. Relate the Milky Way to these types of galaxies. 5. Draw a supported connection between Hubble’s Law and the Big Bang Theory
- 50. 25.3 The Universe • Red shift, or a Doppler shift toward the red end of the spectrum, occurs because the light waves are “stretched,” which shows that Earth and the source are moving away from each other. Red Shifts • Hubble’s law is a law that states that the galaxies are retreating from the Milky Way at a speed that is proportional to their distance. Hubble’s Law • The red shifts of distant galaxies indicate that the universe is expanding. The Expanding Universe
- 51. 25.3 The Universe Hubble’s Law • To help visualize the nature of the universe, imagine a loaf of raisin bread dough that has been set out to rise for a few hours. As the dough doubles in size, so does the distance between all the raisins. Those objects located father apart move away from each other more rapidly. The Expanding Universe
- 52. Raisin Bread DoughAnalogy
- 53. 25.3 The Universe The big bang theory states that at one time, the entire universe was confined to a dense, hot, supermassive ball. Then, about 13.7 billion years ago, a violent explosion occurred, hurling this material in all directions. The Big Bang
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- 55. 25.3 TheUniverse Supporting Evidence • The red shift of galaxies supports the big bang and the expanding universe theories. • Scientists discovered a type of energy called cosmic background radiation. Scientists think that this radiation was produced during the big bang. The Big Bang
- 56. 25.3 TheUniverse The Big Crunch? • The future of the universe follows two possible paths: 1. The universe will expand forever. 2. The outward expansion will stop and gravitational contraction will follow. • The view currently favored by most scientists is an expanding universe with no ending point. • It should be noted, however, that the methods used to determine the ultimate fate of the universe have substantial uncertainties. The Big Bang
- 57. Chapter Quiz (25points) Why do stars twinkle when viewed from Earth? What color are the hottest stars? (Hertzprung-Russell diagram) What is the ‘Y’ axis? (4.) What is the ‘X’ axis? 5. WHAT ARE THE TWO FORCES THAT DETERMINE THE SIZE OF A STAR? 6. How are we made up of ’star stuff’? 7. How does Hubble’s Law support the theory of the Big Bang? 8. How does a Doppler shift support the theory of the Big Bang?
- 58. Putting it togetherhttp:// chshunter.wordpress.com /category/earth-science/ SUMMARY: In this sequel to 2001: A Space Odyssey, a joint American- Soviet expedition is sent to Jupiter to discover what went wrong with the U.S.S. Discovery against a backdrop of growing global tensions. Among the mysteries the expedition must explain are the appearance of a huge black monolith in Jupiter’s orbit and the fate of H.A.L., the Discovery’s sentient computer. Based on a novel written by Arthur C. Clarke. This film makes connections and uses BIG conceptual theories that astronomy is based upon.
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