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HR Diagram
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Lab 5
HR
D
IAGRAM
Part I:
Exploring the HR Diagram
1.
Check the appropriate region of the HR diagram corresponding to each description
below.
2.
Check the appropriate region of the HR diagram corresponding to each description
below.
3.
What is the general relationship between luminosity and temperature for stars that lie
along the main sequence?
Description
Top
Right
Bottom
Left
Hot stars are found at the:
x
x
Faint stars are found at the:
x
x
Luminous stars are found at the:
x
Cool stars are found at the:
x
Description
Upper
Left
Upper
Right
Lower
Right
Lower
Left
Large Blue stars are found at the:
x
Small Red stars are found at the:
x
Small Blue stars would be found at the:
x
Really Large Red stars are found at the:
x
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Part II:
Luminosity-Radius-Temperature Relation
4.
The equation below describes the luminosity of a star in terms of its radius and
temperature.
Use this equation to explain the results you found in the table of the
previous question.
The size and temperature effect the luminosity of the star exponentially and that the
temperature has a greater effect on the luminosity over the size
5.
Typing the values directly into the boxes in the Cursor Properties, determine the
radius of a star that has a surface temperature of 3000K and a luminosity equal to the
Sun (1 L
).
3.7
6.
Now determine the radius of a star that has the same surface temperature (3000K) but
a luminosity of 100 L
.
Based on the equation above, explain why this makes sense.
I think it should be 37 because the luminosity increases the their radius must increase
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7.
Now determine the radius of a star that has the same luminosity as the Sun (1 L
) but
a surface temperature of 30,000K.
Based on the equation above, explain why this
makes sense.
It should be .037 because the temperature is high so the luminosity is low, the radius
should be small
8.
Use the results from the previous questions to construct a “conceptual” HR Diagram.
You simply want to draw arrows showing the direction in which variables are
increasing.
a)
Draw in an arrow on the y-axis showing the direction of increasing “intrinsic
luminosity” of the stars. (This is complete for you.)
b)
Draw in an arrow on the x-axis showing the direction of increasing surface
temperature of the stars.
c)
Draw in an arrow showing the direction of increasing radius on the diagram.
(Hint:
this must be perpendicular to the isoradius lines.)
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