Connect Access Card for Integrated Science
7th Edition
ISBN: 9781259350412
Author: Bill W Tillery, Eldon Enger, Frederick C Ross
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
expand_more
expand_more
format_list_bulleted
Concept explainers
Question
Chapter 12, Problem 3PEB
To determine
The comparison between the brightness of Spica to the brightness of Vega.
Expert Solution & Answer
Want to see the full answer?
Check out a sample textbook solution
Students have asked these similar questions
2.
If Vega is apparent magnitude zero, and Deneb first magnitude, then
Vega must be 2.5× hotter than Deneb.
Vega is 2.5× brighter than Deneb.
Vega is about 100× brighter than Deneb.
Deneb is one magnitude brighter than Vega.
Deneb must be a main sequence star, and Vega a giant.
The parallax of star Canopus is 0.033 and its apparent visual magnitude is -0.72. What is its absolute visual magnitude?
The red supergiant star in Orion is called Betelgeuse, and its distance is 130 pc. What is the parallax of this star?
Chapter 12 Solutions
Connect Access Card for Integrated Science
Ch. 12.1 - Stars twinkle and planets do not twinkle because...Ch. 12.6 - Prob. 2SCCh. 12.6 - Prob. 3SCCh. 12.6 - Prob. 4SCCh. 12.6 - Prob. 5SCCh. 12.6 - Prob. 6SCCh. 12.6 - Prob. 7SCCh. 12.6 - Prob. 8SCCh. 12.7 - Prob. 9SCCh. 12.7 - Prob. 10SC
Ch. 12.7 - Prob. 11SCCh. 12.7 - Prob. 12SCCh. 12 - What is a light-year, and how is it defined?Ch. 12 - Prob. 2CQCh. 12 - Prob. 3CQCh. 12 - What is the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram?Ch. 12 - Prob. 5CQCh. 12 - Prob. 6CQCh. 12 - Prob. 7CQCh. 12 - Prob. 8CQCh. 12 - Prob. 9CQCh. 12 - Prob. 10CQCh. 12 - Prob. 11CQCh. 12 - Prob. 12CQCh. 12 - Prob. 13CQCh. 12 - Prob. 14CQCh. 12 - Prob. 15CQCh. 12 - Prob. 16CQCh. 12 - Prob. 17CQCh. 12 - Prob. 18CQCh. 12 - Prob. 19CQCh. 12 - Prob. 20CQCh. 12 - Prob. 21CQCh. 12 - Prob. 22CQCh. 12 - Analyze when apparent magnitude is a better scale...Ch. 12 - Prob. 24CQCh. 12 - Prob. 25CQCh. 12 - Prob. 1PEACh. 12 - Prob. 2PEACh. 12 - Prob. 3PEACh. 12 - Prob. 4PEACh. 12 - Prob. 5PEACh. 12 - Prob. 6PEACh. 12 - Prob. 7PEACh. 12 - Prob. 8PEACh. 12 - Prob. 9PEACh. 12 - Prob. 10PEACh. 12 - Prob. 11PEACh. 12 - Prob. 1PEBCh. 12 - Prob. 2PEBCh. 12 - Prob. 3PEBCh. 12 - Prob. 4PEBCh. 12 - Prob. 5PEBCh. 12 - Prob. 6PEBCh. 12 - Prob. 7PEBCh. 12 - Prob. 8PEBCh. 12 - Prob. 9PEBCh. 12 - Prob. 10PEBCh. 12 - Prob. 11PEB
Knowledge Booster
Learn more about
Need a deep-dive on the concept behind this application? Look no further. Learn more about this topic, physics and related others by exploring similar questions and additional content below.Similar questions
- As seen from Earth, the Sun has an apparent magnitude of about 26.7 . What is the apparent magnitude of the Sun as seen from Saturn, about 10 AU away? (Remember that one AU is the distance from Earth to the Sun and that the brightness decreases as the inverse square of the distance.) Would the Sun still be the brightest star in the sky?arrow_forwardThe apparent visual magnitude of star (Rigel) is 0.12. Use the method of spectroscopic parallax to calculate the approximate distance to Rigel in units of parsecs. The absolute visual magnitude of Rigel is −6.8.arrow_forwardA star is observed to have a parallax of 0.0015". What is the distance to the star in units of AU?arrow_forward
- If the two stars orbit in a such a way that the big star is 4 AU from the center of the mass and the smaller star is 12 AU from the center of the mass . Calculate the mass of each star in binary system. Total distance = 16 AU orbital period = 4 yearsarrow_forwardThe velocities of the two stars are 28km/s and 13km/s, and their periods are both 16 years. Find the orbital radii and masses of the two stars.arrow_forwardRank these astronomical objects based on their density, from smallest to largest. A) the singularity of a black holeB) a main sequence starC) a typical neutron starD) a one solar-mass white dwarfarrow_forward
- The apparent visual magnitude of Arcturus is m = -0.04 mag. Use the method of spectroscopic parallax to calculate the approximate distance to Arcturus in units of pc.arrow_forwardthe parallax angle of a star to be 0.002 arc-seconds. what would the distance be to this star?arrow_forwardA star has an apparent magnitude of 10.0 and an absolute magnitude of 2.5. How far away is it? Group of answer choicesarrow_forward
- In a laboratory, the Balmer-beta spectral line of hydrogen has a wavelength of 486.1 nm. If the line appears in a star's spectrum at 486.7 nm, what is the star's radial velocity (in km/s)? (Enter the magnitude.) km/sarrow_forwardWhich of the following stars are bright and very cool. A. White dwarfs B. Our sun C. Giantsarrow_forwardFind the distance in parsecs to van maanen's star, a nearby white dwarf, which has an annual parallax of 0.232 arcsec.arrow_forward
arrow_back_ios
SEE MORE QUESTIONS
arrow_forward_ios
Recommended textbooks for you
Stars and Galaxies (MindTap Course List)PhysicsISBN:9781337399944Author:Michael A. SeedsPublisher:Cengage Learning
AstronomyPhysicsISBN:9781938168284Author:Andrew Fraknoi; David Morrison; Sidney C. WolffPublisher:OpenStax
Stars and Galaxies (MindTap Course List)
Physics
ISBN:9781337399944
Author:Michael A. Seeds
Publisher:Cengage Learning
Astronomy
Physics
ISBN:9781938168284
Author:Andrew Fraknoi; David Morrison; Sidney C. Wolff
Publisher:OpenStax