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    Luminosity Lab Report

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    that the hotter or bigger the star is = the more energy give off per second. In terms of measuring luminosity scientists use the units of joules per seconds or watts. Sometimes luminosity is also given during the term of magnitude. Luminosity is given in two forms (visual) which means only visible light only and in (bolometric) which means total radiant energy. There are different types of luminosity stellar which means it can be by two characteristic sizes and the temperature. This form is normally

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    According to the book, "If you know a star’s temperature and luminosity, you can determine its radius" (Seeds 151). The luminosity of a star is related to its absolute magnitude, and its spectral class has a relation to the star's temperature. So, in order to estimate the size of Betelgeuse, we would need both its luminosity (in which we can substitute its absolute magnitude) and its temperature (spectral class), which we have been provided. The absolute magnitude refers to the brightness of a star

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    The Glass ( Container )

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    'oud, May Allah be pleased with him, alleged that the luminosity of God 's Face lights (gives luminosity to) the Throne everlastingly. As He lives higher than the Universe and their astrophysical systems, the incident of day or night does not live, and there is no requisite for any luminosity above and beyond His Luminosity, honor to Him in His Highness. The Luminosity is in a glass (container) (as the glass container brightens the luminosity, like the electric bulb in our time does). The glass (container)

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    Star Patterns

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    Stars come in a variety of sizes, luminosities, surface temperatures and masses. Through these different characteristics, it is found that there is a pattern (with some special cases). This pattern was first recognized by Danish astronomer Ejnar Hertzsprung and American astronomer Henry Norris Russel during the first decade of the 20th century. They plotted various stars' luminosities on one axis and spectral types on the other. This showed the pattern. These patterns are shown on graphs and are

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    6 months’ astronomers look at a star and record it they then measure the distance it moved to find the actual distance from the sun. Accurate for close stars/planets. Get inaccurate for stars over 200 light years. Luminosity (Absolute/Apparent magnitude) (Astronomy, 2017) Luminosity is the brightness of a star. It is used to measure the star’s distance from a planet the brighter the star the closer it is. Depending on wavelengths the star may seem brighter or dimmer Cepheid variable (Lco.global

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    exactly are H-R diagrams and the relationship between temperature of a celestial body and its radiation wavelength. Explain an H-R diagram in layman terms A Hertzsprung - Russell diagram is a graph of the luminosity of a star against its colour or surface temperature. With the luminosity being recorded on the vertical axis and the surface temperature on the horizontal axis. The stars are not randomly placed on the H-R graph but contained into specific

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    the diagram is known as a Hertzsprung-Russell diagram, or simply an H-R diagram. This diagram is very significant tool for studying the evolution of stars. A H-R diagram plots a star’s luminosity against its temperature or color. The vertical axis is the stars luminosity relative to the sun (1 L0 is the luminosity of our sun) and the horizontal axis plots the temperature or color of a star. The highest value of temperature is shown on the left while the lowest is on the right. Each star is plotted

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    One such LLGRB associated with a SN is GRB 060218 and SN 2006aj citep{campana2006association}. Many features make this an exceptionally unusual GRB, such as its long duration, low redshift, low luminosity, atypical soft and bright X-ray afterglow, and the detection of a substantial thermal X-ray and optical component during the first day of emission. The early observations in the optical-UV and X-ray can help facilitate an in-depth study of both

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    results that were found. The first experiment was the process of plotting the HR diagram for the Pleiades cluster. This was done by using V-B apparent magnitudes and the main sequence stars. In comparison they show a similar pattern, but with a high luminosity. Although, the stars are plotted in about the same distance the stars have variations

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    All you see at night is a yellow dot, but i can tell you and which star is hot and which star is not, the absolute, magnitude , color, temperature and luminosity, and location of stars on an H.R. diagram. An H.R. diagram is abbreviated for Hertzsprung-Russell diagram, one of the most useful and powerful plots in astrophysics, but is also very effective in stellar astronomy. It’s named after the Danish and American astronomers in the early Twentieth Century. The diagram presents and illustrates the

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