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Galaxies
Multiple Star Systems
Constellations
Spectroscope Lab
Toilet Paper Solar System Lab
Characteristics of Stars
H-R Diagram
Measuring Star distances (parallax)
The Sun: Our special Star
Activities of the Sun
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You are stranded on the Moon and you have 15 items to choose from. You must decided which ones are most important to take with you. Rank these items in order from 1-15, 1 being most important and 15 being the least important.
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Box of Matches
Food Concentrate
50 feet nylon rope
Parachute silk
Solar Powered Heating Unit
Two .45 Caliber Pistols & Ammunition
One case- Evaporated Milk
Solar Powered FM receiver-transmitter
Two 100-lb. tanks of oxygen
Stellar Map (constellations as they appear from the moon)
Self-Inflatable Life Raft
Magnetic Compass
5 gallons of water
Signal Flares
First Aid Kit- Containing Injection Needles
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Mini-lesson
Introducing the H-R Diagram
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What is the H-R Diagram?
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This chart uses surface temperature of the star and the absolute magnitude (brightness) of the star to help astronomers decide which phase of the star’s life cycle the star is in and other important information about the star.
Most stars are what we consider main sequence (including our sun). They make up 90% of the stars in our sky. These stars are the diagonal strip running through the middle of the chart.
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This diagram is the single most important that astronomers use today.
In the early 1900’s Ejnar Hertzsprung (Danish) and Henry Norris Russell (American) found a relationship between the absolute magnitude and the surface temperature. The men were working independently.
Hertzsprung presented his information in 1905 in the form of tables, while Russell presented his observations in table form in 1913.
Today the diagram is named for both men’s work in correlating a star’s brightness and surface temperature.
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