ASTR 100 January 30, 2023 Assignment 4 1. The visible surface of the sun is called what? 2. Granulation is caused by what type of currents in the outer part of the sun? 3. What is the outermost part of the sun’s atmosphere called? 4. How did Galileo conclude that the […]
Estimate your travel costs and to calculate your average speed and the speed of last year’s winner The map In Part V, you’re going to use your knowledge of parallax to find the distance of the race course. Below is a grid to draw your Master map on. Use this to draw your parallax triangles […]
Part 1 Study Questions What is the measured parallax of stars used for? Which is brighter, magnitude 5 or magnitude 0? What two things does a star’s apparent magnitude depend on? What one thing does a star’s absolute magnitude depend on? What is a star’s luminosity?
