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Astro 10-Lecture 6: Properties of Stars

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Views of the Galaxy Radio

Dark Nebulae

Interstellar Medium - Gas

Emission Nebulae

Reflection Nebulae

Collapse of a Protostar

Collapsing Interstellar Cloud

From Protostar to Star

Births of Stars

Formation Timescales

Evidence of Star Formation Theory

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Stellar Evolution

Use theory to model the evolution

Rules of Stellar Evolution

Modelling Stellar Evolution

Main Sequence Lifetimes

ConcepTest discussion

Post-Main-Sequence Stars

“Post-MS” – He fusion

Red Giants

Red Giants – Now What?

Fate of “Low-Mass” Stars

“Low-Mass” Star: Evolutionary Track

Planetary Nebulae: Testing Theory

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White Dwarves

Degeneracy Pressure

White Dwarves (2)

Fate of “High-Mass” Stars

High-Mass vs Low-Mass

Fate of “High-Mass” Stars (2)

High-Mass fates (3)

Death of a High-Mass star

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Life-Cycle of “High-Mass” Star

Comparison of Life Cycles: Low-Mass vs High-Mass

Star Stuff!

Evidence on Origin of Elements

“Gas to Gas – Dust to Dust”

Massive-Star Supernovae: Theory

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Why and How Bang?

SN: Predictions of Theory

SN: Observational Support

Supernova Remnants

Crab Supernova – 1054 AD

Crab Supernova Remnant

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SN 1987A – In a nearby galaxy

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SN 1987A – Expanding material AND neutrino detection!

SN 1987A – Light curve

SN 1987A More support for theory

TESTING Stellar Evolution Models

Star Clusters – Testing our Model

Star Clusters – Predictions (OH 85)

Estimating Ages

Star Clusters - Observations

Open Clusters

Globular Clusters

Author: Eric Korpela

E-mail: korpela at ssl.berkeley.edu

Homepage: http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/~korpela/

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For the educational use of the Vista Astro 10 class only