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Astro 10-Lecture 6: Properties of Stars

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Observation + geometry or physics

Chemical Composition

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Temperature

Distance (1)

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Distance (3)

Space Velocity (1)

Space Velocity (2)

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Space Velocity (3)

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Apparent Brightness vs. Luminosity

The inverse square law

Inverse Square Law

Hertzprung-Russell (H-R) Diagram

HR Diagram

MASS! (1)

MASS – Binary Stars (2)

Visual Binaries

Spectroscopic Binaries

Spectroscopic Binaries (2)

Eclipsing Binaries

MASS RECAP

Mass-Luminosity Relation

Radius (size) from Binaries (1)

Radius from Blackbody Radiation (2)

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Now What?

Spectroscopic Parallax (1)

Spectroscopic Parallax (2)

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Spectroscopic Parallax (3)

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Author: Eric Korpela

E-mail: korpela at ssl.berkeley.edu

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

Further information:
For the educational use of the Vista Astro 10 class only