Chapter 18 Assignment

Announcements

We will have an online final that will open on July 22 12AM (midnight) and close on July 24 11PM.  It will be timed and there will be two attempts available.  There will be more information as we draw closer to the end of the course.

Instructions

1. Take a look at videos linked below that

2. Complete Discussion 18 found here.  Instructions for completing Discussion 18 found here. Download here.

3. Complete Chapter 18 Quiz found here.

Sections

18-1. A Stellar Census - (Lecture 18.1 here Links to an external site.), (A Stellar Census of the Sword of Orion: Hidden Universe found here Links to an external site.), and (Live from NOIRLab @ Gemini: Stellar Census with Dr. Trent Dupuy found here Links to an external site. - quite long)

18-2. Measuring Stellar Masses - (Lecture 18.2 here Links to an external site.), (Astronomers measure the mass of a star—thanks to an old tip from Einstein found here) Links to an external site., and (How do we “weigh” stars found here Links to an external site..)       

18-3.  Diameters of Stars - (Measuring Stellar size with Jason Kendall found here Links to an external site.)

18-4.  The H-R Diagram - (Lecture 18.4 here), Links to an external site.(Introduction to H-R Diagram here Links to an external site.),  (Drawing a Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram here Links to an external site.), and (H-R Diagram and Stellar Evolution here Links to an external site.)