Chapter 19 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 19 found here.  Instructions for completing Discussion 19 found here. Download here.

3. Complete Chapter 19 Quiz found here.

4. Additional information found here Links to an external site.

Sections

19-1.  Fundamental Units of Distance - (Understanding Astronomical Unit and Light Year here), Links to an external site.(Parsecs, astronomical units and light years, distance units explained: fizzics.org found here), and Links to an external site. (Distances: Crash Course Astronomy #25 found here Links to an external site.)

19-2.  Surveying the Stars* - (Stars: Crash Course Astronomy with Phil Plait here Links to an external site.), (Surveying the Stars here Links to an external site.), and  (Unit 7 Video 05 Surveying the Stars Part1 here Links to an external site.)

19-3.   Variable Stars: One Key to Cosmic Distances - (Cepheid variables 1: Stars, black holes and galaxies: Cosmology & Astronomy : Khan Academy here Links to an external site.),  (Cepheid Variable Stars and Distance Measurements in Space - Space Engine here Links to an external site.), and (Cosmic Distance Ladder:Cepheid Variables here Links to an external site.)

19-4.  The H-R Diagram and Cosmic Distances - (Crash Course Astronomy #26 here Links to an external site.) and (Astronomy : Measuring Distance, Size, and Luminosity;  The H-R Diagram (OBAFGKM) found here Links to an external site.)