1) Download stellarium (stellarium.org)
2) Look for bright stars that are visible to us at 9 at night, and list their names.
3) Last, looking at Johns post from last week, write down what type of atoms they are fusing/creating.
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Last blog John Hirsch listed a number of atoms that are created in various mass stars. Using stellarium, which can be downloaded from my "online tools (boxcars)" page. Find out which bright stars will be visible this week at 9pm (21:00 hours) and then tell us it's spectral class/type and what oms it is producing.
1) Download stellarium (stellarium.org) 2) Look for bright stars that are visible to us at 9 at night, and list their names. 3) Last, looking at Johns post from last week, write down what type of atoms they are fusing/creating.
Russell sandoval
1/9/2012 07:56:26 am
They are Sirius, Rigal, and Canopus
Mr.Casey
1/9/2012 09:15:56 pm
Nice start Russell, but can you tell us what kind of atoms are fusing in these stars?
Oksana Yani Wren
1/10/2012 09:04:19 am
Hydrogen atoms fuse together in the core to form helium atoms and release energy. With time the star will use it's hydrogen and begin fusing helium into heavier elements.
Mr. Casey
1/10/2012 09:34:30 pm
Good job, now find a specific type of star and tell what is happening inside it.
Jessica Russell
1/10/2012 12:50:49 pm
The stars that I see are, Capella, Proccyon, Acrturus and Vega.
Mr.Casey
1/10/2012 09:33:41 pm
Good spotting, but when you say small magnitude (small number) you are saying that they are very bright stars. What is their spectral/type class? This will tell us more.
jacob bellaire
1/11/2012 08:39:22 am
vega spectral is A0Vvar, arcturus spectral is K2lllp, procyon spectral is F5lV-V,capella spectral is M1:_comp
Mr. Casey
1/11/2012 08:44:00 am
Great research Jacob! Now looking at your H-R diagram what is the peak wavelengths of these stars? In other words what color are these stars?
Jacob Bellaire
1/11/2012 09:18:50 am
The vega is light blue. The arcturus is orange. The procyon is white, and the capella is red.
Annika Wright
1/11/2012 10:29:48 am
The only star you will be able to see at 9 when look at the east is the star Vega, its spectral type is A0 which means it is small but hot.
Haley James
1/12/2012 02:45:43 am
If you want to have a language, you will need an alphabet. If you want to build proteins, you will need amino acids. Other examples in chemistry are not any different. If you want to build molecules, you will need elements. Each element is a little bit different from the rest. Those elements are the alphabet to the language of molecules.
Cameron Cody
1/15/2012 03:38:56 am
All this week we have been able to see different stars, but have we been able to see anything else? Planets perhaps? When i was walking the trash out the other day i thought i caught sight of another planet, for it was far to big to be a star. What else could it have been?!!!
Cameron Cody
1/15/2012 03:38:56 am
All this week we have been able to see different stars, but have we been able to see anything else? Planets perhaps? When i was walking the trash out the other day i thought i caught sight of another planet, for it was far to big to be a star. What else could it have been?!!!
Garrett Hartsuyker
1/16/2012 03:52:40 am
I see Betelgeuse,Capella,Rigel,and Canopus are bright stars. Betelgeuse is red,Capella is red, Rigel is dark blue,and Canopus is white.In other words, Betelgeusel is cool,Rigel is hot,and Canopus is warm. The atoms that are forming in these stars are hydrogen and over time the atoms will fuse inside the stars and creates helium.
Giovanni Guerrero
1/18/2012 10:57:29 am
Sirius is 8.60 light years , Rigal, and Canopus is 312.71 light years way are the brightis star i could find at 9:00 pm at night. Comments are closed.
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