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Understanding Our Universe
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Author: PALEN, Stacy, Kay, Laura, Blumenthal, George (george Ray)
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Whether the spectrum shows light source or not; whether the spectrum shows cool cloud of gas or not; the difference in spectrum when cool cloud of gas was located behind the white light source.

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Tutorial Star A has a temperature of 5,000 K and Star B has a temperature of 6,000 K. At what wavelengths (in nm) will each of these star's intensity be at its maximum? If the temperatures of the stars increase, the wavelength of maximum intensity. What is the temperature (in K) of a star that appears most intense at a wavelength of 829 nm? Part 1 of 4 Wien's Law tells us how the temperature of a star determines the wavelength of maximum intensity or at what wavelength the star appears brightest. 2.90 x 106 TK If the temperature is in kelvin (K) then A is in nanometers (nm). Anm ^A = AB = = Part 2 of 4 To determine the wavelengths of maximum intensity for the two stars: 2.90 x 106 2.90 x 106 K nm nm
Imagine that you are observing a star and you find the wavelength of peak emission for the star to be 400 nm. What would the wavelength of peak emission be for a new star that has a surface temperature that is a quarter of the original star?  Using the same pair of stars from the first question, how does the luminosity (the energy output) of each star compare if we assume that both stars are the same size? (Please provide a specific factor or proportion) What type of radiation/light (from the electromagnetic spectrum) is each star emitting?  Now imagine that we determine that the wavelength of peak emission of the original star was determined to be bluer than it should be based on other observations. Would this indicate that the star is moving towards us or away from us relatively speaking through space? (Hint: think of the Doppler effect)
As a star runs out of hydrogen to fuel nuclear fusion in its core, changes within the star usually cause it to leave the main sequence, expanding and cooling as it does so. Would a star with a radius 6 times that of the Sun, but a surface temperature 0.4 times that of the Sun, be more, or less luminous than the Sun? Show and explain your reasoning. You may assume the surface area of a sphere is A = 4πr2.
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