Last update: 26 April 1999
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Electromagnetism, Light, and Atoms: | |
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Intensity, Flux & Radiative Transfer: | |
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Stellar Distances, Magnitudes, and Properties: | |
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Note: you will need to know what an ellipse is, and what its semi-major axis and eccentricity are, and where its foci are.
Stellar Structure: | |
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Atmospheres, Photospheres, & Thermodynamics: | |
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Dust, Interstellar Medium & Star Formation: | |
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Sound Waves and Pulsating Stars: | |
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Relativity & Quantum Mechanics: | |
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Galaxies, Quasars, and Clusters of Galaxies: | |
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Cosmology: | |
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Important Energy Thresholds: | |
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| Ionized Hydrogen | 13.6 eV |
| mass of electron | 511 KeV/c2 |
| mass of proton | 938 MeV/c2 |
| mass of W,Z | 90 GeV/c2 |
Solar Magnitudes: | ||||
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| Mbol | MV | U - B | B - V | |
| Sun | +4.76 | +4.83 | +0.16 | +0.64 |
Characteristic Absolute Visual Magnitudes: | ||||
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| O and B stars | +0 | - | -6 | |
| Classical Cepheid | -0.5 | - | -6 | |
| Type II Cepheid | +0 | - | -3 | |
| RR Lyrae Variable | +0.5 | - | +1 | |
| Globular Cluster | -5 | - | -9 | |
| Spiral Galaxy | -15 | - | -21 | |
| Elliptical Galaxy | -9 | - | -23 | |
| Irregular Galaxy | -13 | - | -18 | |
| Type Ia Supernova | ~ | -20 | ||
| Type II Supernova | ~ | -18 | ||
Common Elements and Isotopes: | ||||
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| (Key: massnumX) | 11H | 42He | 126C | 147N |
| 168O | 2010Ne | 3216S | 5626Fe | |
Solar Composition: | ||
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X =
 H /
 0.75
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Y =
He /
0.23
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Z =
met /
0.02
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