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Transcript: The sequence of stellar spectral classes is another example of the historical baggage that astronomers carry around. It’s hard to remember, so generations of students have dreamt up mnemonics to help them remember the unusual sequence of letters. For example: Old Boring Astronomers Find Great Kicks Mustily Regaling Napping Students. Or try this one: Overseas Broadcast, A Flash Godzilla Kills Mothra, Rodan Named Successor. Or perhaps this one, oven Baked Ants, Fried Gently, Kept Moist Retain Natural Substance.
Transcript: Since light has a finite speed, three hundred thousand kilometers per second, there’s an inevitable consequence called light travel time. In terrestrial environments light essentially travels instantly or appears to travel fast. The finite speed of light, three hundred thousand...
Published 07/24/11
Transcript: Some stars in the sky, somewhat hotter than the Sun with temperatures of 5 thousand to 10 thousand Kelvin, have very low luminosities in the range of one-hundredth to one-thousandth the Sun’s luminosity. Application of the Stephan-Boltzmann Law shows that they must be physically...
Published 07/24/11
Transcript: Certain rare stars in the sky with either red or blue colors are extremely luminous, up to a million times the luminosity of the Sun. Application of the Stephan-Boltzmann Law shows that their sizes must be in the range of ten to a thousand times the size of the Sun. These...
Published 07/24/11