7.1 Flashcards
(30 cards)
absolute magitude
measure of how bright a star actually is
apparent magnitude
measure of how bright star appears to be
blue super giants
stars that are 10 or times bigger than the sun
binary star system
two stars orbiting a centre of mass
black hole
singularity. collapsed star so massive there’s no light
density
mass per unit volume of material
electromagnetic spectrum
different types of electromagnetic radiation ranging from radio waves to gamma rays
gamma rays
high energy electro mag waves
gavitational lensing
bending of light rays due to distortion of space by a big item
gavity
force that causes matter to gather
isotope
atoms with the same number of protons` but different numbers of nutrons
light year
distance light travels in a year
magnitude
brightness of star
main sequence
group of stars lying on a line running from top left to bottom right of HR diagram
neutrino
almost mass less particle
neutron star
remnant of a supernova
nuclear fusion
hydrogen is converted to helium to produce light and heat
parallax
technique used to measure distance to other stars
prasec
equal to 3.26 light years
plasma
positively charged ions and free electrons
positron
positive electron
planetary nebula
gas cloud produced when a red giant runs of of fuel
radiation pressure
force produced by radiation from hot object
red giant
star produced when core of a sun size star runs our of hydrogen