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[http://zoo1.galaxyzoo.org The Original GalaxyZoo]
[http://astro.unl.edu/naap/blackbody/animations/blackbody.html Black Bodies and Filters]
 
In PHYS 107 you'll learn that stars glow thermally i.e. across all wavelengths but with different colors depending on their temperature.
Astronomy uses filters to measure the colors of stars, essentially colored glass that only lets through a select part of the electromagnetic spectrum.




== Getting Started ==
== Getting Started ==


Open the black body online tool: [https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/zooniverse/galaxy-zoo-in-astronomy-101/classify?_ga=2.138812403.1378725426.1566591076-130134216.1538484933 Galaxy Zoo 101 PHYS 108 2019F Home Page]
Open the black body online tool: [http://astro.unl.edu/naap/blackbody/animations/blackbody.html Black Bodies and Filters]
 
Make sure that Flash runs ok with the current browser etc.  
Make sure that Flash runs ok with the current browser etc.  




== Questions ==
== Questions ==


''1. How many galaxies did you classify''
''1. What temperature is the star?''
 
''2. What happens if you increase the temperature of this star?''
 
''3. The visible spectrum is from 400nm to 700nm. How hot does a star need to be to have it's peak at the blue end?''
 
''4. How hot is a star that peaks at the red end of the visible?''
 
''5. Can a star peak outside the visible spectrum?''
 
''6. Our Sun is yellow. What does that imply for its temperature?''
 
''7. Add a curve. What happens when you make that second star hotter than the first?''
 
''8. A star that peaks in the blue, does it give off more or less red light than a star that peaks in the red?''
 
''9. Select 'filters'. How many filters are shown? Which are they? List them from blue to red.''
 
''10. Slide the temperature until the magnitude in each filter is the same. What temperature is this?''
 
''11. The color is a proxy for the temperature of a star. Select the U-R color. What is the U-R color for a 5500K star?''
 
''12. change the horizontal scale to include up to 5 micron in wavelength. Is there are temperature for a star where it does *not* emit any light at 1-5 micron?''
 
''13. Do you think there are stars cooler than the lowest temperature allowed in the slider in this app? Motivate why or why not.''
 
''14. Slide one curve to the maximum temperature allowed and one to the lowers temperature allowed. Is there a point in the spectrum that the coolest star shines brighter than the hottest star?''


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''15. Plot peak wavelength vs temperature on a graph. What kind or relation is there between these two values?''

Revision as of 14:30, 28 August 2019

This is the stub for a lab using the online black body tool and astronomical filters


Black Bodies and Filters

In PHYS 107 you'll learn that stars glow thermally i.e. across all wavelengths but with different colors depending on their temperature. Astronomy uses filters to measure the colors of stars, essentially colored glass that only lets through a select part of the electromagnetic spectrum.


Getting Started

Open the black body online tool: Black Bodies and Filters

Make sure that Flash runs ok with the current browser etc.



Questions

1. What temperature is the star?

2. What happens if you increase the temperature of this star?

3. The visible spectrum is from 400nm to 700nm. How hot does a star need to be to have it's peak at the blue end?

4. How hot is a star that peaks at the red end of the visible?

5. Can a star peak outside the visible spectrum?

6. Our Sun is yellow. What does that imply for its temperature?

7. Add a curve. What happens when you make that second star hotter than the first?

8. A star that peaks in the blue, does it give off more or less red light than a star that peaks in the red?

9. Select 'filters'. How many filters are shown? Which are they? List them from blue to red.

10. Slide the temperature until the magnitude in each filter is the same. What temperature is this?

11. The color is a proxy for the temperature of a star. Select the U-R color. What is the U-R color for a 5500K star?

12. change the horizontal scale to include up to 5 micron in wavelength. Is there are temperature for a star where it does *not* emit any light at 1-5 micron?

13. Do you think there are stars cooler than the lowest temperature allowed in the slider in this app? Motivate why or why not.

14. Slide one curve to the maximum temperature allowed and one to the lowers temperature allowed. Is there a point in the spectrum that the coolest star shines brighter than the hottest star?

15. Plot peak wavelength vs temperature on a graph. What kind or relation is there between these two values?