WHAT IS A STAR

WHAT IS A STAR
A STAR IS AN ENORMOUS
GLOWING BALL OF HOT GAS.
THERE ARE BILLIONS OF
STARS
CONTAINED IN THE GALAXIES
OF THE UNIVERSE
 WHAT IS A STAR
THE MILKY WAY IS THE
GALAXY WHERE OUR
SOLAR SYSTEM BELONGS. ALL
THE INDIVIDUAL STARS YOU
SEE IN THE NIGHT SKY ARE
MEMBERS OF OUR GALAXY.
A STAR IS BORN
 A STAR IS BORN
NEBULAE- HUGE CLOUDS OF
GAS AND DUST
PROTOSTAR- HEATS OTHER
GASES IN THE CLOUD AND THE
TEMPERATURE IN
THE CENTER OF THE CLOUD
RISES
 A STAR IS BORN
NUCLEAR FUSION- THE
REACTION THAT CONVERTS
HYDROGEN ATOMS INTO HELIUM
ATOMS RELEASING A
TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF
HEAT, CAUSING THE GAS TO
GLOW.
 A STAR IS BORN
MAIN SEQUENCE STAR- WHEN
THE MASS AT THE CENTER
BECOMES STABLE, THIS WILL
CONTINUE TO GLOW FOR
MILLIONS OR BILLIONS OF
YEARS
WHY DO
STARS
TWINKLE?
 WHY DO YOU
NOT SEE STARS
IN THE DAYTIME?
CHARACTERISTICS OF
STARS
WHAT ARE YOU CURIOUS ABOUT
THE STARS ?
WHAT ARE THE CHARACTERISTICS
1 OF STARS BASED ON THE
CHARACTERISTICS OF SUN?

WHAT ARE THE

2 CHARACTERISTICS OF STARS LET’S FIND
BASED ON SIZE, COLOR, OUT!
BRIGHTNESS AND TEMPERATURE
 CAN YOU REALLY
TELL THE SIZE OF
THE STAR BY JUST
LOOKING AT IT?
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CHARACTERISTICS OF
STARS
COLOR OF THE STAR
RANGES FROM RED TO
BLUE
INDICATES SURFACE
TEMPERATURE
 STAR COLOR SURFACE
TEMPERATURE
SUN YELLOW 5, 700 K

PROXIMA CENTAURI RED 2, 300 K

EPSILON IRIDANI ORANGE 4, 600 K

VEGA WHITE 9, 900 K

SIRIUS WHITE 10, 000 K

ALNILAM BLUE 27,000 K

BRIGHTNESS OF THE STAR
TWO FACTORS
DISTANCE
ACTUAL BRIGHTNESS
(ABSOLUTE BRIGHTNESS)
BRIGHTNESS OF THE STAR

APPARENT BRIGHTNESS
THE STAR'S
BRIGHTNESS AS
SEEN FROM THE
EARTH
BRIGHTNESS OF THE STAR
ABSOLUTE BRIGHTNESS
THE BRIGHTNESS THE
STAR WOULD HAVE IF
ALL STARS WERE THE
SAME STANDARD
DISTANCE FROM EARTH
TRUE BRIGHTNESS
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 MAGNITUDE SEQUENCE
...-4, -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4...
STAR NAME MAGNITUDE

SIRIUS -1.47

VEGA -0.00

RIGEL 0.15

BETELGUESE 0.43

DANEB 1.25
 OTHER THAN THE
SUN, WHAT STAR IS
THE NEAREST TO
EARTH?
PROXIMA CENTAURI
4.3 LIGHT YEARS
AWAY FROM EARTH
SOURCE:HTTPS://EARTHSKY.ORG/ASTRONOMY-ESSENTIALS/PROXIMA-CENTAURI-OUR-SUNS-
NEAREST-NEIGHBOR/
 DISTANCE OF THE STAR
LIGHT YEAR
STANDARD UNIT OF
DISTANCE FOR DEEP
SKY OBJECTS
THE DISTANCE LIGHT
TRAVELS IN A YEAR
1 YEAR = 10
TRILLION
KILOMETERS
 DISTANCE OF THE STAR
LIGHT YEAR
STANDARD UNIT OF
DISTANCE FOR DEEP
SKY OBJECTS
THE DISTANCE LIGHT
TRAVELS IN A YEAR
STAR NAME DISTANCE FROM
EARTH
SIRIUS 8.6 LIGHT YEARS

VEGA 26 LIGHT YEARS

BETELGUESE 300 LIGHT YEARS

DANEB 400 LIGHT YEARS

RIGEL 540 LIGHT YEARS

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