MC SCIENCE 5: ASTRONOMY
Activity 6: Star Hunt
Name _______________________________
Sheena Mae B. Arciga
Search the internet and look for pictures of at least ten (10) stars in the universe. Label each star
and provide a brief description of each by identifying its properties (brightness, color, surface
temperature, size, and mass)
SUN
Brightness: The luminosity of the Sun is
3.846 × 1026 watts (or 3.846 × 1033 ergs per
second)
Color: Yellowish White
Surface Temperature: 5,778 K
Size: 864,000 miles (1,392,000 km) in
diameter
Mass: 1.989 × 10^30 kg
RIGEL
Brightness: apparent magnitude of 0.13, it is
the brightest star in Orion and the seventh
brightest star in the sky
Color: Blue-white
Surface Temperature: 11,000 K
Size: 78 solar radii
Mass: 24 ± 8 solar masses
Yr, Course, and Block _____________________
BSED Science 3A
BETELGEUSE
Brightness: It is a variable star and usually
has an apparent magnitude that varies
between 0.0 and 1.3
Color: Reddish Color
Surface Temperature: 3,500 K
Size: 887 solar radii
Mass: range from 9.5 to 21 solar masses
BELLATRIX
Brightness: has an apparent magnitude that
varies from 1.59 to 1.64, it has an absolute
magnitude of -3.3.
Color: Bluish-white
Surface Temperature: 21,500 K
Size: 5.75 solar radii
Mass: 8.6 solar masses
 SIRIUS ANTARES
Brightness: brightest star in the night sky, Brightness: an average apparent magnitude
with apparent visual magnitude −1.46 of 0.6 – 1.6
Color: Bluish-white Color: Red Color
Surface Temperature: 9,940 K Surface Temperature: 3,500 K
Size: 0.0084 solar radii Size: estimated radius is between 680 and
Mass: 1.018 solar masses 800 solar radii
Mass: 7.2 solar masses

VEGA POLARIS
Brightness: apparent magnitude of 0.026, it Brightness: an apparent magnitude that
is the brightest star in the constellation Lyra varies between 1.86 and 2.13
and the fifth brightest star in the sky Color: Yellow
Color: White Surface Temperature: 6,000 K
Surface Temperature: 9,600 K Size: 37.5 solar radii
Size: 2.362 × 2.818 solar radii Mass: 5.4 solar masses
Mass: 2.135 ± 0.074 solar masses
 ALPHA CENTAURI
Brightness: an apparent magnitude of -0.27
Color: Yellowish White
Surface Temperature: 5,790 K
Size: 1.2234 ± 0.0053 solar radii
Mass: 1.100 solar masses
PROCYON
Brightness: an apparent magnitude of 0.34,
Procyon is the brightest star in Canis Minor
and the 8th brightest star in the sky
Color: White
Surface Temperature: 6,530 K- 7,740 K
Size: 2.048 ± 0.025 solar radii
Mass: 1.499 ± 0.031 solar masses