Thursday, January 5, 2012

Module 2, Assigment 4

At what temperature is the light in the B filter equal to the light in the R filter (i.e. the peak of the curves are the same height)? What is the lowest temperature at which U>B>V>R?Which star is brighter in the B image? Which is brighter in the R image?Send a screen shot of the 4 profiles to Chris Martin and post your analysis of which star is the hotter, A or B, on the blog.

5 comments:

  1. Red Blue
    A 153779 111927


    B 394085 110863


    Star B is the coolest star because its low in temperature and brighter in red

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  2. Red Blue
    A 153776 111916
    B 153776 -107801

    Star A is brighter in both the red and blue image. Star A is therefore the hottest star.

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    1. >At what temperature is the light in the B filter equal to the light in the R filter (i.e. the peak of the curves are the same height)?

      5720 K

      >What is the lowest temperature at which U>B>V>R?

      9520 K

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    2. red blue
      a-153775 112715

      b-153770 393814
      the higher in means its hotter

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  3. The light in the B filter equal to the light in the R filter at 5700k.
    The lowest temperature where U>B>V>R is 8060k.
    In both images star B looks the brightest.

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