Friday, May 18, 2012

Module 9

4 comments:

  1. M34
    Distance = 309.0295433 pc.
    Official distance = 470 pc.
    (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_34)

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  2. 2194pc is what I got from simbad and I deserve an A
    D=10^.2(m-M+5)
    D=10^.2(13-4+5)
    D=10^.2(14)
    D=10^2.8
    D=631 parscc
    D=631*3.26
    D=2057.06 light yrs
    reference- Astron. Astrophys., 438, 1163-1173 (2005)

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  4. My star, IC5146, is 1980 par and 6412.3558 lightyears away.
    the simbad website said that the star is 1986.095pc. So it isn't exact but it is close. This is how i worked it out:
    d=10^0.2(v-M+5)
    0.2(15.469-4+5)
    0.2(16.469)
    10^3.2938
    1966.9803 par
    (1966.9803)(3.26)=
    6412.3558 lightyears

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