Astro 1050     Fri. Sep. 30, 2005

Chandra X-ray Observatory

The Highest Tech Mirrors Ever!

The Power of the Infrared

Infrared Telescopes

Spitzer Space Telescope

Spitzer Space Telescope

Kepler’s Supernova with all three of NASA’s Great Observatories

A Multiwavelength Look at Cygnus A

Radio Telescopes

Chapter 6: Starlight and Atoms
Some Good Star Quotes

Atoms – Historical Development

Atoms – Basic Characteristics

Atoms – Constituent Parts I

Atoms – Constituent Parts II

Atoms – Constituent Parts III

Atoms – Electron Configuration

Temperature and Heat

Temperature Scales

Planck “Black Body Radiation”

Planck “Black Body Radiation”

Planck and other Formulae

Example of Wien’s law

Example of the Stefan-Boltzmann law

Kirchoff’s laws

Hydrogen Lines

Which levels will be occupied?

Sense larger T range using many atoms

Classification of stars

Composition of Stars

Doppler effect

Doppler effect examples