Friday, April 7, 2017

Star Birth

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKBOgY7gfpE

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  1. What causes a star to move on from the protostar stage? What is the next stage called?

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  2. What is the importance of a molecular cloud and what is it made of?

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    1. Molecular cloud, also called dark nebula, interstellar clump or cloud that is opaque because of its internal dust grains. The form of such dark clouds is very irregular, they have no clearly defined outer boundaries and sometimes take on convoluted serpentine shapes because of turbulence

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  3. What are some characteristics of the different types of nebulas you mentioned at the beginning of your presentation?

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  4. which type of nebula is most common?

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    1. That question makes no sense. It's like asking who is the most common person on Earth. There are billions of people on Earth, but each one is unique unto himself or herself. There are millions or billions of nebulae in the galaxy, and each one is unique unto itself.

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  7. How did Sir John Herschel discover NGC248 in 1834?

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  8. What is the difference between a T- Tauri Star and Main Sequence?

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  9. How hot does the core have to get before it becomes a star?

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