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Pre-Lab Quiz: Photometry Frustrations
Discuss each question with your team. Be prepared to explain the reasoning behind your team's answers after the quiz.
- Which star is hottest?
- An F8 horizontal branch giant
- An F3 main sequence star
- A K2 supergiant
- A G5 main sequence star
- There are two G2 V stars. One is 9 times as bright as the other. What’s the distance to the dimmer star with respect to the brighter star?
- 3 times closer
- 9 times closer
- 3 times further away
- 9 times further away
- What does a color index of B-V = -0.11 mean for a star?
- The star is more blue than red, so it is a hot star
- The star is more blue than red, so it is a cool star
- The star is more red than blue, so it is a hot star
- The star is more red than blue, so it is a cool star
- When a main sequence star becomes a red giant, it _________
- increases in temperature and luminosity.
- decreases in temperature and luminosity.
- increases in temperature and decreases in luminosity.
- decreases in temperature and increases in luminosity.
