Spica, or Alpha Virginis, is the brightest star in the constellation Virgo It is 10 degrees South of the celestial equator. Spica, which is Latin, means.

Slides:

Advertisements

Similar presentations

Star Properties!!.

Advertisements

A Light Year is defined as.

STAR PROPERTIES. Contelations Ursa Minor (Little Dipper) Ursa Major (Big Dipper) Cassieopa Cepheus Draco Orion Bootes Capella Castor & Pollux (Gemini)

Prof. D.C. Richardson Sections

Space Quiz Review – Go to Tomorrow SC.8.E.5.1 SC.8.E.5.2 SC.8.E.5.3 SC.8.E.5.4 SC.8.E.5.5.

Touring the Night Sky. What is Astronomy? Astronomy is the branch of science that studies objects beyond Earth. These “objects” include the Sun, billions.

Stars By: Mrs. Crisp.

How & why things go round

 The brightest star in the constellation of Orion is Rigel which is 40,000 times brighter than the sun and 100 times the energy.

Constellations. The rotation of the earth causes the apparent daily motion of stars. The rotation of the earth causes the apparent daily motion of stars.

Exploring Space. Arrangement of Universe Earth o Our planet o Diameter = 13,000 km or 8,000 miles o Orbits the sun.

Solar System Sun, Planets, Minor Planets, Asteroids, Comets, Meteors and Lots of Space

José L. Godoy The solar system is the Sun and the celestial bodies that orbit around it.

Section #1: Properties of Stars.  Stars in the night sky display many characteristics and patterns.  Noticeable patterns seen among stars are called.

Red Stars, Blue Stars, Old Stars, New Stars Session 1 Julie Lutz University of Washington.

AST 112 Motion of Objects in the Sky. The Celestial Sphere Imagine you’re where Earth is, but there’s no Earth. What do you see? Keep in mind: – Nearest.

Bell Ringer 9/29 What are stars made of? Stars.

The sky Our place in space ConstellationsMeasurement Celestial Sphere Polaris and precession $ 200 $ 200$200 $ 200 $ 200 $400 $ 400$400 $ 400$400.

Venus By: Alex Jones. How Venus got it’s name The planet Venus was named after the Roman Goddess of Love, because it was considered the brightest star.

 It was discovered in 1915 by Robert Innes, who was director of Union Observatory in Johannesburg, South Africa.

What this Mini-Lesson Will Cover: 1. How do you interpret the HR Diagram? 2. Where does a star’s energy come from? 3. What are the physical properties.

Characteristics of Stars 4-2. Constellations Today we use constellations to find stars in the night sky.

The Sun and Comparison to Other Stars. Size The volume of the sun is 3.38 x cubic miles. This means it would be possible to fit 1,300,000 earths.

A scientific model.  Why do we use the model of the celestial sphere when studying the night sky, even though it does not accurately represent three-dimensional.

Astronomy Topic 3 Booster. Constellation – a part of the sky. There are 88 Asterism – a pattern of stars in the sky, e.g. the Plough Open cluster – a.

THE PLANETS OF OUR SOLAR SYSTEM

Spica Star By: Katie Weitzel.

By: Briyana Sonya Phillip Kashian. Second planet from the sun Fifth largest Venus surface temp. is about 900 degrees F.Venus’s air is mostly made up.

The Constellations of our Galaxy

By: Megan Devin Alpha centauri.

Goal: To understand how to find the brightness of stars and what they mean. Objectives: 1)To learn about Absolute brightness 2)To learn about the Magnitude.

MARY BETH AND KIANA Stars: Canopus and Deneb Constellation: Sagittarius.

Chapter 27 Stars and Galaxies Section Characteristics of Stars A star is a body of gases that gives off a tremendous amount of radiant energy.

 Stars can be classified in three ways:  Size – How massive the star is  Temperature – A stars color reveals its temperature. ▪ Red stars have a cooler.

Characteristics of Stars  Parallax is the method used by astronomers to study the distance to relatively nearby stars.  Parallax is the apparent.

Goal: To understand the very basics of Astronomy. Objectives: 1)To brainstorm what is in the night sky. 2)To be familiar with some useful Astronomy terms.

EARTH & SPACE SCIENCE Chapter 30 Stars, Galaxies, and the Universe

Characteristics of Stars. Distances and Size Magnitude Elements Mass and Temperature.

Castor One of the Brightest Stars in the Sky By John Kilmer.

By: Carli Cosenza 1 st Hour. -Regulus is also known as Alpha Leonis. -Not counting the Sun, it is the 21 st brightest star in the sky, as seen from it’s.

The sky Our place in space ConstellationsMeasurement Celestial Sphere Polaris and precession $ 200 $ 200$200 $ 200 $ 200 $400 $ 400$400 $ 400$400.

Mapping the Celestial sphere

By: Muhammad Ali Mojaradi

By: Cassidy Osborne. Proxima means closest because it is the star closest to the sun. Proxima is about 23 trillion miles away from Earth.

Characteristics of Stars

Deneb: the complete astronomers guide By: Maximilian Campbell.

STARS & GALAXIES Constellations, the Sun, Milky Way.

CHARACTERISTICS OF STARS. LEARNING GOALS  I will be able to explain the colour, mass, and temperature of a star.  I will be able to distinguish between.

By: Windell Barfield & Landris Baggs. Sirius Sirius is the brightest star in the night sky! Sirius is derived from the ancient Greek Seirios. Which means.

Characteristics of Stars. Distances and Size Magnitude Elements Mass and Temperature.

Mapping the Celestial sphere Locating stars and deep space objects.

Phases of the Moon Reasons for the Seasons Constell- ations Eclipses Celestial Sphere Using terms $ 200 $ 200$200 $ 200 $ 200 $400 $ 400$400 $ 400$400.

Capella By: Tanesha Clark. Latin for "little she-goat". Also called alpha Aurigae. The two stars we see as Capella mark the 6th brightest star in our.

Earth Revolves Around the Sun. Earth’s Revolution Earth revolves around the sun in an elliptical orbit or path once a year It takes Earth days.

Discovering the Universe Eighth Edition Discovering the Universe Eighth Edition Neil F. Comins William J. Kaufmann III CHAPTER 1 Discovering the Night.

The Constellations VideoVideo

Astronomy. Astronomy Vocabulary Big Bang Theory: the tremendously powerful explosion of an incredibly dense mass about billion years ago that produced.

Our Planets.  1 st Planet after the sun (36 MILLION miles!)  Size of the moon  Completes orbit around the sun in 88 days  Mostly iron.

7L The Solar System and beyond

Spica By: Emma Ellis.

Earths ONLY natural satellite

By: Carli Cosenza 1st Hour

Pluto & The Dwarf Planets And Cancer

STARS PowerPoint & Notes Set © Erin Kathryn 2016.

Betelgeuse By: Joey Labovitz good.

Magnitude of a Star How bright it is.

Star Classification.

What’s in Our Solar System?

7th Grade: Bellwork Week #1 You will copy down key constellation terms. 3/26 1. What is the difference between the geocentric and heliocentric models of.

Presentation transcript:

Spica, or Alpha Virginis, is the brightest star in the constellation Virgo It is 10 degrees South of the celestial equator. Spica, which is Latin, means “ear of wheat” Spica is the 16 th brightest star in the night sky.

Virgo is a constellation portraying the fertility goddess Spica got it’s name, “ear of wheat”, because Virgo is holding a shear of wheat Spica is the brightest star of Virgo

Spica’s temperature is 22,400 Kelvin, or 41,743.4 Fahrenheit Spica has an apparent magnitude of 0.98, more than the Sun. However, it has an absolute magnitude of -3.55, which is 8.38 less than the Sun. Spica

The orbit of Spica and it’s companion are traveling about 56 miles per second It takes about 4 days to travel around it’s barycenter, or the center of mass in which two or more bodies travel around Spica’s companion star appears about half the size of Spica, and is roughly 11 million miles away from it.

Spica is considered a dwarf star, although it is still 10 times more massive than the sun. It is classified as a B1 Blue Dwarf The optimum visibility period is April

Spica is about 262 light years away It’s scientific position is: -RA: 13h 25m 12s, dec: -11° 09’ 41’ It is also one of several stars that the moon can eclipse.

ghts/spicahighlights.html