3. It is a period of wonderment
It is a period of wonderment. Earth spaceships wander the solar system in an attempt to gather information to serve all Humankind.
Episode V:
Stars and Galaxies
SOLAR
SYSTEM

4. Northern Lights Aurora Borealis
Caused by????
Solar Wind!!!!

5. A Star is Born

6. Planet in different solar system

7. Dual Star Solar System

8. Aldebaran -Brightest Star in Tauras -Historically been called
the “Bull’s Eye”
-38 Times the Diameter
of the Sun

9. Deneb -Brightest Star in Constellation Cygnus Deneb -19th Brightest
Star in the Sky
Deneb
Sun

10. Betelgeuse -2nd Brightest Star in Orion -Red Super Giant
-One of the largest
stars we know of
-9th Brightest Star

11. Betelgeuse

13. Proxima Centauri: Sol’s closest neighbor
-Red Dwarf Star
-Small and Cool
-Nearest Star to
the Sun (4.22
Light Years)
-Discovered in
1915 by Robert
Innes in S. Africa

14. Blue Giants 400 Million Light Years Away from Sol
-Look blue due to
high luminosity
-Life Expectancy
is short due to
heat and density
-Most end their
lives as a
Supernova

15. White Dwarf in center of Ring Nebula
“Eye of God”
White Dwarf in center of Ring Nebula
White Dwarf Contains:
Mass of the Sun
Size of the Earth

16. Black Hole?
Gravity is so strong that no matter that enters can ever escape.

17. Our Galaxy…The Milky Way
Named for the “milky” band of hazy white light appearing across the sphere
that is visible from Earth

19. Andromeda -Nearest galaxy to the Milky Way
-2.5 million light years away
-Contains 1 Trillion Stars