Study Questions Week 4  Astronomy 104: Stellar Astronomy Fall 2002

1. What are apparent magnitude and absolute magnitude? What is the value of the standard distance?
2. What range of stellar magnitudes can be seen by the naked eye? (Excluding the Sun!) What is the dimmest magnitude observed by the Hubble Space Telescope?
3. Know how to solve problems involving absolute magnitude, apparent magnitude, and distance. 
4. Describe the stellar magnitude scale. 
5. Be able to do problems involving stellar luminosities and magnitudes compared to the Sun.
6. Be able to find the radius of a star given its temperature and luminosity.

From the textbook:

Review and Discussion Chapter 17: 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10

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