Study Questions Week 6  Astronomy 104: Stellar Astronomy Fall 2002

This week is entirely review and pulling together many of the concepts from previous weeks. The "stellar properties case study" assignment is very important. Be sure you have a thorough understanding of it. 

Here is a list of various handouts from class for the first part of the semester. You should look over these and be sure you understand them:

• Celestial Coordinates
• Energy Levels in the Hydrogen Atom (also, Test Your Understanding of the Energy Level Diagram and Spectral Lines)
• Luminosity Exercise
• Flux and Luminosity
• Practice Problems 1: Ratios
• Practice Problems 2
• Magnitudes: Practice Problems
• HR Diagram
• Luminosity Classification and Spectroscopic Parallax
• Stellar Masses in Binary Systems
• Main Sequence Stars
• Stellar Properties: Case Studies

The exam is very heavy on the properties of stars and the HR diagram, since most of what we did in the early part of the semester was background for understanding these topics.

Probable format of the exam

• 8 - 10 definitions
• 8 - 10 short answer (answer using one or two sentences)
• 5 - 10 very short answer (answer using one or two words)
• 15 - 20 questions about stars on an HR diagram 
• 2 - 5 short essay (one half page answer)
• 0 - 1 long essay ( one page answer)
• 4 - 5 problems or 1 "case study" type problem and a couple shorter problems

What is NOT on the exam:

Material from lab is not on this exam. Examples of topics which are not on the exam include:  star charts, celestial sphere diagrams, diurnal motions, etc. 

Study questions from other weeks:

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