Cosmic distance ladder

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601Galaxies / Astrophysics / Local Group / Spiral galaxies / Angular diameter / Supermassive black hole / Cosmic distance ladder / Milky Way / Gamma-ray burst / Astronomy / Space / Astrometry

I ntroduction Busy educators sometimes have trouble finding ways to help their students feel the excitement of science in action. As a part of

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Source URL: fermi.sonoma.edu

Language: English - Date: 2009-09-11 13:17:07
602Plasma physics / Standard candles / Light sources / Space plasmas / Supernovae / Supernova / Cosmic distance ladder / X-ray astronomy / Sun / Astronomy / Astrophysics / Space

Chandra Studies an Expanding Supernova Shell In March, 1987 a supernova occurred in the Large Magellanic Cloud; a nearby galaxy to the Milky Way about 160,000 light years away from Earth. The site of the explosion was t

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Source URL: spacemath.gsfc.nasa.gov

Language: English - Date: 2010-12-01 08:44:38
603Light sources / Acoustics / Attenuation / Telecommunications engineering / Cosmic distance ladder / Sun / Extinction / Cloud / Attenuation coefficient / Physics / Astronomy / Atmospheric sciences

Light Attenuation Using Exponential Functions 96 The reduction of light brightness as it passes through an aerosol cloud is not an

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Source URL: spacemath.gsfc.nasa.gov

Language: English - Date: 2013-09-26 09:21:22
604Dark matter / Light sources / Plasma physics / Stellar astronomy / Star types / Black hole / Star / Cosmic distance ladder / Luminosity / Physics / Astronomy / Space

N-th Roots and Rational Exponents One of the most peculiar things about black holes is that, when you are close to one, time and space are badly distorted.

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Language: English - Date: 2012-12-11 10:09:34
605Space / Angle / Ballistics / Minute of arc / Angular diameter / Moon / Mare Serenitatis / Sun / Cosmic distance ladder / Astrometry / Astronomy / Physics

Getting an Angle on the Sun and Moon The Sun (Diameter = 1,400,000 km) and Moon (Diameter = 3,476 km) have very different physical diameters in kilometers, but in the sky they can appear to be nearly the same size. Astr

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Source URL: spacemath.gsfc.nasa.gov

Language: English - Date: 2012-08-01 06:44:22
606Astrophysics / Standard candles / Light sources / Large Magellanic Cloud / Supernova / Cosmic distance ladder / SN 1987A / SN 1993J / Type II supernova / Astronomy / Space / Supernovae

Manuscript Click here to download Manuscript: sleontsi_galaxies_benford_v03.tex 1 2 3

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Source URL: www.ias.ac.in

Language: English - Date: 2015-01-07 23:54:17
607Curves / Conic sections / Analytic geometry / Spiral galaxies / Local Group / Parabola / Parsec / Globular cluster / Cosmic distance ladder / Geometry / Astronomy / Space

The Distance Formula in 2 Dimensions[removed]The Hubble

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Source URL: spacemath.gsfc.nasa.gov

Language: English - Date: 2011-05-05 13:03:54
608Physical cosmology / Galaxies / Astrophysics / Exotic matter / Celestial mechanics / Dark matter / Galaxy formation and evolution / Elliptical galaxy / Cosmic distance ladder / Astronomy / Physics / Space

Manuscript Click here to download Manuscript: JOAA-D-14-00032R1.pdf 1 2 3

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Source URL: www.ias.ac.in

Language: English - Date: 2015-01-07 23:49:51
609Equations / Wave mechanics / Astronomical spectroscopy / Redshift / Cosmic distance ladder / Logarithm / Proportionality / Gravitation / Linear equation / Physics / Physical cosmology / Physical quantities

Inverse and joint variation[removed]One of the first things that scientists do with data is to graph

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Source URL: spacemath.gsfc.nasa.gov

Language: English - Date: 2011-05-05 12:29:34
610Cosmic distance ladder / Hydrogen atom / Electronvolt / Jupiter / Electron / Star / Physics / Atoms / Comet

An Introduction to Sequences and Series[removed]The spectrum of the element hydrogen is shown to the left. The dark

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Source URL: spacemath.gsfc.nasa.gov

Language: English - Date: 2011-05-05 15:29:46
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