Thursday, October 22, 2015

Star Births - Josh Burch and Joe Price

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxeAkR5yqs8

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  1. How does the contraction in a star forming cloud begin?

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  2. How does the contraction in a star forming cloud begin?

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    1. The cloud slowly separates into different sections and these sections then continue to shrink until contraction begins.

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  3. What is the life expectancy for the stars that you mentioned that were 100 times the mass of our sun?

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    1. The life expectancy will vary but these stars all had very short lives due to their massiveness

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  4. Why can protostars only be seen by infrared telescopes?

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    1. Protostars are enshrouded by clouds of dusty gas but infrared light can penetrate this gas and be picked up by our infrared telescopes.

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  5. How come start sometimes form two at a time in a binary system?

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  6. How come start sometimes form two at a time in a binary system?

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  7. How come start sometimes form two at a time in a binary system?

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    1. Between the contraction and protostar phases, the molecular cloud can separate. These separate bodies then continue through their life cycles together.

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