Learning Target: Describe the properties of Stars
 Kick off: What are three important things you learned last
semester.
Vocabulary:
1. magnitude
2. apparent magnitude
3. absolute magnitude
 Projects this semester
 Portfolio
 Notes on stars
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Feb 3 and 4 Agenda
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Color, ___________________ and Mass are
three properties of stars
_______________ is a clue to a star’s
temperature
Hot stars appear _________________
because they emit short-wave lengths
Red stars are cooler because they emit
_________________wavelengths
The sun is a _________________star
Quiz
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What is absolute magnitude?
What are the three properties of stars?
What property are binary stars used to determine?
Define a light year.
What is apparent magnitude?
Quiz Feb 5 and 6