The Life Cycles of Stars

• Planetary nebula

• Fusion

• Red Giant

• White Dwarf

• Binary Star

• Spectral Class

• H-R Diagram

• Supernova

• Core Bounce

• Nova

• Main Sequence

• Luminosity

Star Birth

Orion Nebula Star Birthhttp://jrscience.wcp.muohio.edu/movies/orion.nebula.32.305.mov

Lagoon Nebula-Star Birth

Tornadoes?

Orion Nebula-Close Up

Eagle Nebula-Star Eggs

Star Death

Life Cycle Themes

Observations in the Night

Relative Sizes

Sun Crosssection

The Earth is as Big as MyCursor!

Our Dynamic Sun

Solar Prominences http://jrscience.wcp.muohio.edu/movies/loopslcn.mov

A Dying Star

Start Stuff-Celestial Fertilizer

Types of Spectra

Spectral Signatures DifferentStars

Spectral Classes

H-R Diagram- Masses along theMain Sequence

H-R Diagram

Betelgeuse-If this star was oursun, Jupiter would be inside of

this Red Giant

Luminosity vs Solar Mass

Life Cycle Themes-TheImportance of Mass

Supernova

Supernova CentaurusVideohttp://jrscience.wcp.muohio.edu/movies/centaurassupernova.mov

The Onion “Core”

Remember where elementsbeyond H and some He come

from!

Core Bounce & a Big Explosion!

Heavy Elements Synthesized

Supernova

Supernova

Crab Nebula-1054 A.D.

Crab Nebula Pulsarhttp://jrscience.wcp.muohio.edu/movies/crabanim.mov

This is what the Crab Nebula Pulsar sounds likehttp://jrscience.wcp.muohio.edu/movies/crab.mov

Supernova 1987a

Supernova 1987a

Black Hole Signature-M84http://jrscience.wcp.muohio.edu/movies/black.hole.31.313.mov

Neutron Stars

A “Heavy” Companion

Can you Guess the Relative Agesof These Stars?

Ages of Clusters- Can YouInterpret this H-R Diagram

Main Sequence