Module 6, Assignment 9

Comment on how the pencil appears to move with respect to a background object. Now, repeat this but with the pencil at a different distance from your face. How does the apparent shift of the pencil change?

Send a screen shot or copy of this plot to Chris. Comment on your plot. Do you see a relationship? Compare it with a published HR diagram: for example, see Wikipedia, Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram

Sort the data by B-V. (Remember, this is a measure of temperature.) How does B-V compare with the spectral types in the table? Make a table to express the relation. Make a third column for temperature. How does your table compare with the axes in the published HR diagram from Wikipedia?

Using the distance modulus equation, what distance do you derive?