Stars – Temperature and Color星星的温度和颜色.pptVIP

Stars – Temperature Hotter objects emit shorter wavelengths Cooler objects emit longer wavelengths Ex. Sun is a “medium hot” (5800 K or about 5500 C) star and emits X-rays Cooler stars emit infrared Determining surface temperature by maximum emitted wavelength (Wien’s Law) *NOTE: 0 degrees Celsius = 273 Kelvin; -273 degrees Celsius = 0 Kelvin ? 25,000 K: star looks blue ? 6,000 K: star looks yellow (like our sun) ? 3,000 K: star looks red Chemical composition of burning gas Determined by passing light through a prism to generate a spectrum Light passed through nebula may have absorption lin