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Re: Reach for the Stars B
Are any states allowing star charts......
In MD regionals we had to put our notes away because we had a star chart on it.
Are any states allowing star charts part of your notes.....
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In MD regionals we had to put our notes away because we had a star chart on it.
Are any states allowing star charts part of your notes.....
please reply
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Re: Reach for the Stars B
They let us use a star chart at our regionals in AL...
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Re: Reach for the Stars B
Hey, if you can fit a labeled chart in your notes it is legal. 2 pages notes in ANY FORM from ANY SOURCE. Your MD Star ES needs to read the rules.rishj09 wrote:Are any states allowing star charts......
In MD regionals we had to put our notes away because we had a star chart on it.
Are any states allowing star charts part of your notes.....
please reply
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Re: Reach for the Stars B
I've done this event for invite and Regional comp. My notes were horrible, because I didn't want to be in this event, and I was busy with other events. My school is going to state (for the 6th consecutive year ) in 6 weeks and I need better notes. Does anyone know what I should include in my notes? I've competed, but I'm still lost.
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Re: Reach for the Stars B
Anything you don't know. A map of the constellations is always a good idea; they tend to use Rey's Constellations, from what I've seen. You should have multiple pictures of all the DSOs, make sure that you have some thermal imaging and x-ray pictures. For the notes, it might be good to just make a chart for the stars, with the magnitudes (absolute AND apparent), luminosity, temperature, constellation, etc.
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Re: Reach for the Stars B
Thanks! Wow, I don't even know what you are talking about for half of the stuff.foreverphysics wrote:Anything you don't know. A map of the constellations is always a good idea; they tend to use Rey's Constellations, from what I've seen. You should have multiple pictures of all the DSOs, make sure that you have some thermal imaging and x-ray pictures. For the notes, it might be good to just make a chart for the stars, with the magnitudes (absolute AND apparent), luminosity, temperature, constellation, etc.
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Re: Reach for the Stars B
There are several different systems of constellations: Zodiacal, Astronomical, and Rey's. Rey's is the easiest to ID and better to use; however, there are some charts that are a mix of all three systems. I have a chart like that for my star chart--works very well, it makes everything much easier to ID with just one chart.sciencegeek999 wrote:Thanks! Wow, I don't even know what you are talking about for half of the stuff.foreverphysics wrote:Anything you don't know. A map of the constellations is always a good idea; they tend to use Rey's Constellations, from what I've seen. You should have multiple pictures of all the DSOs, make sure that you have some thermal imaging and x-ray pictures. For the notes, it might be good to just make a chart for the stars, with the magnitudes (absolute AND apparent), luminosity, temperature, constellation, etc.
DSO=Deep Sky Object. You should be able to search up and find everything via Google Images (ex. search "cassiopeia a x-ray")
Magnitude--basically how bright something is. Absolute is the true brightness. Apparent is how bright it seems from Earth. The lower the magnitude, the brighter it is.
Luminosity--this is based on 1 Sun=1 Luminosity. So a star with 4.5 luminosity would mean that it is 4.5 times as bright, or luminous, as the sun.
Temperature--self explanatory.
Constellation--the constellation each of those stars are in.
Also, include right ascension and declination.
And spectral types too...and distance from Earth. All good things.
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Re: Reach for the Stars B
Anyone have good sites for hr diagram? It was the one thing we missed at regionals.
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Re: Reach for the Stars B
We put down O as the hottest star in the Spectral Classification of Stars and they counted that wrong. What is the right answer?
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Re: Reach for the Stars B
Well, O is the classification of the hottest stars...but that's normal classification. Is it possible they were using Yerkes' Spectral Classfication? If so, the answer is Ia.
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