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Astronomy C Question Marathon
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Crazy Puny Man
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Re: Astronomy C Question Marathon
I saw the rules, and it looks like a combo of 2012 & 2013 all in this year.
Syo, you're going to have one pigeon of a fun time
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I guess I'll join in with something moderately easy.
A quasar with redshift (z) of 0.2 may have a line in its observed spectrum of 6000 angstroms. What was the rest wavelength when it was emitted?
A quasar with redshift (z) of 0.2 may have a line in its observed spectrum of 6000 angstroms. What was the rest wavelength when it was emitted?
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Yeah, this means all 3 of my astro years will have been on stellar evolution, with this being the grand finaleCrazy Puny Man wrote:I saw the rules, and it looks like a combo of 2012 & 2013 all in this year.
Emitted wavelength = observed wavelength / (1 + z) = 6000/(1.2) = 5000 angstroms
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Yep! thats it. Haha my bad, though I'd just join inFawnOnyx wrote:Yeah, this means all 3 of my astro years will have been on stellar evolution, with this being the grand finaleCrazy Puny Man wrote:I saw the rules, and it looks like a combo of 2012 & 2013 all in this year.
Technically, I was supposed to post a new question since I got the last one, but yeah I took forever to check this so it's cool.Emitted wavelength = observed wavelength / (1 + z) = 6000/(1.2) = 5000 angstroms
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Let's do something more graphical!
1. Identify the DSO
2. A similar supernova remnant of the same type is observed to have a peak apparent magnitude of +14.6. Estimate its distance in Mpc.

1. Identify the DSO
2. A similar supernova remnant of the same type is observed to have a peak apparent magnitude of +14.6. Estimate its distance in Mpc.

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1. Tycho's SNR/B Cas.
2. 60.183 mpc. I got this using the Distance Modulus. Since type Ia supernovae have a consistent absolute magnitude of -19.6, we can plug it into the equation d=10^((m-M+5)/5). After this, you divide by 1,000,000 to get the answer in MPC.-
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Cool, your turn asdfqwerzzz2!
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I'm going to continue the graphical/I.D. sort of questions.

What is the name of the above deep space object and list 2 things that make it significant
(Sorry for the huge image)

What is the name of the above deep space object and list 2 things that make it significant
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[hide] w49b, it would have been seen supernova-ing around 1000 AD, the nebula contains nickel and iron [/hide]
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Nice! Another thing notable that I would say is that it very well may contain our Galaxy's youngest blackhole. Your turn now, and you may want to work on your hide function.alpacas wrote:[hide] w49b, it would have been seen supernova-ing around 1000 AD, the nebula contains nickel and iron [/hide]