[Lvas] 1 of 25 (+)

[Shawn Mann]

I would be interested. Let me know what this entails, or if you need any
help.

Shawn




On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 9:01 AM, roger ivester <drivester at hotmail.com>wrote:

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> All,
>
> Would anyone be interested in a 25 (+) week astronomy 101 subject matter? A
> reply would be appreciated if you feel this to be beneficial. We will cover
> "in brief" everything from dark nebulae, red shift, white dwarf's and binary
> star systems, to H-II hydrogen regions, and lots of stuff in between.
>
> 1. *Absolute Magnitude*: The concept of absolute magnitude is based on the
> concept that if stars were removed from their real location to a new place,
> exactly 10 parsecs away from the terrestrial observer. Naturally, stars that
> are brought closer will appear brighter and stars that are "pushed" to
> the 10 parsec line will now appear dimmer. The new magnitude that will be
> assigned to the stars when they are 10 parsecs away is known as absolute
> magnitude.
>
> Source: *Astronomy Made Simple  *
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> roger* *
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>
> *    The moon and stars to govern the night.....   Psalm 136:9*
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