DiscoveryofWhiteDwarfs—1Oct •Adams’discovery •Magnitude,apparent &absolute •Whyarewhitedwarfs muchsmallerthan starslikethesun? •Normalgas& degenerategas SiriusA&B http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2000/0065/0065_optical.jpg •Homework4and5aredueon ...
both methods. As an example I present a 17-th magnitude eccentric eclipsing binary SMC SC1 25589 – Fig. 1 – together with preliminary light curve solutions. Note that according to the analysis of DIA light curve the system has apparently ...
Magnitude, in astronomy, measure of the brightness of a star or other celestial body. The brighter the object, the lower the number assigned as a magnitude. In ancient times, stars were ranked in six magnitude classes, the first magnitude class containin