AST 104 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Electric Stove, Energy Flux, Red Color
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After a nice dinner around the campfire on a camping trip, you and a friend decide to get away from the fire to observe the stars. Which type of electromagnetic radiation reaches earth first: visible light, radio waves c, x-rays, you can"t fool me. All of these travel through space at the same. Infrared speed: an astronomer discovers a new star and wants to measure its temperature. The burner on an electric stove glows red hot. Star a has a temperature of 4000 k, while star b has a temperature of 8000k. It has bright lines in it which allow astronomers to determine what elements are in the star. It helped astronomers to understand the rainbows we see on earth after storms. When the sculpture is finished, and the electricity is turned on, the tubes glow with a rich red color. You find one star this appears especially dim.
