Astronomy & Cosmology
Physics
, Table of Contents:
1. Luminosity of a Star, L 3
2. The Light Year 3
2.1. Astronomical Unit (Au) 3
3. Radiant Flux Intensity, F (observed intensity) 4
4. Using a pin-hole camera to find diameter of the Sun 5
5. Black Body 5
6. Wien's Displacement Law 5
7. Black Body Radiation Curves 5
8. Stellar Radii 6
9. The Stefan-Boltzmann Law 6
10. Dwarf Star 7
10.1. Giant Star 7
10.2. Super-giant Stars 7
11. Standard Candles 7
12. Absorption Spectra from Stars 7
13. Redshift 7
13.1. Blue shift 8
13.2. Cosmological Redshift, Z 8
14. Why Redshift tends to the idea that the universe is expanding 8
15. Hubble's Law 10
15.1. Using Hubble's Constant to find age of Universe 10
16. Big Bang Theory 11
16.1. Evidences for Big Bang Theory 11
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Physics
, Table of Contents:
1. Luminosity of a Star, L 3
2. The Light Year 3
2.1. Astronomical Unit (Au) 3
3. Radiant Flux Intensity, F (observed intensity) 4
4. Using a pin-hole camera to find diameter of the Sun 5
5. Black Body 5
6. Wien's Displacement Law 5
7. Black Body Radiation Curves 5
8. Stellar Radii 6
9. The Stefan-Boltzmann Law 6
10. Dwarf Star 7
10.1. Giant Star 7
10.2. Super-giant Stars 7
11. Standard Candles 7
12. Absorption Spectra from Stars 7
13. Redshift 7
13.1. Blue shift 8
13.2. Cosmological Redshift, Z 8
14. Why Redshift tends to the idea that the universe is expanding 8
15. Hubble's Law 10
15.1. Using Hubble's Constant to find age of Universe 10
16. Big Bang Theory 11
16.1. Evidences for Big Bang Theory 11
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