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The document contains astronomy questions and answers about various astronomical parameters: 1) The full moon (-12.5) is brighter than Venus at its brightest (-4.0) by 8.5 magnitudes. 2) Given the apparent magnitude of the Sun is -26.8 and its distance from Earth is 5 x 10-6 pc, its absolute magnitude is calculated to be 5. 3) If the Sun swells to 200 times its size and its temperature decreases to half of what it is today, its absolute magnitude will change by 8.5 magnitudes.

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The document contains astronomy questions and answers about various astronomical parameters: 1) The full moon (-12.5) is brighter than Venus at its brightest (-4.0) by 8.5 magnitudes. 2) Given the apparent magnitude of the Sun is -26.8 and its distance from Earth is 5 x 10-6 pc, its absolute magnitude is calculated to be 5. 3) If the Sun swells to 200 times its size and its temperature decreases to half of what it is today, its absolute magnitude will change by 8.5 magnitudes.

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Astronomical Parameters
• Q1. The apparent magnitude of full moon is − 12.5 and that of
Venus at its brightest is − 4.0. Which is brighter and by how
much?

b (Moon ) = 2511.88 b(venus)

• Q2. The apparent magnitude of the Sun is − 26.8. Find its


absolute magnitude. Given the distance between the Sun &
the Earth is 5 × 10-6 pc.
Q3: After about 5 billion years the Sun is expected to swell to 200
times its present size. If its temperature becomes half of what it is
today, find the change in its absolute magnitude.

M1-M2 = 8.5
Q4: The mass of star Sirius is thrice that of the Sun. Find the ratio of
their luminosities and the difference in their absolute magnitudes.
Taking the absolute magnitude of the Sun as 5, find the absolute
magnitude of Sirius.

M = 0.85
Q5: The α Centauri system is 1.338 pc distant with a
period of 79.92 earth years. The A and B components
have a mean separation of 23.7 AU (although the orbits
are highly elliptical).
A) What is the total mass of the system?

M = 2.08 Solar Mass

B) Observations reveal that the primary component, α


Cen A has a mean distance of 11.2 AU from the system's
barycenter. What is the mass of each of the component
stars in the system?

M1 = 1.10, M2 = 0.98; a1 = 11.7, a2 = 12


Calculate the luminosity (in solar luminosity) of a Cepheid
star having period of 20 days, given Msun = 4.7.

L = 7530 Lsun
Q6: The wavelength from a stellar spectra approximated
as a blackbody radiator peaks at 500nm.
A) What is the star effective surface temperature (K)?

T = 5796 K

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