2020 MS Science Olympiad – Stars

Videos

Khan Academy

Parallax in observing stars

Stellar parallax

Stellar distance using parallax

Stellar parallax clarification

Parsec definition

Birth of Stars

Becoming a red giant

White and black dwarfs

Life cycle of massive stars

Supernova

Black holes

Super assive black holes

Quasars

Galactic collisions

Cepheid variables

Why Cepheids pulsate

Crash Course Astronomy

The Sun: Crash Course Astronomy #10

Light: Crash Course Astronomy #24

Distances: Crash Course Astronomy #25

Stars: Crash Course Astronomy #26

Low Mass Stars: Crash Course Astronomy #29

White Dwarfs & Planetary Nebulae: Crash Course Astronomy #30

High Mass Stars: Crash Course Astronomy #31

Neutron Stars: Crash Course Astronomy #32

Black Holes: Crash Course Astronomy #33

Binary and Multiple Stars: Crash Course Astronomy #34

Star Clusters: Crash Course Astronomy #35

Nebulae: Crash Course Astronomy #36

The Milky Way: Crash Course Astronomy #37

Galaxies, part 1: Crash Course Astronomy #38

Galaxies, part 2: Crash Course Astronomy #39

Gamma-Ray Bursts: Crash Course Astronomy #40

Dark Matter: Crash Course Astronomy #41

The Big Bang, Cosmology part 1: Crash Course Astronomy #42

Dark Energy, Cosmology part 2: Crash Course Astronomy #43

A Brief History of the Universe: Crash Course Astronomy #44

Deep Time: Crash Course Astronomy #45

 

Objects

Andromeda: M31 (Andromeda Galaxy)

Aquila: Altair

Auriga: Capella

Bootes: Arcturus

Canis Major: Sirius

Canis Minor: Procyon

Centaurus: NGC5128 (Centaurus A)

Coma Berenices: NGC4676, NGC4555

Corvus: NGC4038/NGC4039 (Antenna Galaxies)

Crux: Dragonfish Nebula

Cygnus: Deneb

Dorado: 30 Doradus, LMC

Gemini: Castor, Pollux

Lyra: Vega

Ophiuchus: Zeta Ophiuchi, Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex

Orion: Betegeuse, Rigel & M42 (Orion Nebula)

Perseus: Algol, NGC1333

Sagittarius: Sgr A*, M8 (Lagoon Nebula)

Sextans: Baby Boom Galaxy

Scorpius: Antares, NGC6357, NGC6334

Taurus: AldebaranT Tauri

Tucana: SMC

Ursa Major: Mizar, Alcor, GN-z11, M101

Ursa Minor: Polaris

Virgo: Spica, M60, M104

 

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