How can we measure distances in open space презентация

Distances in open space

Слайд 1How can we measure distances in open space


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Distances in open space


Слайд 3 How do astronomers measure distances between the planets of

the Solar System, between the stars in our Galaxy, or between the galaxies? Determine the distance between the two space objects of your choice

Task:


Слайд 4Hypothesis
We can measure distances of two objects that are close to

the Earth. But, measuring distances of objects in other galaxies will be harder or impossible without special instruments

Слайд 5Aim
to find the best method to measure distance between two objects

in space.

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To find the best method to measure distance between two objects

in space.

To measure distance between two points

Aim


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Methods
Geometrical method
Spectroscopic method
Cosmological distances

The cosmological red shift


Слайд 9The distance to nearby stars can be determined by their so-called parallaxes.


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First step


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Second step


d
2 AU


Слайд 12Third step
d=
2
α−β


Слайд 14For stars so far away that their parallaxes are not measurable

(yet), mainly photometry is used, that is, measurements of their brightnesses.

Слайд 15inverse-square-law


Слайд 16It has to be changed slightly if we take General Relativity

and the expansion of the universe into account, but these changes are irrelevant for all stars in our galaxy and in other nearby galaxies.

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Using this law, if we know the brightness of a star

in a fixed reference distance, and compare this to the measured brightness, we can say how far away the star is.

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The standard reference distance used in astronomy is 10 parsec; the

brightness a star would have in this distance from us is called the absolute brightness of the star. Its actual brightness, which we can observe on earth, is called the apparent brightness.


Слайд 20When we determine the distance of an object like a cluster

or a galaxy using the H-R Diagram, we have to measure the brightness of lots of stars, including faint ones, in order to get a reliable diagram.


Слайд 22Unfortunately, faint stars can't be seen if the observed object is

too far away (because of the inverse-square law), hence one has to resort to other methods:

Слайд 23We use bright objects for which the absolute brightness is known.

By measuring the apparent brightness and comparing it to the absolute brightness, one again gets the distance

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The only remaining problem is that we have to know the

absolute brightness of the observed object. Fortunately, several types of objects exist for which one can determine their absolute brightness without knowing their distances. Such objects are called standard candles



Слайд 26If we closely examine the spectra of far galaxies, we notice

that the well-known spectral lines of the elements don't appear at the usual places, but are shifted: they all appear at larger wavelengths than usual.

Слайд 27Because "larger wavelength" corresponds to "redder", this shift is called the

red shift. Furthermore, the relative shift is the same for all spectral lines. This red shift was first noticed in 1926 by Hubble, who was also the first to identify individual stars in other galaxies.

Слайд 29An important observation was made by Hubble in 1929 after observing

the red shifts of several galaxies: the red shift (and therefore the speed with which they fly away from us, in the Doppler interpretation) is directly proportional to the distances of the galaxies to us! This means that one can write the simple equation

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v = H × d,
*H = 500 kilometer/second/million parsec.
H = 70

kilometer/second/million parsec,

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Thank you for your attention!


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