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By: Elaine Chumley. Mu Cephei. Formation. Formed from exploded supernovas . Gravity pulls the clouds of gas and dust together. A c ollapsing cloud forms a hot core that’s what starts to develop a star. Herschel's Garnet Star. AKA: “ Herschel’s Garnet Star " - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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By: Elaine Chumley
Mu Cephei
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FormationFormed from exploded
supernovas. Gravity pulls the clouds of gas
and dust together.A collapsing cloud forms a hot
core that’s what starts to develop a star
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Herschel's Garnet StarAKA: “Herschel’s Garnet Star" deep red color; Red GiantMost intensely colored stars ever
recorded when viewed through a telescope
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HerschelName honers: star's deep color
and Sir William HerschelDiscovered planet Uranus 1781
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Mu Cephei38,000 times brighter than the
sunLight years awayAbsolute visual magnitude: -6.7
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ConstellationLocated in the constellation of
Cepheus:
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ComparisonsLarger than the sunIf it replaced our sun, it would
extend as far to Jupiter or Saturn.
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Location! Location! Location!Largest to naked eyeBest viewed during August
through January
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One of the largest and brightest stars in the known galaxy.
Too far for a good parallax distance calculation.
Approx 2400 light years away.
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Unstable and pulsatesSurrounded by warm water vapor
Shell of dust and gas
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Death of Mu Cephei Nearing end of lifeCore is fusing helium to carbonIn a few million years the star will
explode as a supernova Stellar black hole
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Citations http://www.windows2universe.org
/the_universe/MuCephi.htmlhttp://stars.astro.illinois.edu/sow/
garnet.htmlSierraStarGazers.orghttp://www.aavso.org/vsots_muce
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