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Jipu 123

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Interstellar gas is composed mainly of
 
  A) some hydrogen, but mainly carbon dioxide.
  B) 10 hydrogen, 90 helium by numbers of atoms.
  C) 90 hydrogen, 9 helium by weight.
  D) ammonia, methane, and water vapor.
  E) only hydrogen.

Question 2

Why did Hubble have to rely on Cepheids to find the distance to M31, unlike Shapley's use of RR Lyrae stars with the Milky Way?
 
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Reply #1 on: Jul 27, 2018
Answer to Question 1

C

Answer to Question 2

The RR Lyrae stars were not bright enough to be seen from the distance of the Andromeda Galaxy, so Hubble used longer-period Cepheids in the spiral arms which were also much more luminous and showed up on his photos.


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Reply 2 on: Jul 27, 2018
YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review

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Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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