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nelaaney

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You observe a star in the disk of the Milky Way, and you want to plot the star on an H-R diagram. You will need to determine all of the following, except the
 
  A) spectral type of the star.
  B) distance to the star.
  C) apparent brightness of the star in our sky.
  D) rotation rate of the star.

Question 2

A reflection nebula is caused by:
 
  A) starlight reflected off of a surface.
  B) sunlight reflected off of a surface.
  C) sunlight scattered by dust particles.
  D) starlight scattered by dust particles.
  E) emission by ionized gas.


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Reply #1 on: Jul 27, 2018
Answer to Question 1

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Answer to Question 2

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nelaaney

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Reply #2 on: Jul 27, 2018
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