... This gives us another handle on how distant the stars are. ... Stars differ not only in distance, but also in apparent brightness. ... Ranking stars by brightness . ... The brightness of the star decreases as the square of the distance. ... At what distance would a 100-watt light bulb have the same brightness as the brighter stars? ... So if the distance of the 100-watt light bulb was 5 kilometers, the distance of the brighter stars would be 10,000,000,000,000 kilometers, or about a light-year. ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Milky Way . Stars . ... July . ... The area rising from the teapotтАЩs spout in Sagittarius is the centre of the Milky Way and scientists believe a supermassive black hole is hiding here, but no need to panic as it is too far away to cause us any wrinkles of worry!But this view of the Milky Way has multiple fantastic treats for us to behold, but binoculars or small telescopes will be need to enjoy them.Around the centre of the Milky ...

... X-rays are made up of photons that are emitted from stars, or quasars, or supernovae, the sun, or simply: anything that is undergoing a change either in size or temperature or giving out heat. ... in an X-ray binary star system, in which one normal star's orbit is crossed by a neutron star, when the neutron star by means of gravitational pull takes matter from the normal star X-rays form. ... Artists conception of a normal star (HDE 226868) and a black hole taking matter from the normal star. ...

... ARTICLE: Ein aussergewЖhnlicher Abend mit John Dobson in Saarlouis . ... John L. Dobson, der Erfinder des weltbekannten Dobsonteleskops und BegrЭnder der „Sidewalk Astronomers“ zu Beginn der 60er Jahre in San Francisco Эberraschte sein Publikum am vergangenen 14.September 2006 bei einem Vortrag in Saarlouis mit seinem direkten und unverblЭmten Stil. ... Hierzu braucht man Oeffnung, was Anfang der 60er Jahre im Amateurbereich fehlte. ... Ein aussergewЖhnlicher Abend mit John Dobson in Saarlouis . ...