Name:____________________________  Lab Section: Online  Date: _____________

 

Questions

1.      How would you characterize the H-R diagrams of a young cluster and of an old cluster?

 

 

 

2.      What are the effects of interstellar reddening on the distances and observed color of the stars?

 

 

 

3.      If interstellar reddening is not taken into account, how would the size of the galaxy and the universe be affected?

 

 

 

4.      Is star formation still occurring within our galaxy? Support your answer with the cluster ages you have just determined.


  Name _______________________

Section  Online       

Date ___________ 

Ages and Distances of Clusters

Cluster Name

Distance

Modulus

(mV-MV)

Distance

(Parsecs)

Color Excess

Absorption

Factor

(A=3XCE)

Corrected

Distance

Modulus

 (mV-MV-A)

Corrected

Distance

(Parsecs)

Corrected

Distance

(LY)

Color of

Main

Sequence

Turn-off

Point

Age

(yrs)

 M45

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 M11

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 M25

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 M44

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 M67

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NGC 6791