Stars and Its

Properties
Stars
Is a hot luminous celestial body. It
produces its own light and other
electromagnetic radiation through nuclear
reaction.
A huge , massive spheres of
glowing light.
Stars
 It has a huge diameter which is
about thousands to millions of kilometers.
It emits large amount of radiant
energy from nuclear reaction in its
interior.
 The main fuel of the nuclear
reaction of the stars are hydrogen and
helium.
Properties of a Stars

Light Year
 Is the distance of light that can
travel in one year at the speed of about
300,000 km/sec which is equal to 9.56
trillion kilometers.
Properties of a Stars

1. Parallax
 An apparent shift in the position
of an object when viewed from two
different positions.
Note:
The nearer an object to the observer,
the greater its parallax.
 Use of Parallax

To determine how close stars from

our planet.
Properties of a Stars

2. Magnitude of the Stars

 It refers to the brightness of the
stars.