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Title: Suppose that, when the stars in a particular open star cluster are plotted in a Hertzsprung-Russell ...
Post by: doit_the_clown on Mar 19, 2017
Suppose that, when the stars in a particular open star cluster are plotted in a Hertzsprung-Russell diagram, the turnoff point is at an absolute magnitude of +3. What is the approximate age of this cluster? (See Figure 12-24, Comins and Kaufmann, Discovering the Universe, 7th Ed.)
   A)  100 million years    B)  500 million years    C)  4 billion years    D)  1 billion years


Title: Re: Suppose that, when the stars in a particular open star cluster are plotted in a ...
Post by: discoverer on Mar 19, 2017
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