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Star quiz!
What do these 3 have in common: Wolf-Rayet stars, the Pistol Star and
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"Abdul Ahad" wrote in message
om... What do these 3 have in common: Wolf-Rayet stars, the Pistol Star and Alkaid (Eta UMa? *Shrugs* They all suffer from terrible wind, live life in the fast lane and will go out with a bang? In other words: They have strong solar winds, are high-mass blue-white fast 'burning' short-lifetime stars and will die in rather violent and exotic ways. On the other hand if I was cynical I'd say they all belonged to a homework question! -- Andrew Urquhart Reply: http://www.andrewu.co.uk/about/conta...oup_uksciastro |
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"Andrew Urquhart" wrote in message ...
"Abdul Ahad" wrote in message om... What do these 3 have in common: Wolf-Rayet stars, the Pistol Star and Alkaid (Eta UMa)? *Shrugs* They all suffer from terrible wind, live life in the fast lane and will go out with a bang? In other words: They have strong solar winds, are high-mass blue-white fast 'burning' short-lifetime stars and will die in rather violent and exotic ways. Not quite! Its a quiz remember... no serious Astronomy answers required. Here's a hint: look at the names and associate with law & order... Abdul Ahad |
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"Abdul Ahad" wrote in message
om... "Andrew Urquhart" wrote in message ... "Abdul Ahad" wrote in message om... What do these 3 have in common: Wolf-Rayet stars, the Pistol Star and Alkaid (Eta UMa)? *Shrugs* They all suffer from terrible wind, live life in the fast lane and will go out with a bang? In other words: They have strong solar winds, are high-mass blue-white fast 'burning' short-lifetime stars and will die in rather violent and exotic ways. Not quite! Its a quiz remember... no serious Astronomy answers required. Here's a hint: look at the names and associate with law & order... Whooosh is the sound made as this passes over my head and on up into orbit. -- Andrew Urquhart Reply: http://www.andrewu.co.uk/about/conta...A+uk.sci.astro |
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"Andrew Urquhart" wrote in message ...
"Abdul Ahad" wrote in message om... "Andrew Urquhart" wrote in message ... "Abdul Ahad" wrote in message om... Whooosh is the sound made as this passes over my head and on up into orbit. O.K. looks like nobody could guess the answer, so no prizes. They all have names that link them with celestial violence! Wolf Rayets are renowned for starting riots in the galaxy... The Pistol Star in Sagittarius (my star sign!) is a lone celestial gunslinger, of a 100 thousand million Sun powers!, shooting vast quantities of 'star stuff' out into space and causing violent nebulosity... 'Alkaid' is often flashed up on US Defense Department computer screens as a link to Al Qaeda, even though its going about its business as a perfectly innocent, normal star! Abdul Ahad http://uk.geocities.com/aa_spaceagen...eprojects.html "We have lingered long enough on the shores of the cosmic ocean. We are at last ready to set sail for the stars" - Carl Sagan. |
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