Life of a Star

1. Life of a Star By Caitlin Shroyer and Angelleigh Gonzales

2. HOW ARE STARS FORMED? • The star goes through many stages and they are: • Small-medium stars • Nebula • Protostar • Main Sequence • Massive Main Sequence(High Mass Star) • Red Giant • Super Red Giant (High Mass Star) • Supernova(High Mass Star) • Neutron Star (High Mass Star ) • Black Hole(High Mass Star) • Planetary Nebula • White Dwarf • Black Dwarf

3. NEBULA • It’s made up of dust and dust particles • The gravity begins to pull the particles in the nebula together. • www. skyimagelab.com/m16-eagle-spire- • wire.html • notes-formation of stars

4. PROTOSTAR A protostar is a dense area of gases in a nebula that might become a star. If a protostar never gets larger than 1/10thmass of the sun it becomes a brown dwarf. www. aspire.cosmic-ray.org Notes-formation of stars

5. Brown Dwarf • Brown dwarfs never hot enough to start fusion • They shine dimly, but slowly cool off. The Brown Dwarf is the 3rd stage of a star. www. Reorbit.com Note-formation of a star

6. Main Sequence • The temperature and pressure keep increasing. • Hydrogen begins to fuse together. • The protostar officially becomes a star when fusion begins. • The star is now in the Main Sequence. • The Main Sequence is similar to Massive Main sequence but it’s larger. The Main Sequence is smaller. • www. Crdlx5.yerpli.am/sun-pics/index.php?spgmGal=sunpics&spgmPic=6&spgmFilters=#pic • Notes-formation of stars

7. Massive Main Sequence The Massive Main Sequence stars are the larger type of the building of a star. During the phases of a star it’s like the middle part of the making of a star. www.asrtocu.unam.mx/massive_stars/ Notes-formation of a star

8. Red Giant • Because it has run out of fuel, the star begins to cool, and contract. The outer layers of the star fall inwards under gravity, and as they fall they heat up. A shell surrounding the central core becomes hot enough to fuse protons into alphas. So the star gains a new source of energy. The core of the star is now hotter than it was during its normal life and this heat causes the outer parts of the star to swell. The star becomes a giant. The radiation from the fusing shell has grown weak by the time it reaches the surface of the star. Weak radiation is red, so the star becomes a red giant. • www. Historyoftheuniverse.com • Motes-formation of a star

9. Red Supergiant • A red supergiant is the bigger version of a red giant - so far no surprise. But with these stars with more than 8 to 10 solar masses (the exact value is still uncertain) the production of energy doesn't stop at helium or carbon.Ared supergiant is made of several layers. The outer hull of red glowing hydrogen and helium is inactive. Below this is a layer in which hydrogen is fusionedto helium. In the next layer helium is fusioned to carbon. So it goes on until in the core iron is made. The supergiant shines extremely bright, but only for a short time (still several hundred thousand to million years). In the end the phase in which the star fusions sulfur and silicon to iron only lasts a few days to weeks. From iron no more energy can be made. The core cools down and implodes. The following supernova (of type II) disrupts the star and leaves a tiny neutron star or a black hole behind. • www.hubblesite.org • Notes-formation of stars

10. Supernova • A supernova is a final, gigantic explosion of a supergiant star at the end of it’s life. • A supernova lasts for weeks or so, but shines as bright as a galaxy of 100 billion ordinary stars. • www. Oberlin.edu/physics/Astronomy/supernova/index.com • www.familyhomesnetwork.com/facts/supernova.facts.html

11. Neutron Star • Super dense core of a star over after 2 supernova.

12. Black Hole

13. Planetary Nebula

14. White Dwarf

15. Black Dwarf