Star Classification (Hertzsprung-Russell diagram)

Star Classification (Hertzsprung-Russell diagram)

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The Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram gives a visual classification of stars. Find the categories.

Map by Richard Powell at atlasoftheuniverse.com/

Category: Science Games

Created by tickman, 16 Jun, 2008

Tags: Astronomy, cosmology, physics, science, stars

Rating: 5, from 4 votes
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tickman  1 year ago

Thanks, Muffy.

Glad you enjoyed the game. I thought the picture was too nice to pass up, even though more informative (but less artistic) versions exist.

muffy  1 year ago

The night sky has always been an interest of mine. It was nice to see the classification that you made of the stars.

tickman  1 year ago

Find the diagram here:

http://www.atlasoftheuniverse.com/hr.html

See the main page here:

http://www.atlasoftheuniverse.com/

Also, find the diagram at Wikimedia:

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:HRDiagram.png

The image has a Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 2.5 License

details:

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/

The Wikipedia page on the subject uses a similar (but not as attractive) diagram. See that page here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stellar_classification

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Highscores — Star Classification (Hertzsprung-Russell diagram)Place 1 - 10
 Player NameScoreTimeDate of Play
1MrX100%0:12.4 min.27 May, 2009
2bifi100%0:12.6 min.17 Apr, 2009
3heateh100%0:13.1 min.21 Dec, 2008
4Vovchik100%0:14.0 min.22 Jun, 2008
5BoboLo100%0:14.4 min.3 Jun, 2009
6Nynke88100%0:15.1 min.25 May, 2009
7timpat100%0:15.3 min.17 Jun, 2008
8muffy100%0:15.6 min.18 Jun, 2008
9CarpeDiem100%0:15.9 min.6 Jun, 2009
10slaaty100%0:17.0 min.28 May, 2009
Scores: 1 2 3

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100% in 0:12.4 min.
Set by MrX, 1 year ago

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