Star Classification (Hertzsprung-Russell diagram)
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Author's Game Description
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
4 ratingsPlayed 282 times | 2 Fav's
tickman 1 year ago
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:
| Highscores — Star Classification (Hertzsprung-Russell diagram) | Place 1 - 10 | |||
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| Player Name | Score | Time | Date of Play | |
| 1 | MrX | 100% | 0:12.4 min. | 27 May, 2009 |
| 2 | bifi | 100% | 0:12.6 min. | 17 Apr, 2009 |
| 3 | heateh | 100% | 0:13.1 min. | 21 Dec, 2008 |
| 4 | Vovchik | 100% | 0:14.0 min. | 22 Jun, 2008 |
| 5 | BoboLo | 100% | 0:14.4 min. | 3 Jun, 2009 |
| 6 | Nynke88 | 100% | 0:15.1 min. | 25 May, 2009 |
| 7 | timpat | 100% | 0:15.3 min. | 17 Jun, 2008 |
| 8 | muffy | 100% | 0:15.6 min. | 18 Jun, 2008 |
| 9 | CarpeDiem | 100% | 0:15.9 min. | 6 Jun, 2009 |
| 10 | slaaty | 100% | 0:17.0 min. | 28 May, 2009 |
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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.