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  Pleiades Stars

Test Your Understanding:   Apparent Magnitude & Brightness Counts

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Directions:   Refer to the picture to the left and the data table below.  Brightness counts for the bright stars are shown.

Fill in the missing star names:  Merope, Maia, Atlas.

 

Directions:   Refer to the image above.  Think about the apparent magnitude and brightness counts.  Some of the data is missing from the table.  Please complete the table.

  1. Brightness Counts:   257,785;    484,371;   443,821;    130,477
  2. Star Names:  Alcyone,    Taygeta,   Atlas,   Pleione,    Electra
  3. Apparent Magnitudes:   3.70,    5.09,    4.29,    2.86,    3.62,   4.17

Pleiades Star Name

Apparent Magnitude

Brightness Counts

Star:

Magnitude:

Brightness:      840,208

Star:

Magnitude:

Brightness:     

Star:

Magnitude:

Brightness:

Star:           Maia

Magnitude:        3.86

Brightness:      422,013

Star:           Merope

Magnitude:

Brightness:      306,295

Star: 

Magnitude:

Brightness:

Star:

Magnitude:

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