Perfect Pistol Star by KAIN TINNEY https://padlet.com/kaintinney26/pb8xi9n2g6yj86nu Made with a little mischief by Kain Tinney en-us 2022-01-28 17:20:33 UTC 2022-02-03 17:31:26 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f30c.png Luminosity- 1.6 Million L kaintinney26 https://padlet.com/kaintinney26/pb8xi9n2g6yj86nu/wish/2021759881 Luminosity is the measurement of light that is radiated from a light-emitting object. 
Pistol star is one of the most luminous stars in the Milky Way Galaxy.]]> 2022-01-31 17:02:41 UTC https://padlet.com/kaintinney26/pb8xi9n2g6yj86nu/wish/2021759881 Temperature- 11,800 K kaintinney26 https://padlet.com/kaintinney26/pb8xi9n2g6yj86nu/wish/2021773263 Temperature is the heat that is given off an object. Since stars are so hot and massive astronomers and scientists use Kelvin to measure temperature. 11,800 Kelvin is about 20780 Fahrenheit ]]> 2022-01-31 17:08:20 UTC https://padlet.com/kaintinney26/pb8xi9n2g6yj86nu/wish/2021773263 Solar Mass- 27.5 Million Sol. kaintinney26 https://padlet.com/kaintinney26/pb8xi9n2g6yj86nu/wish/2021779855 Solar Mass is the size of the star compared to the sun.]]> 2022-01-31 17:11:09 UTC https://padlet.com/kaintinney26/pb8xi9n2g6yj86nu/wish/2021779855 Distance from us- 26,090 light years kaintinney26 https://padlet.com/kaintinney26/pb8xi9n2g6yj86nu/wish/2021799671 Since stars and planets are extremely far apart miles are not sufficient to measure the distance so we use light years; how fast light moves in a year which is about 5.88 trillion miles.]]> 2022-01-31 17:19:22 UTC https://padlet.com/kaintinney26/pb8xi9n2g6yj86nu/wish/2021799671 Age- 4.003 million years kaintinney26 https://padlet.com/kaintinney26/pb8xi9n2g6yj86nu/wish/2021824454 Pistol star is an LBV or luminous blue variable its in its supergiant stage and goes through occasional outburst and explosions.]]> 2022-01-31 17:29:06 UTC https://padlet.com/kaintinney26/pb8xi9n2g6yj86nu/wish/2021824454 Elements Present- kaintinney26 https://padlet.com/kaintinney26/pb8xi9n2g6yj86nu/wish/2021836401 Helium and Hydrogen make up most of the elements in the star.]]> 2022-01-31 17:34:02 UTC https://padlet.com/kaintinney26/pb8xi9n2g6yj86nu/wish/2021836401 Estimated Life Span kaintinney26 https://padlet.com/kaintinney26/pb8xi9n2g6yj86nu/wish/2023792414 It is estimated that pistol star only has 1-3 million years left.]]> 2022-02-01 16:56:35 UTC https://padlet.com/kaintinney26/pb8xi9n2g6yj86nu/wish/2023792414 Type of Star - LBV kaintinney26 https://padlet.com/kaintinney26/pb8xi9n2g6yj86nu/wish/2023802052 Luminous Blue Variable (LBV) stars are very large and unstable, frequently experiencing mass ejections and loss of mass ]]> 2022-02-01 17:00:44 UTC https://padlet.com/kaintinney26/pb8xi9n2g6yj86nu/wish/2023802052 Picture of Star kaintinney26 https://padlet.com/kaintinney26/pb8xi9n2g6yj86nu/wish/2023806123 2022-02-01 17:02:20 UTC https://padlet.com/kaintinney26/pb8xi9n2g6yj86nu/wish/2023806123 kaintinney26 https://padlet.com/kaintinney26/pb8xi9n2g6yj86nu/wish/2025862900 2022-02-02 17:12:29 UTC https://padlet.com/kaintinney26/pb8xi9n2g6yj86nu/wish/2025862900 Interesting Facts kaintinney26 https://padlet.com/kaintinney26/pb8xi9n2g6yj86nu/wish/2025879108 - Pistol Star is the brightest star in the Milky Way, but we are unable to see it because of the space dust blocking it.
- Pistol Star was one of the first stars captured by the Hubble Telescope in 1990
- Pistol star is found in the center of the Pistol Nebula ]]> 2022-02-02 17:20:05 UTC https://padlet.com/kaintinney26/pb8xi9n2g6yj86nu/wish/2025879108 kaintinney26 https://padlet.com/kaintinney26/pb8xi9n2g6yj86nu/wish/2027922046 2022-02-03 16:53:45 UTC https://padlet.com/kaintinney26/pb8xi9n2g6yj86nu/wish/2027922046