Milky Way Rotational Velocity Plot
 milkyWayRotationalVelocity005view, link (72.3 KB, 921×394) source (252.5 KB)Wed, 10 Jun 09, 10:07pm UTC 
 milkyWayRotationalVelocity004view, link (24.4 KB, 650×410) source (69.5 KB)Tue, 31 Jan 06, 9:02pm UTC 
 

Fixed initialization bug.

 
Galactic Doppler Shift
 galacticDopplerShift006view, link (24.8 KB, 400×300) source (368 KB)Fri, 13 Jan 06, 8:34pm UTC 
 

Possible question wording: "The spectrum of the star at the location shown would be (1) redshifted, (2) blueshifted, or (3) unshifted".

Functions/properties of the diagram component are:

  • setSelectedStar(starNum)
  • toggleAnimationState()
  • animationState = true/false

Answers for the stars are:

  1. redshifted
  2. unshifted
  3. blueshifted
  4. blueshifted
  5. unshifted
  6. redshifted

 
 galacticDopplerShift004view, link (12.6 KB, 240×300) source (138 KB)Thu, 12 Jan 06, 7:13pm UTC