Reach for the Stars B
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Re: Reach for the Stars B
Sometimes they do, I think the Reach for the Stars Nationals test from 2009 had the top 6 scores given.
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Invasive Species: 1st
Dynamic Planet: 1st
Disease Detectives: 5th
Anatomy: 6th
Team Place: 4th
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Re: Reach for the Stars B
Does anyone know what the absorption lines are? I got 8th.
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Re: Reach for the Stars B
Absorption lines are where parts of the continuous spectrum of light given off by a star get, well, absorbed by something (usually a cool cloud of gas) between the star and us.
Pretty good explanation here: http://www.colorado.edu/physics/2000/qu ... hofer.html
They talk about Fraunhofer lines in the sun's spectrum, but the same logic applies to any stellar absorption spectra.
Pretty good explanation here: http://www.colorado.edu/physics/2000/qu ... hofer.html
They talk about Fraunhofer lines in the sun's spectrum, but the same logic applies to any stellar absorption spectra.
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Re: Reach for the Stars B
Hi! I got 5th place At nats in Reach for the Stars, and does anyone know if for the galaxy identification if the proctor was asking for general galaxy name or Hubble galaxy classification? Thank you xoxo
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Re: Reach for the Stars B
Any ideas on what RFTS will look like next year? As far as I know, the event has changed very slightly from past years.
Nationals Medals:
2012: Meteorology B (6th Place)
2013: Reach for the Stars B (3rd Place)
2012: Meteorology B (6th Place)
2013: Reach for the Stars B (3rd Place)