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I think you've pretty much summed up why I got the grades I did. Honestly, I don't blame anything (games, weed, parties, internet) except myself. Those are all fine with moderation and time maganement but I lacked the motivation to make school my #1 priority and that's basically what I'm ready...

I just turned 24 and I'm finishing my last semester for my BS in Astronomy. I will be graduating in May but I will be enrolled in the spring semester to either bring some grades up or take whatever classes I want. My problem is that I can't get into grad school with my grades. My overall...

Solutions manual: http://members.cox.net/axeeonn/EM.pdf It's upside down, but you can flip it right side up.

If we know the bolometric flux, spectral type, and effective temperature of a given star, how can we derive the angular resolution from the information? This was brought up in class and I've found myself obsessing since I can't figure it out.

No takers? According to my calculations, the 2nd streetlap is about 9 million times "brighter" than the 12th. Optical depth of the 2nd lamp is around 1.7, 12th about 18.

Here is the problem... Consider a row of isotropically emitting streetlamps 15m apart. On a foggy light, an observer standing next to the 1st light notes the radiation flux from the 2nd light is 5.0 times that of the 3rd. The last streetlamp definitely seen is the 12th. If the air+fog...

I woke up at 4:30 PST (San Diego) and couldn't go back to sleep so I decided to take my telescope out and finally check out Saturn, the Orion Nebula, and Mars again. They looked awesome through the 8" telescope and I wish I was able to take pictures. Then around 5:30 I saw a really bright object...

No picking on the Biologist. ;)

I would definitely say Eta Carinae. http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap020428.html

It's OK in the south-eastern suburbs of San Diego. The thing I worry about most is the obnoxious pool light that's always on when I'm in the backyard.

For the first question, it is the same. For the second questions, instantaneus power is the derivative of work or just the cross product between force and velocity.

I wonder who gets to name them all.

A. 6x10^34 B. 1 C. Right near the beach

Awesome descriptions on where those objects are located, thanks!

San Diego State University!