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This lab asks students to construct two H-R Diagrams, one for the Pleiades Cluster and the other for the Trapezium Cluster. Students should then to be able to recognize the evolution process of all stars depending on their mass.
Hackworth, M. (2004). Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram. Retrieved December 6, 2024, from http://web.archive.org/web/20080725120924/http://www.physics.isu.edu/~hackmart/astlhrd.pdf
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