v_\perp CMD
Astrophysics
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
I present an Hipparcos color-magnitude diagram (CMD) that is color-coded by transverse velocity v_\perp. This illustrates the connection between the photometric and kinematic properties of various stellar populations in a manner that is particularly suitable to introductory astronomy courses.
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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0403506,
title = {v_\perp CMD},
author = {Andrew Gould},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0403506},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
3 pages including 1 Figure. Not submitted to a journal