Included is an inquiry-based classroom activity that focuses on the image and text.
This image from the Hubble Space Telescope reveals a small region inside the massive globular cluster Omega Centauri, which boasts nearly 10 million stars.
This colorful assortment of 100,000 stars residing in the crowded core of the cluster is one of the first images taken by the new Wide Field Camera 3.
This image from the Hubble Space Telescope reveals a small region inside the massive globular cluster Omega Centauri, which boasts nearly 10 million stars. This colorful assortment of 100,000 stars residing in the crowded core of the cluster is one of the first images taken by the new Wide Field Camera 3. Included is an inquiry-based classroom activity.
Teachers can use this lithograph as:
An example of different stages in a stars life. Use the inquiry-based classroom activity, In Search of Stellar Evolution, which is included with the PDF lithograph.
An engagement tool in an inquiry-based lesson. Have students study the images on the lithograph. Ask them to write down as many questions as possible about the features visible in the images. The students questions can be used in a variety of ways. Here are a few suggestions:
A content reading tool. Have students read the back of the lithograph and write a quiz for the class.
Tales of ... Colorful stars galore inside globular star cluster Omega Centauri
Graphic organizer: Comparison of globular and open star clusters
HubbleSite press release: “Astronomers Find Suspected Medium-Size Black Hole in Omega Centauri”
Amazing Space resources by topic: Stars and Stellar Evolution