E2-45: ECLIPSING BINARY STAR MODEL - LIGHTS

ID Code: E2-45
Purpose: Show how we view a rotating binary star.
Description: The two bulbs, one with less intensity than the other, are rotated about the axis of the stick. This shows the intensity variation observed for a binary star with two stars of differing brightness.
Availability: Available

Here's a neat animation on this topic that I learned about at the AAPT Summer Meeting astro.unl.edu/classaction/animations/bin...ipsingbinarysim.html