Algol The Demon Star

Series: Explorations in Space and Time Series

Year Published: 1974

Format: 16mm

Sound: sound

Description: Uses computer animation to examine the eclipsing binary star system, Algol. Illustrates application of the Doppler shift to determine the orbital speeds of the two stars and shows how their masses and sizes can be inferred by observing their motions.

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