Syllabus concepts to know

• 1.3.1 Star formation from a nebula
• 1.3.2 Jeans criteria
• 1.3.3 Star clusters
• 1.3.4 Protostars
• 1.3.5 T-Tauri phase
• 1.3.6 The nature of stars
• 1.3.7 Proton-proton chain reactions and the CNO cycle
• 1.3.8 Brown dwarfs
• 1.3.9 Death of a star
• 1.3.10 Electron and neutron degeneracy pressure
• 1.3.11 Triple alpha process (3∝) to produce beryllium
• 1.3.12 Secondary fusion to produce elements up to iron
• 1.3.13 r-process to produce elements heavier than iron
• 1.3.14 Stellar evolution on HR diagrams
• 1.3.15 Black holes and escape velocity Astronomy guide