other
Areas of the Sun that are cooler and less bright than surrounding areas, caused by its magnetic field and occur in cycles
Sunspots
comes after the white dorf
black dorf
befor mane seqens (blue)
prodostar
A group of stars that forms a pattern in the sky
Constellation
Large group of stars gas and dust held together by gravity
Galaxy
A cloud of gas and dust in outer space that is the birthplace of stars, visible in the night sky either as an indistinct bright patch or as a dark silhouette against other luminous matter
Nebula
comes before a planitary nebula
red gient
after the red soper gient
sopernova
A measure of the amount of light a star actually gives off
Absolute Magnitude
A contracting cloud of gas and dust; the earliest stage of a star's life
Protostar
States that about 12 to 15 billion years ago the universe began with a huge fiery explosion
Big Bang Theory
comes after the nebula
prodostar
befor the red soper gient
mane seqens (blue)
The distance light travels in one year, about 9.5 trillion miles
Light-Year
a galaxy with a bulge in the middle and arms that spiral outward in a pinwheel pattern
Spiral galaxy
the location on the H-R diagram where most stars lie
Main sequence
befor a prodostar
nebula
befor the sopernova
red soper gient
A measure of the amount of light from a star that is received on Earth
Apparent Magnitude
A galaxy with no regular shape
Irregular galaxy
A loop of gas that protrudes from the sun's surface, linking parts of sunspot regions
Prominence
comes befor the red gient
mane seqens (yellow)
after the sopernova
core or a black holl
Late stage in life of a main sequence star in which its core uses up its helium and its outer layers escape into space leaving behind a hot dense core
White Dwarf
A galaxy shaped like a flattened ball, containing only old stars.
Elliptical galaxy