Low Mass
What is the mass for a star to be considered "low mass?"
0.5x
What is the range for a star to be considered "Average?"
0.5x-8x solar mass
What is the range in solar mass of a star to be considers a "High mass?"
at least 8x the mass of the sun
what galaxy are we in?
Milky Way
Slower
Are low mass stars hotter or colder than red giants
Hotter
What is the most familiar star to us in this catagory
The Sun
What is something that a high mass star can turn into?
Black Hole
Nutron star
What galaxy is closest to the Milky Way
Andromeda Galaxy
what is the force that holds everything together
(its also a Brent Faiyaz song)(Ft. Tyler)
Gravity
What is the stage called before becoming a low mass star
protostar
How many earths can fit in the sun?
About 1.3 million
Red giant/Red super giant
What nebula/cloud are we in?
Local Interstellar Cloud
What is the fastest known thing in the whole universe?
The speed of light
What is the most common type of star in the universe
red dwarfs
How much mass of the solar system belongs to the sun?
about 99.8
How are stars born from gas clouds?
when a cold, dense cloud of gas and dust, called a molecular cloud, collapses under its own gravity
What is the name of the supermassive black hole at the center of our Milky Way galaxy?
Sagittarius A*
What is the name of a star system with two stars?
Binary Star system
What is the name of the process that causes the heavier elements in a star to form?
Nuclear fusion
What letter classification is the sun under?
(O, B, A, F, G, K, and M)
G type
What is the largest known star?
UY Scuti
How far away is the Andromeda Galaxy
2.537 million light years
What is a light year?
the distance light travels in one year