Characteristics of Stars/the Sun
Kinds of stars
Constellations/star gazing
Star Groups
Other Space Objects
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The brightness of a star
What is magnitude?
100
means new in latin. its a star that suddenly flares up in brightness.
What is a nova?
100
Groups of stars in a pattern
What is a constellation?
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yes,they can as large as billions of stars put together.
can groups be as large as galaxy's?
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They are irregularly shaped pieces.
What is an asteroid?
200
The true brightness of a star
What is absolute magnitude?
200
the death explosion of a star.
What is a supernova?
200
It's in the Northern Hemisphere
Where can you find the Big Dipper?
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its another small star group that has three or four stars put together.
What are multiple star groups?
200
A rocky object in space that is smaller than an asteroid.
What is a meteoroid?
300
It was created 130 years BC, and was used to classify stars by their brightness
What is the Hipparchus Scale?
300
when a super giant collapses, it creates a gravitational force so great that it cant stop collapsing.
What a black hole?
300
Constellations that revolve around the North Star
What is a Circumpolar constellation?
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A binary system.
What is the smallest groups of stars?
300
When a meteor passes through the earth's atmosphere.
What is a meteor?
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It's the brightest star you can see to the eye on the Hipparchus scale
What is +1 on the Hipparchus scale?
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its a neutron star that's spins rapidly on its axis.
What is a pulsar?
400
He created them for man's use.
Why did God create constellations?
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They classify them according to it's shape and symmetry.
What do astronomers classify galaxies by?
400
A meteor that hits the Earth's surface.
What is a meteorite?
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A Greek who lived 130 years BC, he created the Hipparchus Scale
Who is Hipparchus
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in 1054 a Chinese astronomer saw a supernova for the first time.
Who first saw a supernova?
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They teach the position of the sun, moon, planets, and stars to determine a person's destiny at birth.
What do astrologists teach?
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300 billion stars
How many stars make up the Milky Way?
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An icy chunk of frozen gases, water and dust that orbits around the sun.
What is a comet?
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