CHARACTERISTICS OF STARS AND THE SUN
KINDS OF STARS
CONSTELLATIONS/ STARGAZING
STAR GROUPS
OTHER SPACE OBJECTS
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the closest star to earth
What is the sun
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dwarf stars
What are small stars
100
cassiopeia
What is a constellation that looks like a W
100
multiple star group
What is a small star groups that have 3 or 4 stars
100
irregularly shaped peices of rock, metal, and dust
What are astroids
200
red, blue, white, and yellow
What is colors that stars vary in
200
nebula
What is a cloud of dust, gases, and debris
200
a group of stars that appear to form a picture or pattern in the sky
What is a constellation
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star cluster
What is a large group of stars close enough to be held together by gravity
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icy chunk of frozen gases, water, and dust that orbits around the sun
What is a comet
300
absolute magnitude
What is a stars true brightness
300
variable stars
What is stars that regularly change in magnitude
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the Little Dipper
What is a constellation connected to the north star
300
a group of several thousand to million stars
What is a globular clustar
300
any meteoroid that hits the Earth's surfacce
What is a meteorites
400
70% hydrogen, 28% helium, 2% other elements
What is the sun made up of?
400
giant stars
What is a star 100 times larger and 100 times more luminous than the sun
400
astronomy
What deals with the scientific study of the stars and heavenly objects
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a huge star system that contains millions, or even billions of stars and covers many light years of space
What is the galaxy
400
area between Mars and Jupiter where asteroids are found
What is the asteroid belt
500
apparent magnitude
What is the apparent brightness of a star?
500
pulsar
What is a neutron star that spins rapidly on its axis
500
circumpolar constellations
What is the Great and Little Bears, Draco and Cassiopeia seem to revolve around the north star
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the local group
What is has more than 30 galaxies including the Milky Way
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meteoroid that has entered Earth's atmosphere, they look like shooting stars because friction makes them glow
What is a meteor
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