Magnitude and Temp
Brightness as it is viewed from Earth
Helium fuses into this
What is carbon?
White dwarfs turn into this when they ultimately cool down
What is a black dwarf?
A type of neutron star that is very magnetic and looks like a lighthouse in space.
What is a pulsar?
WHY high mass stars die quicker
What is burning through their available fuel faster?
In the world of astronomy, the hottest color
What is blue?
What 23Msun means.
What is 23 times the mass of the Sun?
type of fusion that occurs in a giant (but not Main Sequence)
What is helium fusion?
What we know happens inside the event horizon of a black hole
We can't.
the factor that determines whether a black hole or neutron star forms
What is mass?
-4, 9.3, 0, -0.1, 2, 0.04 -->Put them in order from brightest to dimmest.
-4, -0.1, 0, 0.04, 2, 9.3
A large object that is too small to be a star.
What is a brown dwarf?
The outer layers of the giant that float out into space once fusion stops in a giant
What is a planetary nebula?
Element that fusion stops at before supernova
What is iron?
How mass changes as stars enter (super)giant phase
What is decrease?
distance absolute magnitude is measured from
What is 10 parsecs/32.6 light years?
DAILY DOUBLE
The lowest mass a star can be.
Which lives longer--high mass or low mass?
What is low mass?
How a neighboring supernova could affect us on Earth
Answers vary
Origin of things bigger than iron
What is the supernova?
why a logarithmic scale works better than linear with star brightness
answers vary
The MOST important factor that determines how a star lives and dies
What is initial mass?
type of star that exists on the HR Diagram, but has no fusion
What is a white dwarf?
DAILY DOUBLE
TWO characteristics of a high mass main sequence stars relating to age, temperature, brightness, etc.
most energy from a supernova comes in the form of...
What is neutrinos?