Star Sequence
TermsTermsTerms
HR Who?
1shift, 2shift, redshift,blueshift
Spring
100
Where a star is "born"
What is a stellar nursery or nebula?
100
The brightness of a star, as perceived from earth
What is luminosity?
100
On an HR diagram, this star has a luminosity of 1
What is the sun?
100
the direction, relative to the observer, that an object is moving if its waves are compressed
What is towards the observer?
100
This season immediately follows spring
What is summer?
200
In order to enter main sequence, a star must do this
What is nuclear fusion?
200
The actual brightness of a star
What is absolute magnitude?
200
This color of stars is the hottest
What is Blue?
200
the direction, relative to the observer, that an object is moving if its waves are inflated
What is away from the observer?
200
This college sports tournament is associated with spring
What is march madness?
300
This is the attribute of a star that will trigger its fusion
What is mass?
300
An exceptionally large gravitational object that traps even light
What is a black hole?
300
This color of stars is spectral type M
What is orange/red?
300
If an object is stationary relative to the observer, this is what you would expect
What is no shift?
300
This is the cause of the warming that occurs in the northern hemisphere during spring
What is the tilt of the earth towards the sun?
400
This element, when fused in the core of a star will signal the end of its "life"
What is iron?
400
The glowing white core of an average sized star at the end of its cycle
What is a white dwarf?
400
Near the end of its cycle, our sun will become this spectral type
What is M?
400
what is the doppler effect?
400
This is the part of the world that the sun rises over on the first day of spring
What is the equator?
500
The stage of its cycle that our sun is in
What is main sequence?
500
The names of the scientists who created the HR Diagram
Who are Hertzprung and Russell?
500
There is a positive relationship between these two attributes of stars
What is size and brightness?
500
What is redshift?
500
This is a latin root word meaning "Spring"
What is vernal?