characteristics of stars/sun
kinds of stars
constellations/stargazing
star groups
other space objects
100
the brightness of a star
What is magnitude?
100
Groups of stars that form a figure
What is constellations
100
The smallest star group
What is binary system
100
Irregular pieces of rock, metal, and dust.
What is asteroid
200
the closest star to earth about 150,000,000 km from earth
What is the sun?
200
stars that regularly or repeatedly change in magnitude
What is variable stars
200
Brightest star at the end of the little dipper
What is North Star
200
Any star group with more than 4 stars
What is star cluster
200
When a meteoroid enters the Earth's atmosphere, it is called a..
What is a Meteor
300
how stars produce light
What is nuclear fusion?
300
a star that changes in apparent magnitude and not absolute magnitude
What is eclipsing variable stars?
300
Most seen constellation in the Northern Hemisphere
What is Big Dipper
300
A group of several thousands to millions of stars
What is globular cluster
300
Sometimes referred as "dirty snowball"
What is comet
400
the elements the sun is made of
What is hydrogen, helium, and other elements
400
a star where the neutrons are packed together
What is a neutron star
400
The great bear, the little bear, Cassiopeia, and Draco, revolve around what star?
What is North Star
400
What astronomers classify galaxies by
What is size and shape
400
The comet last seen in 1986
What is Halley's comet
500
the apparent movement or change in position in one star's relationship to other stars
What is parallax?
500
the closest nebula to earth
What is the Crab Nebula?
500
When looking at Orion the hunter what three stars line up closely together.
What is Betelgeuse, Rigel, and Aldebran
500
The two biggest galaxies in our local group
What is Milky Way, and Andromeda
500
Crater in Arizona, and it is nearly 1.6 kilometers wide. It is also 174m long
What is Barringer crater
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