characteristics of stars/sun
Kinds of Stars
constellations/stargazing
star groups
other space objects
100
The closest star is earth.
What is the sun?
100
Stars that repeatedly change in magnitude.
What is a variable star?
100
A death explosion of a massive star.
What is supernova?
100
two stars close to each other
What is binary system
100
irregularly shaped rocks, metal, and dust
What is and asteroid
200
The brightness of a star.
What is magnitude?
200
It goes through a time of swelling and brightening then shrinking and dimming.
What is a pulsating variable star?
200
a tightly compacted star.
What is neutron star?
200
3-4 stars in a group
What is multiple star group
200
rocky object in space smaller than an asteroid
What is meteoroid
300
A Greek who lived 130 years before time of Christ who devised a system to classify stars.
What is Hipparchus?
300
When one star moves in front of the other.
What is an eclipsing variable star?
300
a star that spins rapidly on it's axis.
What is pulsar?
300
a group of several thousand stars that form a ball shape
What is globular star cluster
300
a meteoroid that hits the earth's surface
What is a meteorite
400
The true brightness of a star.
What is absolute magnitude?
400
A star that flares and becomes brighter.
What is a nova?
400
an area of extreme gravity that might cause a super giant star to collapse.
What is a black hole?
400
large group of stars held together with no particular shape
What is an open star cluster
400
a meteoroid that enters the earth's atmosphere
What is meteor
500
What a stars brightness looks like to us.
What is apparent magnitude?
500
A cloud of interstellar gasses and debris.
What is a nebula?
500
makes the stars easier to see
What is telescope
500
group of a million to a billion stars
What is galaxy
500
icy chunk of gases, water, and dust that orbits the sun
What is a comet
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