An area that contains not air is called?
vacuum
What is the name of our galaxy
Milky way
Stars that outline a picture in the sky
Constellation
The closest star to the earth
the sun
Dark patches on the suns photosphere
sunspots
a pair of stars that travel together and rotate around each other as the moon does the earth
binary star
The study of Outerspace and all that it contains
astronomy
galaxy that has spiral arms attached to a straight "bar" that runs through a galaxy.
barred spiral
An imaginary line that stretches from pole to pole
axis or rotation
name the constellation
Cassiopeia
part of the sun that is only visible during a solar eclipse and the hottest part of the sun's atmosphere
corona
explosion of a star
supernova
A star system containing millions to billions of stars is called ____.
galaxy
large cloud of gas and dust floating around in space
nebulae
Name this constellation
Southern Cross
Name this constellation 
Draco
hottest region of the sun
core
The brightest star in the night sky
Sirius
The force that resists motion
friction
A cluster of about 40 galaxies in which we find the Earth is called? (hint: a GROUP of galaxies)
Local group
The brightest star in the constellation Perseus
Algol
The familiar shape within the constellation Ursa Major which contains the pointer star
Big Dipper
How far away from earth is the sun
93 million miles
The pole star is known as _____
Polaris
Name 3 characteristics of space
any of these:
dark
weightlessness
vacuum
no friction
extreme temps
name 3 of the three basic types of galaxies. (not previously named)
spiral, elliptical, irregular
Name this constellation

andromeda
The brightest star in the constellation Leo is?
streams of gas erupting from the chromosphere and returning in a loop-like fashion
solar prominence
What is the difference between apparent magnitude and absolute magnitude
apparent is how bright it appears from earth
absolute magnitude is how bright it actually is