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characteristics of stars/the sun
Kinds of stars
constellations/ star gazing
Star groups
Other space objects
100
The true brightness of star is this:
What is absolute magnitude?
100
Stars that repeatedly change in magnitude
What is a variable star?
100
star groups that form in a pattern:
What are constellations?
100
A huge star system:
What is a galaxy?
100
Irregular space objects made up of rock, metal, and dust
What is an asteroid?
200
The smallest size of a star:
What is a dwarf star?
200
Means "new"in latin:
What does nova mean?
200
Deals with the scientific study of stars and heavenly bodies
What is astronomy?
200
Smallest star group:
What is a binary system?
200
A rocky object in space that is smaller than an asteroid
What is a meteoroid?
300
The apparent movement in relation to other stars:
What is parallax?
300
Cloud of interstellar gases and debris:
What is a nebula?
300
The belief that the sun, moon, stars, and planets influence people's lives
What is the belief of astrology?
300
30 galaxies including the milky way that forms a cluster:
What is a local group?
300
A comet that takes 76 years to make its journey around the sun
What is Haley's Comet?
400
The colors of cold and hot stars:
What is red and blue?
400
A neutron star that spins rapidly on it's axis:
What is a pulsar?
400
Constellations that form around the north star
What is a circumpolar star?
400
A multiple star group that is part of the constellation centaurus:
What is Alpha centauri?
400
A famous meteorite crater in Arizona
What is Barringer Crater?
500
The element that makes up 28% of the sun:
What is helium?
500
1 teaspoon of this star's core might weigh 1 billion tons:
What is a neutron star
500
Star that is the right eye of Taurus the Bull
What is Aldebaran?
500
Two stars that are 35 million km apart and form a egg shape:
What is Beta Lyrai?
500
When Halley's Comet was last seen
When is 1986?