Lesson One
A(n) ________ is building that contains one or more telescopes.
observatory
______________ uses powers of ten to write very large or very small numbers in shorter form.
Scientific notation
A device that breaks light into colors and produces an image of the spectrum is a(n) _________.
spectrograph
A star's brightness if it were a standard distance from Earth is its _______ brightness
absolute
Who holds the Red Sox record for saves in a season?
Tom Gordon
Energy that can travel through space in the form of waves is _______ radiation.
electromagnetic
The _____ is made up of all of space and everything in it.
universe
The region of the H-R diagram that most stars fall within is the ______ sequence.
main
Parallax is the apparent change of ______ of an object when you look at it from different places.
position
In what year did the team first adopt the nickname "Red Sox"?
1907
_______ telescope or orbital telescopes that use lenses to collect and focus light.
Refracting
A light-year us a measure of _________.
distance
The brightness of a star as seen from Earth is its _______ brightness.
apparent
A star looks like it's located one place in the sky in January and a different place in June. What is this phenomenon called?
parallax
Who is the only Red Sox player to hit for the cycle twice?
Bobby Doerr
The distance between the crest of one wave and the crest of the next is the _________.
wavelength
Astronomers use _________ to measure the distance to stars that are within several light-years of Earth.
parallax
A graph of stars showing surface temperature on the x-axis and ____ on the y-axis is a Hertzsprung-Russell diagram.
absolute brightness
Telescopes that collect _______ must be placed in orbit around Earth.
x-rays
What Fenway renovations was done most recently?
lights installed
Prisms make a rainbow out of white light. The rainbow is called a(n) _________.
spectrum
The distance light travels through space in a year us is one _________.
light-year
Larger stars usually appear _______ than smaller stars.
brighter
Humans can see the _______ part of the electromagnetic spectrum.
visible
Who has the most career stolen bases with the Red Sox?
Harry Hopper