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characteristics of stars/sun
kinds of stars
constellations/stargazing
star groups
other space objects
100
the closest star to earth
What is the sun
100
the death explosion of a star
What is supernova?
100
a group of stars that make a pattern
What is a constellation?
100
groups of stars larger than 3-4 stars
What are star clusters?
100
irregularly shaped pieces of rock, metal, and dust
What is an asteroid?
200
how bright the star appears to us
What is apparent magnitude
200
when 2 stars orbit each other and only apparent magnitude changes
What are eclipsing variable star?
200
telescope that was launched into space and sends pictures back to earth
What is Hubble Space Telescope?
200
a huge star system that has millions to billions of stars and covers many light years of space
What is a galaxy?
200
Icy chunk of frozen gases, water, and dust that orbit the earth
What is a comet
300
stars that regularly or repeatedly change their magnitude
What are variable stars?
300
when the core of a supergiant cannot stop collapsing
What is a black hole?
300
breaks down the light from a star into its colors
What is a spectroscope?
300
more than 30 galaxies including the milky way
What is the Local Group?
300
any meteoroid that hits the earth's surface
What is a meteorite?
400
true brightness of a star
What is absolute magnitude?
400
go through periods of swelling and brightening the shrinking and dimming, absolute magnitude changes
What is pulsating variable star?
400
the scientific study of stars
What is astronomy?
400
two stars grouped together because of gravity
What is a binary system?
400
rocky substance out in space
What is a meteoroid?
500
the apparent change in position of one star in relation to other stars
What is parallax?
500
a cloud of interstellar gases and debris
What is a nebula?
500
the constellation that makes the hunter
What is orion?
500
group of several hundred to a few thousands with no particular arrangement
What is open star cluster?
500
the inside of a comet
What is the nucleus?