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Constellations
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The place where a star is formed
What is nebula
100
The Milky Way is this type of galaxy
What is spiral
100
What instrument for looking at stars tells time and direction
What is an astrolabe
100
What occurs when the Moon blocks the Sun's light
What is a solar eclipse
100
In the past, people looked up at the night sky and did this.
What is connect the dots
200
An explosion in space
What is supernova
200
This type of galaxy is shaped like an oval or a football
What is elliptical
200
What instrument replace the astrolabe in the 1700s
What is the sextant
200
Ancient people left behind some of these to show how important movement of the Sun, Moon, and stars were to them.
What is buildings or structures
200
Which constellation can only be seen from the Southern Hemisphere?
What is Centaurus
300
What pulls together the clump of particles into a ball that will soon be called a star?
What is gravity
300
The Sun, the Earth, and the other planets in the solar system are part of what galaxy?
What is the Milky Way
300
What instrument gathers light to magnify faraway objects in the sky?
What is the telescope
300
A giant circle of stone that stands in a field in southwest England
What is Stonehenge
300
What group of stars looks like a small creature with a tail that delivers a painful or deadly sting?
What is Scorpius
400
The general name of a group of stars
What is constellation
400
Galaxies that have no real shape are what kind of galaxy?
What is an irregular galaxy
400
Who developed the reflecting telescope?
What is Isaac Newton
400
Some of the stones were arranged to mark the what of the Sun?
What is rising
400
What is the name of the brightest star in the constellation Scorpius called?
What is "red giant" or Antares
500
The star that is the center of our galaxy
What is the Sun
500
About 3/4 of the galaxies discovered are what type of galaxy?
What is spiral
500
Galileo discovered what on the Moon when he used the telescope?
What is mountains
500
This observatory was build nearly 1,400 years ago on the Korean peninsula.
What is the Chomsongdae Observatory
500
What forms the bear's back and his paw in the constellation Ursa Major?
What is the Big Dipper