Astronomy

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Across
  1. 2. used for measuring distances in the sky
  2. 5. atom left with positive charge
  3. 8. distance to an imaginary star whose parallax is 1 second of arc
  4. 9. classify stars into nine principal types
  5. 10. energy required to remove it from the atom
  6. 11. produced when electrons jump from higher energy levels back down to lower energy levels
  7. 12. atom with least possible energy
  8. 13. spectrum of stars
  9. 15. pellet of light
  10. 16. smallest part of a chemical element
Down
  1. 1. lines named after Joseph von Fraunhofer
  2. 3. produced when an atom of chemical element absorbs light and the electrons jump out to higher energy levels
  3. 4. analysis of spectra
  4. 6. tells the chemical element that it absorbs
  5. 7. electron orbits
  6. 14. position and motion of stars