Chapter 27
Across
- 3. A pattern of stars in the sky.
- 4. cloud of dust and gas where stars begin
- 6. large stars that blow apart with a tremendous explosion
- 7. large groups of stars
- 9. stars pair of stars that revolve around each other
- 11. spiral galaxy type of spiral galaxy with a bar of stars that runs through the center
- 12. diagram a graph of the absolute magnitude of a star plotted against their surface temperature or color
- 13. galaxies type of galaxy with a very bright center that contains little dust and gas and is spherical or disk like
- 14. magnitude the brightness of a star as seen from Earth
- 16. the second stage in the development of a star; the shrinking spinning center region of a nebula
- 17. neutron stars that have two beams of radiation that sweep across space
- 18. galaxy type of galaxy with a center of bright stars and arms that swirl around the center
- 19. clusters groups of hundreds of stars in a sphere shape
- 20. clusters group of hundred of stars with a loose shape
- 23. giant a cool star that is very bright because of its large surface area that gives off a large amount of light
- 24. shift spectrum is shifted toward red and wavelengths appear longer
- 26. galaxies type of galaxy with no identifiable shape and an uneven distribution of stars
- 27. stars a major grouping of stars on the H-R diagram that forms a narrow band from the upper left to the lower right
Down
- 1. nebula expanding shell of gases shed by a dying star
- 2. dwarfs stars in the lower left corner of the HR diagram; hot but dim because of their small size
- 4. white dwarf star that explodes as it cools, temporarily becoming thousands of times brighter
- 5. the distance light travels in one year
- 8. stars starts circling the north star
- 10. a group of cool, bright stars in the upper right corner of the HR diagram
- 11. hole hole in space with a gravity so great that not even light can escape; formed by the collapse of a large supernova
- 14. magnitude how bright the star would appear if it were seen from a distance of 32.6 light years
- 15. body of gases that gives off tremendous amount of radiant energy in the form of light and heat
- 21. An apparent shift in the position or direction of an object when viewed from different locations
- 22. star small but dense ball of neutrons caused when the core of a supernova contracts after an explosion
- 25. starlike object that gives off radio waves and xrays