HR Diagram Vocabulary
Across
- 2. the graph showing the absolute magnitude plotted against the surface temperature for a group of stars.
- 5. a small very dense star that is typically the size of a planet. A white dwarf is formed when a low-mass star has exhausted all its central nuclear fuel and lost its outer layers as a planetary nebula.
- 6. a star of relatively great size and luminosity compared to ordinary stars of the main sequence and 10–100 times the diameter of the sun.
- 8. the intrinsic brightness of a celestial object.
- 9. the series of changes in the life.
- 10. an astronomical object consisting of a luminous spheroid of plasma held together by its own gravity.
Down
- 1. a very large star that is even brighter than a giant often despite being relatively cool.
- 3. a very large star of high luminosity and low surface temperature. Red giants are thought to be in a late stage of evolution when no hydrogen remains in the core to fuel nuclear fusion.
- 4. where the star's hydrogen is burned into helium.
- 7. a graphic representation of stars in the galaxy.