Jetts Vocab

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Across
  1. 3. collection of stars, dust, and gas bound together by gravity.
  2. 6. Star a star that has collapsed under gravity to the point that the electrons and protons have smashed together to form neutrons.
  3. 7. the actual brightness of an object such as a star.
  4. 8. a large cloud of gas and dust in interstellar spa
  5. 9. Magnitude the brightness of a star as seen from Earth.
  6. 11. space and all the matter and energy in it.
  7. 12. Dwarf a small hot dim star that is the left over center of an old sun like star.
Down
  1. 1. Year the distance that light travels in a year; about 9.46 trillion kilometers.
  2. 2. a gigantic explosion in which a massive star collapses and throws its outer layers into space
  3. 4. Magnitude a measure of how bright a star would be if it were seen from a standard distance.
  4. 5. Spectrum all of the frequencies or wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation.
  5. 10. a region where stars are born.
  6. 13. Diagram Hertzsprung-Russell diagram a graph that shows the relationship between a star’s surface temperature and absolute magnitude.