Stars

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Across
  1. 5. - Found in the halo and bulge and contain even smaller amounts of heavy elements
  2. 7. - Stars that have periods of pulsation between 1.5hours and 1.2days and on average have the same luminosity
  3. 8. - Astronomical Unit, distance from Earth to Sun
  4. 10. - Made up generally of older, red stars
  5. 12. - Stars with pulsation periods between 1 and 100days and luminosity increases as much as 100 times from the dimmest star to the brightest
  6. 13. - A spherical region where globular clusters are located
  7. 14. - Light year, a unit for distance
Down
  1. 1. - Found in the disk and arms and have small amounts of heavy elements
  2. 2. - Made up of younger stars and a disk that forms from neutral hydrogen gas.
  3. 3. - Birthing area of stars that is subject to gravitational tags and giving it its shape
  4. 4. - Spiral regions of alternating density, which rotates in a rigid motion
  5. 6. - A blackhole in the middle of most galaxies
  6. 9. stars - Huge spherical star clusters located above or below the plane of the galactic disk, used to estimate distance of clusters by using these stars.
  7. 11. - Any of the very large groups of stars and associated matter found throughout the universe