Across
- 2. is a pair of stars that appear to be close to each other in the sky when viewed from earth.
- 4. is a measure of luminosity,or how much light a star is actually radiating into space.
- 7. is a visible star plus an unseen companion star.
- 12. when electron falls back down, the atom radiates that energy in the form of a pallet of light called?
- 15. cannot be resolved in a telescope.
Down
- 1. can be resolved with a telescope so that two separate stars can be seen.
- 3. mass per unit volume of the sun.
- 4. is the smallest particle of chemical element.
- 5. or the amount of angular change in a stars position per year.
- 6. gives positive identification of the chemical element that produced it.
- 8. speed towards or away from us along the line of sight.
- 9. the difficult problem of ascertaining the actual position and motion of stars.
- 10. is the analysis of spectra.
- 11. the atom which is left with an electric charge (positive) is called?
- 12. is used in measuring the distances to nearby stars.
- 13. the actual amount of light a star shines into space each second.
- 14. is the distance to an imaginary star whose parallax is 1 second of arc.
