Across
- 3. cloud of gas from which our solar system was born
- 4. a coherent, typically large body of matter with no definite shape
- 6. a system of two stars in which one star revolves around the other
- 9. a small very dense star that is typically the size of a planet
- 12. a group of stars forming a recognizable pattern
- 14. the process or result of joining two or more things together
- 16. which the absolute magnitudes (intrinsic brightness) of stars are plotted against their spectral types
- 19. a massive and extremely remote celestial object, emitting exceptionally large amounts of energy
- 21. a tendency to do nothing or to remain unchanged:
- 23. the range of wavelengths or frequencies over which electromagnetic radiation extends.
- 24. a star that suddenly increases greatly in brightness because of a catastrophic explosion that ejects most of its mass.
Down
- 1. the magnitude of a celestial object as it is actually measured from the earth
- 2. a celestial object of very small radius and very high density, composed predominantly of closely packed neutrons.
- 5. a galaxy in which the stars and gas clouds are concentrated mainly in one or more spiral arms.
- 7. the brightest star in the sky
- 8. a small rocky body orbiting the sun
- 10. the magnitude (brightness) of a celestial object as it would be seen at a standard distance of 10 parsecs.
- 11. a contracting mass of gas which represents an early stage in the formation of a star
- 13. a celestial object, thought to be a rapidly rotating neutron star, that emits regular pulses of radio waves
- 15. the effect whereby the position or direction of an object appears to differ when viewed from different positions
- 17. a very large star of high luminosity and low surface temperature.
- 18. the force that attracts a body toward the center of the earth, or toward any other physical body having mass.
- 20. a small body of matter from outer space that enters the earth's atmosphere
- 22. cosmic bodies of extremely intense gravity from which nothing, not even light, can escape