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Across
  1. 2. Gaseous cloud from which, in the so-called nebular hypothesis of the origin of the solar system
  2. 4. Shows the relationship between a star's temperature and its luminosity
  3. 5. Amount of matter in an object
  4. 10. Generates a strong magnetic field
  5. 12. Group of stars that forms a particular shape
  6. 13. The angle between the Earth at one time of year, and the Earth six months later, as measured from a nearby star
  7. 15. One in which two stars orbit around a common center of mass
  8. 17. The range of all types of EM radiation
  9. 19. Apparent magnitude an object would have if it were located at a distance of 10 parsecs
  10. 21. The stellar core left behind after a dying star has exhausted its nuclear fuel and expelled its outer layers to form a planetary nebula
Down
  1. 1. Pulses of radiation at very regular intervals that typically range from milliseconds to seconds
  2. 3. A dying star in the final stages of stellar evolution
  3. 6. The explosion of a star
  4. 7. Property of a body by virtue of which it opposes any agency that attempts to put it in motion
  5. 8. Process in which two or more things form to make one thing
  6. 9. Brightest star in the night sky
  7. 11. How bright an object appears in the sky from Earth
  8. 14. One of many large rocks that circle the sun
  9. 16. A piece of rock or other matter from space that produces a bright light as it travels through the atmosphere
  10. 18. a celestial object consisting of a nucleus of ice and dust
  11. 20. Force by which a planet or other body draws objects toward its center