Space Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 3. A tool that splits light into different wavelengths
  2. 5. A galaxy that does not have a definite shape
  3. 6. How hot or cold something is
  4. 7. A galaxy shaped like a flat rotating disc
  5. 10. A scatter graph showing the relationship between the absolute magnitudes of stars against their spectral types
  6. 12. The total amount of energy released from a star
  7. 13. All time, space, and everything else
  8. 16. A galaxy shaped in an ellipsoidal shape being smooth and nearly featureless
  9. 19. A cluster of matter in the universe that constitutes a unit
  10. 20. swinging back and forth (like a pendulum)
Down
  1. 1. A sphere of plasma held by its gravity
  2. 2. The magnitude of a celestial object
  3. 4. A system of millions or more stars
  4. 8. The brightness of a celestial object from ten parsecs
  5. 9. A unit of measure for temperature based on an absolute scale
  6. 11. The process in which two nuclei collide to create different products
  7. 14. A theory in astronomy where the universe originated from a big explosion
  8. 15. The distance between similar points on two successive waves
  9. 17. A cloud of gas/dust in outer space
  10. 18. A galaxy that our solar system is in