Across
- 2. A collection of stars, dust, and gas bound together by gravity.
- 4. A measure oh how bright a star would be if it were seen from a standard distance.
- 6. The brightness of a star as seen from Earth.
- 8. Space and all the matter and energy in it.
- 10. Hertzsprung-Russel diagrams a graph that shows the relationship between a star's surface temperature and absolute magnitude.
- 11. The actual brightness of an object such as a star.
- 12. A small hot dim star that is the left over the center of an old sun-like star.
Down
- 1. The distance that light travels in a year; about 9.46 trillion kilometers.
- 3. All of the frequencies or wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation.
- 5. A gigantic explosion in which a massive star collapses and throws it outer layers into space.
- 7. A star that has collapsed under gravity to the point that the electrons and protons have smashed together to form neutrons.
- 9. A large cloud of gas and dust in interstellar space; a region where stars are born.