View From the Earth and Stars Formation and Evolution (GROUP 3 GIS 1006 22/23)

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Across
  1. 4. _______time is measured according to the position of stars in the sky rather than the position of the Sun in the sky
  2. 6. The Moon’s shadow on Earth during a solar eclipse consists of _______ where the eclipse is total
  3. 9. A “failed star”
  4. 11. Hotter and more luminous than solar-mass stars
  5. 14. 0 to 360 degrees around the horizon from the north towards the east
  6. 16. Intense burst of fusion during the red giant star's evolution
  7. 17. Stars form as a result of the _____ collapse of dense regions within molecular clouds
  8. 20. This coordinate system is an extension of the terrestrial system onto the celestial sphere
  9. 21. Name of a baby star
  10. 24. The planetary configuration in which the planet is farthest from Earth and Sun lies between planet and Earth
  11. 26. A star that has exhausted its nuclear fuel
  12. 28. Region of cosmic gas and dust formed from the cast-off outer layers of a dying star
  13. 29. tilted 23.5 degrees with respect to the Equator
  14. 30. Sun is ________ in the sky during the summer solstice
Down
  1. 1. When the forces in a star are equal
  2. 2. Some nebulae are stars _______
  3. 3. A slow change in the direction of the axis of a spinning object
  4. 5. After depleting their core hydrogen, massive star evolved into red______
  5. 7. A solar mass star is a star similar to our ______
  6. 8. An infinitely dense object whose gravity is so strong that nothing can escape its immediate proximity
  7. 10. Celestial objects are said to ________ when they cross the celestial meridian in the southern sky
  8. 12. The complete cycle of _______ phases takes ~29 days to complete
  9. 13. Dense compact star composed of neutrons
  10. 15. This eclipse refers to the Sun’s light being blocked from regions of the Earth by the shadow of the moon
  11. 18. The class of stars which is circumpolar ________ is always visible
  12. 19. A scale of 90 degrees at the poles and 0 degrees at the equator
  13. 22. A plot or graph in the shape of a figure eight that shows the position of the sun in the sky at a given time of day (such as noon) at one specific locale measured throughout the year
  14. 23. Stage of a star's life is when it fuses hydrogen
  15. 25. Where does star nuclear fusion take place?
  16. 27. During the vernal equinox, the sun appears on ________ 21