universe vocab

Question 1

a brightness scale used to measure of how bright a star would be if it were seen from a standard distance

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absolute magnitude

Question 2

the brightness of a star as seen from earth

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apparent magnitude

Question 3

a large collection of stars dust and gas bound together by gravity

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galaxy

Question 4

Hertzsprung-Russell diagram a graph that shows the star’s surface temperature and absolute magnitude

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h-r diagram

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the distance that light travels through space in one year: about 9.46 trillion kilometers

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light years

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the actual brightness of an object such as a star

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luminosity

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a large cloud of and gas in interstellar space a region in space when stars are born

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nebula

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the region on the h-r diagram where stars spend most of their lives like it has a diagonal pattern

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main sequence

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the core of a supernova that has collapsed under gravity to the point that the electrons and protons have smashed together to form neutrons

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neutron star

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a relatively large spherical body that orbits a star

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planet

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a highly magnetized rotating neutron star that emits a beam of electromagnetic radiation.

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pulsar

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the motion of a body that travels around another body in space one trip along an orbit

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recolution

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the spin of a body on its axis

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rotation

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the collection of large and small bodies that orbit our central star, the sun

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solar systems

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a lrge celestian body that is composed of gas that emits light the sun is a typical star

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star

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the distance between two adjacent troughs of crests of a wave

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wave length

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a gigantic explosion in which a massive star throws it’s outer layer into space but it’s core remains

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supernova

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space and all the matter and energy in it

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universe

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the hot dense dim core of matter the remains form the collapse of a low mass star

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white dwarf

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a galaxy shaped like a pinwheel with a bulge in the center and spiral arms extening ourtwards

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spiral galaxy

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a spherical or elongated galaxy with a bright center and very little dust and gas

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ellipyical galaxy

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a galaxy with an irregular shape that does not fir into any other category

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irregular galaxy

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all of the different wavelengths and frequencies of electromagnetic radiarion from radio waves to gamm rays

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electromagnetic spectum

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the theory that all matter and energy in the universe was compressed into an extremly small volume that 13 billion to 15 billion years ago exploded and began expanding directions

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big bang theory

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CMB; the electromagnetic radiation left over from the formation of the universe

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cosmic microwve bacground

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a phonomenon which occours when a star or galaxy is moving awayfrom the earth and its

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red shif

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an obsrved change in frequency or wavelgnth when the source is moving with respect to the observer

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doppler effect

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a tool used to collect tight form the stars and sepreate the colors int eh light

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spectroscope