Stars Vocab

Front

A device that breaks light into colors and produces an image.

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spectrograph

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-1

NGSS.HS-PS4-3

NGSS.HS-PS4-5

Front

Imaginary star pattern

Back

constellation

Front

Change in position of an object from different viewpoints

Back

parallax

Front

Distance light travels in a year

Back

light year

Front

Graph of stars showing surface temperature & brightness

Back

HR Diagram

Front

Brightness of a star at standard distance from Earth

Back

absolute brightness

Front

Diagonal region of stars on HR diagram with 90% of our stars

Back

main sequence

Front

Brightness of a star from Earth

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Apparent brightness

Front

Contracting cloud of gas and dust with mass to form a star

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protostar

Front

A large star is called a

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supergiant