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16 Cards in this Set
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Constellations
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Patterns of stars
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Absoulute Magnitude
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A measure of the amount of light it gives off.
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Apparent Magnitude
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A measure of the amount of light recieved on Earth.
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Light Year
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The distance that light travels in one year.
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Photosphere
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Layer lights are given off; lowest layer of Sun.
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Chromosphere
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Located above the photosphere.
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Corona
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Largest layer of Sun's atmosphere.
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Sunspots
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Dark, cool areas of the Sun.
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Nebula
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Large clouds of dust and gas that forms stars.
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Giant
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A star that expands and cools.
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White Dwarf
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A star the size of the Earth that has a hot dense core.
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Super Giant
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Late stage in the life style of a massive star; core heats up; star expands.
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Nuetron Star
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Collapsed core of a supernova.
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Blackhole
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Final stage of the evolution of supernova. It is so tight light is not capable of going through it.
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Galaxy
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A large group of stars, gas, and dust held together by gravity.
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Big Bang Theory
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States that about 12 billion to 15 billion years ago, the universe began with a huge, fiery explosion.
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