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Main Sequence Star Red Giant Planetary Nebula White Dwarf Star Formation Nebula Protostar Neutron Star Massive Star Red Super Giant Black Hole SuperNova
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STARS ARE CLASSIFIED ACCORDING TO THEIR:
Size Temperature Color Brightness
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GALAXY- a group of stars, dust, gas, and other objects held together by gravitational forces.
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Our fastest spacecraft travels 30 km/s; it can travel from Los Angeles to San Francisco in 25 seconds. At this speed, it would take 40,000 years to travel to the nearest star (Alpha Centauri- 4.3 light years), and it would take 10 billion years to travel across our galaxy.
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LIGHT YEAR- The distance light travels in one year
LIGHT YEAR- The distance light travels in one year. This is equivalent to light traveling at 300,000 km/s, or 186,000 miles/s. ASTRONOMICAL UNIT (AU)- The distance between the Earth and the Sun (150 million km).
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SPIRAL GALAXY Consist of a dense area in center surrounded by spiraling arms.
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BARRED SPIRAL GALAXY Have a bar-shaped structure in center.
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ELLIPTICAL GALAXY Looks like the central portion of a spiral galaxy without the arms.
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LENTICULAR GALAXY Lens-shaped with a smooth, even distribution of stars and no central, denser area.
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IRREGULAR GALAXY Peculiar shapes and do not appear to rotate like those galaxies of other shapes.
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NEBULA A huge cloud of dust & gas from which stars form.
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ORION NEBULA
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SUPERNOVA The explosion of a very large star.
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CYGNUS LOOP- SUPERNOVA
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CONSTELLATION- a pattern of stars in the sky.
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