History of Astronomy All About Stars Here Comes the Sun Galaxy Quest Constellation Station
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Who is Galileo?
This man was responsible for inventing the telescope.
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What is a star's color?
This determines a star's temperature.
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What is thermal and light energy?
This is the kind of energy that is given off by the Sun.
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What a spiral galaxy?
This type of galaxy can also be called a "sombrero galaxy."
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What is a constellation?
This is a group of stars that form a pattern.
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What is a reflecting telescope?
This invention, developed by Newton, used a curved mirror to sharpen detail in far away objects.
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What is a nebula?
This cloud of space dust and gas is where stars are born.
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What are hydrogen and helium?
The Sun is mainly composed of chemical reactions between these two gases.
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What are irregular galaxies?
These galaxies have no discernible shape.
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What is Polaris, or the North Star?
This star is a part of the Little Dipper, and acts as an "anchor" in the Northern Hemisphere.
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What are the sun, moon, and stars?
Buildings and other structure were left behind to show that the movements of these heavenly bodies were important to the ancient peoples
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What is a supernova?
The name for an explosion that ends the life of a star.
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What are sunspots?
These places appear dark on the face of the sun, because of their cooler temperature.
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What is an elliptical galazy?
These galaxies are shaped like a football.
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What are myths and legends?
The shape of constellations are often based on these.
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What is a lunar ecplise?
This event was occurs when Earth casts a shadow on the moon.
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What is a black hole?
The leftover core of a massive star will begin to collapse in on itself, causing what?
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What is a solar flare?
This occurs when part of the chromosphere erupts like a volcano.
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What is a galaxy?
This is a huge center of stars, dust, and gas, held together by gravity.
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What is Ursa Major?
This constellation contains what is known in the Northern Hemisphere as the Big Dipper.
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What are calendars?
Patterns in seasons, and movements of the stars, led to the creation of what?
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What is a red supergiant?
This is a name for a very large, cold, star.
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What is East?
The Sun rises in this direction.
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What is a black hole?
This often lies at the center of a galaxy.
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What is the Earth's movement around the Sun?
Constellations change with the seasons because of this.






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