STAAR Vocab #20 Flashcards

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large cloud of dust and gas in space where stars are born.

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nebula.

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graph showing the relationship between the stars surface, temperature,and absolute magnitude(brightness).

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H-R diagram.

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distance light travels in one year.

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light year.

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diagonal area in the H-R Diagram that includes more than 90% of all stars.

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main sequence.

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an enormously bright, distant galaxy with a giant black hole in the center.

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quasar.

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