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| A group of stars that forms a pattern in the sky that looks like a familar object, animal or character |
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| The amountof light a star actully gves off |
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| the amount of light that is recieved on Earth |
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| Is the distance that light travels in one year |
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| lowest layer of the Sun's atmosphere |
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| layer of the sun's atmosphere above the photosphere |
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| outer ost, largest layer of the sun's atmosphere; extends millions of kilometers into space |
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| areas on the Sun's surface that are cooler and less bright than surrounding areas; are caused by the Sun's magnetic field |
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| large cloud of gas and dust that contract under gravitational force that breaks apart into smaller peices |
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| late stage in the life of comparativity low-mass main sequence star |
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| late stage in the life cycle of a comparativity low-mass main sequence star |
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| a heavy element formed by fusion |
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| collapsed core of a supernova that can shrink to about 20 kiliometers in diameter |
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| final stage in the evolution of a very massive star where the cores massive collapse to a point that its gravity so strong that not even light can escape |
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