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| the band of colors produced when white light passes through a prism |
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| the brightness of a star seen from the earth |
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| the brightness that a star would have at a distance of 32.6 light-years from earth |
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| the distance the light travels in one year; about 9.46 trillion kilometers |
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| an apperent shift in the position of an object when viewed from the different locations |
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| the location on the H-R diagram where most stars lie; it has a diagonal pattern from the lower right (low temperature and luminosity) to the upper left (high temperature and lumionosity) |
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| Hertzsprung-Russel diagram; a graph that shows the relationship between a star's surface temperature and absolute magnitude |
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| a gigantic explosion in which a massive star collapses and throws its outer layers in space. |
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| a collection of star, dust, and gas bound together by gravity |
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