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  • star - object that heat and light the planets
  • Distance - measured in light years, and is a ray of light that travel in one yr it is about 6 trillion miles.
  • Magnitude brightness - measure of the brightness of celestial obj.
  • Apparent magnitude - how bright a star appear on earth.
  • Absolute magnitude - how bright the star actually is.
  • Temp & Color - indicates the ”T” of the star and it is classified as “T”
  • Main Sequence stars - major grouping of stars that forms a narrow bond from upper left to the lower right when plotted accdg to luminosity of the surface temp on the - Hertzsprung Russel Diagram.
  • Classification of stars
    • O - 20k - 60k Blue
    • B - 10k - 30k Blue-white
    • A - 7.5k - 10k White
    • F - 6k - 7.5k Yellow-white
    • G - 5k - 6k Yellow
    • K - 3.5k - 5k orange
    • M - 2k - 3.5k - red
  • Life cycle of a star
    Protostar - average star - red giant - planetary nebula - white dwarf
  • Life cycle of a star
    Protostar - massive star - red supergiant - supernova - neutron star or blackhole
  • nebula - they begin their lives as clouds of dust and gas.
  • Sun - primary star
  • Uy scuti - biggest star
  • Betelgeuse - next supernova
  • Vega - zero star
  • Polaris - north star
  • Sirius - brightness night star
  • Proxima centuri - star next door
  • Pleiodes seven sky maiden
  • Canopus- handsome star
  • Arcturus- brightness star of north
  • Deneb - blue-white supergiant
  • La superba - carbon star
  • Pollux & castor - twins
  • Antares - red ruby giant
  • Black widow pulsar - fattest collapsed star
  • Messter 60 - supermassive blackhole in duoff galaxy
  • Sagittarius A - blackhole in the heart of milky way
  • constellation - group of stars that form a patter in the sky.
  • There are 80 total of constellation
  • Seven manor constellation
    • Cassiopeia
    • cygnus
    • scorpius
    • draco
    • orion
    • ursa major
    • ursa minor
  • The 12 zodiac signs
    • Aries
    • taurus
    • gemini
    • cancer
    • leo
    • virgo
    • libra
    • scorpio
    • sagiittarius
    • capricorn
    • aquarius
    • pisces
  • Cassiopeia - the queen
  • Cygnus - the swan
  • Scorpius - the scorpion
  • Orion - the hunter
  • ursa major - big bear
  • Ursa Minor - little bear
  • Draco - the dragon
  • Momentum - an object is the product of its mass and velocity