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Astronomy 0089

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By: Christina Trostel
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Chapter 1
What is astronomy,
What is science,
What is the scientific method
9  cards
Chapter 2
What are constellations,
How many constellations are there,
What are angles used for
21  cards
Chapter 4
What is latitude,
What is longitude,
What is the horizon
28  cards
Chapter 5
What are wave properties,
What is a wavelength,
What is a period
42  cards
Chapter 6
What is a refracting telescope,
What is a,
What is chromatic aberration
10  cards
Chapter 15/16: The Sun
What is the diameter of the sun,
What is the mass of the sun,
What is the surface temperature o...
44  cards
Chapter 17/18/19: Measuring Properties of Stars
What is a parallax,
What is a stellar parallax,
What is a parsec
35  cards
Chapter 20: The Interstellar Medium
What is a nebula,
What is an emission nebula,
What is a dark nebula
15  cards
Chapter 21/22: Birth of Stars and Low Mass Star Evolution
What is fragmentation,
What do stars form in,
What is a cloud collapse
23  cards
Chapter 22/23: Stellar Explosions, Evolution of High Mass Stars, Star Clusters
What is a novae white dwarf,
What is chandrasekhar s limit for...,
What is a type ia supernovae from...
23  cards
Chapter 23: Black Holes
What is the escape speed concept,
What is the schwarzschild rasius,
How are black holes detected
6  cards
Chapter 25: The Milky Way
How big is the milky way,
How many stars does the milky way...,
Where is the sun
20  cards
Chapter 26,27: Galaxies
What kind of galaxies are there,
What are spiral galaxies,
What are barred spiral galaxies
7  cards
Chapter 28: The Large Scale Structure of the Universe
What are standard candles,
What is the cosmic distance ladder,
What is hubbles law
11  cards
Chapter 29: Cosmology
What is cosmology,
What is the cosmological principle,
Hubble s law meaning
16  cards

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