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46 Cards in this Set
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the seven stars that make up the big dipper is an:
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Asterism
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the asterism and its region of sky are called a:
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Constellation |
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exactly due west on the horizon is the point called west ___________point.
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The north star is also known as what? |
Polaris or Alpha Ursae Minoris |
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the northern cross is in the constellation__________. |
Cygnus |
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The point directly overhead, without respect to the observer's location on earth is their _______ |
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The "Pointer Stars" are in the asterism of the what?
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The pointer stars in the little dipper are what? (2)
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Merak and Dubhe |
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Polaris is the end star in what asterism?
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The little dipper |
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The little dipper is apart of what constellation? |
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Opposite of the zenith is the _________.
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A red super giant |
Betelgeuse |
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A blue-white super giant |
Rigel |
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The "Pointer Stars" |
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The first double star seen in a telescope |
Mizar |
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The brightest star in the sky |
Sirius |
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a famous eclipsing binary |
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a pulsating variable
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Delta Cephei |
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The pole star |
Polaris |
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a supernova remnant |
Crab nubula |
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Open (galactic) star cluster |
Pleiaades |
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Globular star cluster |
Hercules cluster |
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emission nebula
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orion nebula
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planetary nebula |
Ring Nebula |
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the great orion nebula |
m42 |
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Hercules cluter |
m13 |
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cluster in perseus |
double cluster in perseus |
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most famous galastic cluster |
m45, open cluster with reflection nebularW |
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galastic cluster in cancer |
m44, open galastic star cluster |
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famous galaxy |
m13, globular star cluster |
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trifid nebula |
m20, emission AND reflection nebula |
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lagoon nebula |
m8, emission nubula |
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ring nebula |
m57, planetary nebula |
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what star is in scorpious?
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Anteres |
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what asterism lays in andromeda
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great square |
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orions belt to the upper right
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Pleiades |
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Orions belt to the lower left |
sirius
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the sword of orion
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the great nebula of orion |
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arc handle of the big dipper |
arcturus-spica |
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between leo and gemina |
beehive cluster |
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along the top of Andromeda |
Andromeda galaxy |
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right shoulder of orion
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betelgeuse |
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upper belt of orion
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mintaka |
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bend of handle of big dipper |
Mizar-alcor |
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