Let's name some stars
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| M31 | The Andromeda Galaxy: Spiral Galaxy
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| Double Cluster In Perseus | Open Galactic Star Cluster
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| M1 | Crab Nebula (Supernova Remnant)
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| M45 | The Pleiades (Seven Sisters): Most famous open star cluster w/ reflection nebula
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| M42 | The Orion Nebula: massive emission nebula
(next to M42 is M43 another nebula)
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| M44 | The Beehive Cluster: Open Galactic Star cluster
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| M13 | The Hercules Globular Cluster
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| M8 | The Lagoon Nebula: emission nebula(stellar nursery)
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| M20 | The Trifid Nebula emission nebula(stellary nursery
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| M57 | The Ring Nebula: Planetary Nebula(dead star)
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| What is Algol? | an eclipsing Binary star -v-V-v-
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| What is Delta Cephei? | a cepheid variable star /\n/\n
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| Who are the Pointer Stars | Dubhe and Merak
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| Brightest Star? | Sirius
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| The "Northern Star" | Polaris
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| Red supergiant | Betelgeuse
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| First double star discovered | Mizar
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| Perseus * | Algol
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| Ursa Major *'s (asterism?) | Dubhe Merak (Big Dipper)
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| Cepheus * | Delta Cephei
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| Andromeda (M?) | M31
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| Cassiopeia (M?) | Double Cluster
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| Cygnus * (asterism?) | Deneb (Northern Cross)
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| Lyra * | Vega
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| Auriga * | Capella
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| Pegasus (asterism?) | (The Great Square)
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| Pisces |
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| Aquarius |
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| Piscis Austrinus * | Fomalhaut
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| Aquila * | Altair
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| What stars make up the Summer Triangle | Deneb, Vega, and Altair
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| Bootes * | Arcturus
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| Serpens |
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| Sagittarius (M's?) | M20 and M8
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| Scorpius * | Antares
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| Virgo | Spica
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| Hercules (M?) | M13
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| Libra |
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| Leo * | Regulus
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| Cancer (M?) | M44
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| Gemini *'s | Castor Pollux(brighter)
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| Hydra |
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| Canis Major * | Sirius
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| Canis Minor * | Procyon
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| Orion 2 *'s (M?) | Betelguese, Rigel, M42
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| Lepus |
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| Taurus 2 (M's?) * | M1, M45, Aldeberan
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| Cetus |
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