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    A spectroscope spreads light into wavelengths and is used to measure a star's luminosity and absolute magnitude, its true brightness. Stars generate light and heat through nuclear fusion, where atomic nuclei combine in the core, while hot gases rise and fall in the radiative and convection zones below the photosphere, chromosphere, and corona layers visible from Earth.

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    A spectroscope spreads light into wavelengths and is used to measure a star's luminosity and absolute magnitude, its true brightness. Stars generate light and heat through nuclear fusion, where atomic nuclei combine in the core, while hot gases rise and fall in the radiative and convection zones below the photosphere, chromosphere, and corona layers visible from Earth.

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    VOCAB #14
    Spectroscope

    A device that spreads light into different wavelengths


    Light-Year

    It is the distance light travels in 1 year


    (Approx 9.5 trillion km or 6 trillion miles)
    Speed of light: 299,792 km/sec
    Apparent Magnitude

    It is a measure of how bright stars appear from Earth


    Luminosity/Absolute Magnitude

    It is the true brightness of an object


    Nuclear Fusion

    It is a process that occurs when several nuclei of several atoms


    combine into one larger nucleus
    Radiative Zone

    It is a shell of cooler hydrogen above a stars core


    Convection Zone

    An area where hot gas moves up toward the surface and cooler gas
    moves deeper into the interior
    Photosphere

    It is the apparent surface of a star


    Chromosphere

    It is the orange-red layer above the photosphere


    Corona

    It is the wide, outermost layer of a stars atmosphere

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