Alphabet Game – STARS

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  • #27930
    Cassel
    Keymaster
      • 2522
      • Superfan

      A – Andromeda

      #27957
      Bonnie Ballentine
      Participant
        • 1643
        • Superfan

        B = Black Hole

        #28143
        libera
        Participant
          • 734
          • Enthusiast

          C = Cassiopeia

          #28145
          Bonnie Ballentine
          Participant
            • 1643
            • Superfan

            D = Dwarf star

            #28175
            Sharon Wilke
            Participant
              • 140
              • Junior

              E = Equinox

              #28179
              Annie Tobin
              Participant
                • 2938
                • Superfan

                F = falling star

                #28187
                Bonnie Ballentine
                Participant
                  • 1643
                  • Superfan

                  G = gravitational pull

                  #28223
                  Annie Tobin
                  Participant
                    • 2938
                    • Superfan

                    H = Horsehead Nebula

                    #28224
                    Bonnie Ballentine
                    Participant
                      • 1643
                      • Superfan

                      I = INTERSTELLAR DUST

                      #28276
                      libera
                      Participant
                        • 734
                        • Enthusiast

                        J = Jansky ( a unit used in radio astronomy, it was Karl Jansky who developed radio astronomy)

                        #28277
                        libera
                        Participant
                          • 734
                          • Enthusiast

                          K = Kelvin (temperature scale which is also used in astronomy)

                          #28278
                          libera
                          Participant
                            • 734
                            • Enthusiast

                            L = Lunation ( the cycle between one new moon and the next one)

                            #28279
                            libera
                            Participant
                              • 734
                              • Enthusiast

                              M = Meteor

                              #28280
                              libera
                              Participant
                                • 734
                                • Enthusiast

                                N = Nova

                                #28281
                                libera
                                Participant
                                  • 734
                                  • Enthusiast

                                  O = Orbit

                                  #28311
                                  Bonnie Ballentine
                                  Participant
                                    • 1643
                                    • Superfan

                                    P = Pluto

                                    #28313
                                    Cassel
                                    Keymaster
                                      • 2522
                                      • Superfan

                                      Q – Quasar (an extremely luminous active galactic nucleus ); although I needed to Google the definition, I knew of the name from my older years doing some astronomy!

                                      #28321
                                      libera
                                      Participant
                                        • 734
                                        • Enthusiast

                                        R = Ring galaxy (the ring is said to “contain luminous blue stars”)

                                        #28322
                                        libera
                                        Participant
                                          • 734
                                          • Enthusiast

                                          S = Supernova

                                          #28323
                                          libera
                                          Participant
                                            • 734
                                            • Enthusiast

                                            Ups, sorry, I just saw it, I did the same proposition for R twice, here another one.

                                            R = Red giant

                                             

                                            #28324
                                            Michele
                                            Participant
                                              • 1424
                                              • Superfan

                                              T = Tadpole Galaxy

                                              #28326
                                              Bonnie Ballentine
                                              Participant
                                                • 1643
                                                • Superfan

                                                U = Ursa Major

                                                #28346
                                                libera
                                                Participant
                                                  • 734
                                                  • Enthusiast

                                                  V = Variable star (“fluctuates in brightness”)

                                                  #28347
                                                  libera
                                                  Participant
                                                    • 734
                                                    • Enthusiast

                                                    W = White dwarf

                                                    #28350
                                                    Bonnie Ballentine
                                                    Participant
                                                      • 1643
                                                      • Superfan

                                                      X = X-ray burster

                                                      #28353
                                                      Cassel
                                                      Keymaster
                                                        • 2522
                                                        • Superfan

                                                        Y – Yildun (that is a star, I swear!!)

                                                        #28354
                                                        libera
                                                        Participant
                                                          • 734
                                                          • Enthusiast

                                                          Z = Zodiac

                                                          #28359
                                                          Bonnie Ballentine
                                                          Participant
                                                            • 1643
                                                            • Superfan

                                                            WTG, Ladies!

                                                            #28362
                                                            libera
                                                            Participant
                                                              • 734
                                                              • Enthusiast

                                                              Hello Bonnie, the french girl would like to know: what does WTG stand for :-)?

                                                              #28363
                                                              Michele
                                                              Participant
                                                                • 1424
                                                                • Superfan

                                                                WTG means “way to go.”

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