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The Hertzsprung-Russell diagram shows the relation between the luminosity and surface temperature (which is related to spectral class, or color) of the stars in the Milky Way.…
(Encyclopedia) black hole, in astronomy, celestial object of such extremely intense gravity that it attracts everything near it and in some instances prevents everything, including light, from…
(Encyclopedia) AntaresAntaresăntârˈēz [key], brightest star in the constellation Scorpius; Bayer designation Alpha Scorpii; 1992 position R.A. 16h27.6m, Dec. −26°22′. A red supergiant of spectral…
(Encyclopedia) Hertzsprung, EjnarHertzsprung, Ejnarīˈnär hĕrtsˈspr&oomacr;ng [key], 1873–1967, Danish astronomer. Although trained as a chemical engineer, Hertzsprung made his career in astronomy…
(Encyclopedia) Hadar or Beta CentauriHadarbāˈtə sĕntôrˈē [key], bright star in the constellation Centaurus; 1992 position R.A. 14h01.7m, dec. −60°13′. A bluish-white giant of spectral class B1 II, it…
(Encyclopedia) Paige, Satchel (Leroy Paige)Paige, Satchelsăchˈəl pāj [key], 1906–82, American baseball player, b. Mobile, Ala. He began pitching in 1924, joined his first professional team two years…
(Encyclopedia) Orion Nebula, bright diffuse nebula in the constellation Orion; also known as the Great Nebula of Orion and cataloged as M42 or NGC 1976. It is located near the middle of the “sword”…
(Encyclopedia) Kundla, John Albert, 1916–, American basketball coach, b. Star Junction, Pa. A star player at the Univ. of Minnesota, he served in the navy during World War II, then coached (1946–47)…
(Encyclopedia) virtual telescope, a computerized interferometer (see interference) that merges the images from two or more telescopes to obtain a single, large, enhanced image. The image in each…
