| A | B |
|---|
| collect the light from distant stars and separate that light into bands of different colors | Spectroscope |
| receives radio waves emitted from objects in space, including waves from very distant stars and galaxies | Radio Telescope |
| Huge, looping eruptions of gas, usually near sunspots | Prominences |
| a nucleus of bright stars and two or more spiral arms | Spiral galaxy |
| no definite shape | Irregular galaxy |
| spherical or flattened disks | Elliptical galaxy |
| electrically charged particles sent out from the corona | Solar wind |
| emits light and is the most prominent layer of the Sun’s atmosphere | Photosphere |
| outer layer of the Sun’s atmosphere that looks like a white halo | Corona |
| areas of gas on the sun that are cooler than the surrounding gases | Sunspots |
| explosions of hot gas that occur when prominences connect | Solar Flare |
| made up of gas, dust, and billions of stars and have different shapes | Galaxies |
| the distance light travel in one year | Light Year |
