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Diane

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Compare and contrast the properties of disk and halo stars.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

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___________ associations and ___________ associations are groups of stars born together but not gravitationally bound to one another.
 
  Fill in the blank(s) with correct word



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Answer to Question 1

Most of the stars in the disk are middle- to lower-main-sequence stars like the Sun, a few are red giants and white dwarfs, and fewer still are brilliant blue O and B stars. Those hot, massive stars are rare, but they are so luminous that they provide much of the light from the disk. Halo stars are old, cool, lower-main-sequence stars, red giants, and white dwarfs.

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T, OB
OB, T





 

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