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Anajune7

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The nearest naked- eye star to our Sun, Alpha Centauri, is still over a parsec distant.
 
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Question 2

Within the boundaries of the constellations Coma and Virgo are found:
 
  A) all the galaxies in the Local Group.
  B) the most distant known quasars.
  C) the largest nearby superclusters of galaxies.
  D) the closest red dwarfs to the Sun.
  E) the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds.


Mochi

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Reply #1 on: Jul 27, 2018
Answer to Question 1

TRUE

Answer to Question 2

C


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Anajune7

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Reply #2 on: Jul 27, 2018
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