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Who was the first scientist to study the sun

Johannes Kepler, a German astronomer and mathematician.

What layer of the sun does nuclear fusion occur

Nuclear fusion occurs in the solar core.

How old are constellations

Since ancient Greece maybe, the ancient Greeks named the 88 constellations.

Edit: It was probably the Babylonians who really started naming groups of stars. The modern system of 88 constellations was only finalised in the last century.

Obviously the Babylonians, Greeks, etc., couldn't even see the stars that

can be seen only from the Southern Hemisphere.

What is considered to represent Zeus

if you mean the god zues he is the god of laws,oaths,thunder,and lightning his symbol is the same as the symbol of the u.s.a

From what sea creature does Andromeda need to be rescued

Cetus, sent by Poseidon.

What does 'to sing like a bird' mean

to have beautiful voice or beautiful at singing

The helium flash occurs at what stage in stellar evolution

When the star becomes a "Red giant" is when the helium flash occurs.

What is the fruit guarded by hesperides given to gala on her marriage to Zeus

Golden Apples.

What is IAU stand for

It stands for International Astronomical Union.

What constellation is associated with he was ruler of horses and the seas

Neptune was the ruler of horses and the sea, but he was not a constellation, he was a god. You may be confused here because one of the planets in our solar system is called Neptune.

Antares is red tonight

The star Antares is always red. It is a red supergiant star.

What theory suggests that the interstellar dust within a nebular cloud is the most important component of planet formation

The answer is Nebular Theory

What is a Star that explodes at the end of it's life known as

when is explodes it is called a super nova

What constellation was associated with the description the hunter

orion

Why is a Subaru called a Subaru

Subaru is Japanese for Pleiades. The Pleiades is an open star cluster. The Subaru logo has an image of stars similar to the stars of Pleiades, but whereas the Pleiades has 7 stars, the Subaru logo has only 6.

Where is the data collected placed on a graph

On the vertical axis

Do fairies exist on other planets and in other galaxies

no fairies don't exist any where..

How sunspot like solar prominence

Solar prominences are gouts of charged particles carried from the surface of the sun into space.

These particles are carried by magnetic fields, but of course the surface of the Sun is too hot for any magnetic material (>6 000oC).

The source of the magnetic field in turn is caused by huge electrical currents of charged particles near the Sun's surface.

Are the stars closest to earth hot or cold

hot

What are sunspot maximums and sunspot minimums

Sunspot maximum and sunspot minimum are the points in time (roughly 6 years apart) when the sun is producing the most, or the least sunspots. In the past this has been measured both by sunspot area and sunspot count and is directly tied to the solar magnetic cycle.

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