Re: Easy test. *g* n/t
Confession: I answered as you did, Steve. I got 9 out of 10 right and messed up on the 10th question knowing better. :)
Class of stars:
http://www.astro.uiuc.edu/~kaler/sow/class.html
Closest G types similar to our sun:
G Class Centaurus A:
http://www.astro.uiuc.edu/~kaler/sow/rigil-kent.html
Capella (with two G type stars):
http://www.astro.uiuc.edu/~kaler/sow/capella.html
Biggest star in the sky (in the 'visual' sense :): Red Giant, R Doradus
http://www.eso.org/outreach/press-rel/pr-1997/pr-05-97.html
(this was new to me)
Marcia
-thanks for the tangent, Steve!