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Name: Date: Lab 10 – Stars and Galaxies Table 1 Star Diameter Distance Scaled Distance (Sun = 1) meters LY meters Spica 1 1.40 x 10^9 261 2.47 x 10^18 1.76 x 10^9 Betelgeuse 600 489 Deneb 200 1402 Altair 2 17 Vega 2.7 26 Sirius 1.6 8.6 Table 2 Galaxy Diameter (LY) Distance (LY) Scaled Distance Milky Way 100,000 0 0 Andromeda Galaxy 125,000 2,500,000 Large Magellanic Cloud 31,000 165,000 Small Magellanic Cloud 16,000 200,000 Questions Q1. How do the scaled distances between galaxies compare to the scaled distances between stars? (Another way to think about this: How many galaxies would fit between galaxies? How many stars would fit between stars?) Answer: Q2. Do you think galaxies “collide” or merge with each other? Why or why not? Answer:

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