Question

The fraction of galaxies described by this adjective in galaxy clusters increases alongside another variable in the Butcher-Oemler Effect. This adjective describes the star Sanduleak -69 202 in a 1987 Nature paper that described that star unusually being a progenitor for a supernova. This adjective names a “loop” that intermediate-mass stars may undergo (15[1])when they begin burning helium. This adjective describes anomalously young stars in globular clusters like M53, which are called (*) “stragglers” described by (10[1])this (10[1])adjective. (10[3])Visible (10[1])light is subtracted from light named for this (10[1])adjective in a common index used (10[1])on the x-axis of observational H-R diagrams. Along with white, this color describes the color of type-O stars (10[1])and the star Rigel, (10[5]-5[2])which all (10[1])have low values (10[1]-5[1])for color index. (-5[1])Light’s wavelength [emphasize] decreases, (10[1]-5[1])and thus energy increases, in this color’s namesake “shift.” (-5[3])For 10 points, what color titles a Voyager 1 photo of Earth as a “pale (10[1])dot?” (10[1])■END■ (10[5])

ANSWER: blue [accept Pale Blue Dot; accept blueshift; accept whitish-blue or bluish-white; accept blue light; accept blue stragglers or blue straggler stars; accept blue supergiant; accept blue loop; accept blue galaxy fraction; accept “Explosion of a blue supergiant: a model for supernova SN1987A”; prompt on B; prompt on B minus V; prompt on supergiant by asking “what other adjective describes that star?”]
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Viraj NegandhiTexas BTexas C5215
Arya KarthikGeorgia Tech DGeorgia Tech B7410
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Adhav RavikumarGeorgia Tech CEmory A7610
Coby TranGanon Evans Fan ClubMSU A and Friend7610
Dimitris KalafatisTAMUTexas A7610
Enoch YuenImperial ACambridge B7710
Brendan BethlehemCambridge AWarwick8510
Kevin FlanaganBristolOxford9110
Ketan PamurthyTAG Magnet: Taylor's VersionHCC10910
Vedang SinghalNorth Carolina AJames Madison A11310
Andrew OliphantNC StateSouth Carolina A11310
Jon GolanGeorgia AGeorgia Tech A113-5
Rahim DinaImperial BDurham11310
Shreya IyerGeorgetownMaryland B113-5
DennisMichigan BKenyon B11310
Owen BrownKenyon A Ohio State B11310
Yashwanth BajjiMichigan A Ohio State A 11510
Connor RonanSouth Carolina BDuke118-5
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Ethan CohenGeorge Washington AGeorge Washington B121-5
Theodore BenzmillerBoston CollegeArizona State12510
Stefan Stealey-EuchnerArizona StateBoston College125-5
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Connor MayersMaryland AJohns Hopkins134-5
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Aditya SharmaDukeSouth Carolina B15010
Benjamin McAvoy-BickfordNorth Carolina BJames Madison B15110
Arunn SankarGeorgia Tech AGeorgia A15110
Eva LettiereGeorge Washington BGeorge Washington A15110
Daniel KimMaryland BGeorgetown15110
Max NieburJohns HopkinsMaryland A15110