Common Misconceptions in Astronomy - table provides common misconceptions and explains the correct reasoning. Scroll down through table to find misconceptions of distances in the universe to star spectrum. Table produced by Cengage Learning to supplement textbook on astronomy.
http://www.brookscole.com/astronomy_d/templates/student_resources/053439549X_pasachoff/miscon/miscon.html

Ohio Resource Center has identified misconceptions that may relate to content taught in earlier grades. ORC recommended resources to help correct student misconceptions.. These resources, lesson ideas, should be incorporated into instruction in a way that is developmentally appropriate and that corrects misconceptions as a part of standards-based instruction. http://www.ohiorc.org/pm/science/SciCDMisconceptions.aspx?cid=10