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Quiz by James Gonyo, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by James Gonyo
over 5 years ago
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Question 1
Answer
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A Galaxy
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A Globular Cluster
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A Planetary Nebula
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A Supernova Remnant
Question 2
Answer
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ALL of the Stars, Galaxies, and Planets that exist today.
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Stars so far away that their light has not yet reached Earth.
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Everything we can see or detect with instruments.
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Everything there is, ever was, or ever will be.
Question 3
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Which is true of a star on the Celestial Sphere with coordinates of:
RA 8 Hours (right ascension)
Dec +28 degrees (declination)
Answer
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It would be visible to an observer in the Northern Hemisphere.
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It would be visible to an observer in the Southern Hemisphere.
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It would be directly overhead to an observer at the Equator.
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These coordinates do not exist on the Celestial Sphere.
Question 4
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A Red Giant star
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A Blue Giant star
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A Yellow Dwarf star
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A Yellow Giant star
Question 5
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Polaris, the North Star, is a Yellow Supergiant star. Which of these are true of Polaris?
(Hint: there is more than 1 correct answer)
Answer
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Polaris is much larger than the sun.
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Polaris is much brighter than the sun.
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Polaris is much hotter than the sun.
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Polaris is located at or very near the North Celestial Pole.
Question 6
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Which of these galaxies must be an artist's drawing and not an actual photograph?
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Milky Way Galaxy
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Andromeda Galaxy
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Pinwheel Galaxy
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Sombrero Galaxy
Question 7
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The Horsehead Nebula is a [blank_start]Dark Nebula[blank_end].
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Dark Nebula
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Supernova Remnant
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Star Forming Nebula
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Planetary Nebula
Question 8
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Which of these is the Constellation Orion?
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Image:Pisces (binary/octet-stream)
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Image:Orion (binary/octet-stream)
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