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Charting the Universe Quiz
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1What is this?
- AA Galaxy
- BA Globular Cluster
- CA Planetary Nebula
- DA Supernova Remnant
2The OBSERVABLE UNIVERSE includes
- AALL of the Stars, Galaxies, and Planets that exist today.
- BStars so far away that their light has not yet reached Earth.
- CEverything we can see or detect with instruments.
- DEverything there is, ever was, or ever will be.
3Which is true of a star on the Celestial Sphere with coordinates of:
RA 8 Hours (right ascension)
Dec +28 degrees (declination)
- AIt would be visible to an observer in the Northern Hemisphere.
- BIt would be visible to an observer in the Southern Hemisphere.
- CIt would be directly overhead to an observer at the Equator.
- DThese coordinates do not exist on the Celestial Sphere.
4Currently, our Sun is
- AA Red Giant star
- BA Blue Giant star
- CA Yellow Dwarf star
- DA Yellow Giant star
5Polaris, the North Star, is a Yellow Supergiant star. Which of these are true of Polaris?
(Hint: there is more than 1 correct answer)
- APolaris is much larger than the sun.
- BPolaris is much brighter than the sun.
- CPolaris is much hotter than the sun.
- DPolaris is located at or very near the North Celestial Pole.
6Which of these galaxies must be an artist's drawing and not an actual photograph?
- AMilky Way Galaxy
- BAndromeda Galaxy
- CPinwheel Galaxy
- DSombrero Galaxy
- AMilky Way Galaxy
7The Horsehead Nebula is a [blank_start]Dark Nebula[blank_end].
- ADark Nebula
- BSupernova Remnant
- CStar Forming Nebula
- DPlanetary Nebula
8Which of these is the Constellation Orion?
- A
- B
- C
- D
- A
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- Quiz to assess knowledge of constellations, star types, galaxies, nebulae, and star clusters.
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- James Gonyo
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- English
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