In which constellation appears the clustery scene in the above image?
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Which of Jupiter’s moons has hundreds of active volcanoes?
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Name the element which is the most abundant chemical substance in the universe.
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Because Polaris is the North Star, its declination is exactly 90 degrees.
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About how many times per day does the International Space Station orbit the Earth?
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A “narrowband” filter will be most effective when viewing which of these objects?
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In the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey, the black crystalline monolith was discovered near which lunar crater?
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At 11 pm on a given night, you observe that Syrtis Major is exactly centered on the meridian of Mars. At about what time should you observe the next night to see it centered the same way?
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Pick the correct order of stars by galactocentric distance, from least to greatest.
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Name the last moon of Uranus to be discovered before the flyby of the Voyager 2 space probe.
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Which astronomer was credited with discovery of the above moon?
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Last month (Feb 2021) the rover Perseverance landed in which Martian crater?