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TSS Astro Trivia Quiz - Apr 2021
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The above image depicts the western end of which constellation?
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Who was the last American astronaut to fly an entirely solo orbital mission?
1 point
John Glenn
Alan Shepard
Gordon Cooper
Wally Schirra
Alan Bean
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Which planet of the Solar System has the shortest period of rotation?
1 point
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The Beehive Cluster (Messier 44) lies within which constellation?
1 point
Cancer
Gemini
Libra
Taurus
Virgo
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An altazimuth mount enables a telescope to track celestial objects with a single axis motion.
1 point
True
False
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What is the English term for a Russian space traveler?
1 point
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What is the English term for a Chinese space traveler?
2 points
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About how many full Moon angular sizes would it take to fit between Merak and Dubhe, the “pointer” stars of the Big Dipper?
2 points
3
5
8
11
14
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Who designed the first achromatic telescope eyepiece?
2 points
Jesse Ramsden
Carl Kellner
Simon Plössl
Heinrich Erfle
Ernst Abbe
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As seen from Earth, a variable star periodically triples its light output. By how much does the apparent magnitude change?
2 points
0.33
0.74
1.19
2.52
3.00
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Who was the first woman to be appointed director of the Royal Greenwich Observatory?
3 points
Margaret Burbidge
Caroline Herschel
Jocelyn Bell Burnell
Caroline Furness
Helen Pillans
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In an H-R Diagram, stellar luminosities are plotted against temperatures. What name does the letter H stand for? (full credit only for correct spelling)
3 points
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