Naming Conventions
The Big Dipper is this recognized as this type of pattern in the night sky
What is an Asterism?
This cluster is the brightest Messier Catalogue item in the night sky.
What is the Pleiades?
The largest satellite of earth will be visible tonight.
What is the Moon?
This famous song features the lyric "Ground Control to Major Tom"
What is Space Oddity by David Bowie?
The third planet from the sun.
What is Earth?
Major Stars in constellations are given this type of name, which is typically in Arabic.
What are Common Names?
This is the first object discovered by Charles Messier.
What is M3?
This bright galaxy is visible with the naked eye, even in Tempe! (Hint: This Spiral Galaxy will Collide with the Milky Way in the next few Billion Years!)
What is the Andromeda Galaxy?
What is Greece?
This "satellite" orbits around the earth and has been since November of 1998.
What is the International Space Station?
"Alpha Centauri a" is an example of this type of star name.
What is a Proper Name?
This object, M57, is commonly known as.
What is the Ring Nebula?
This nebula will be visible tonight (Hint: This Emission Nebula, Located in the Milky Way, is visible to the naked eye)
What is the Lagoon Nebula?
This unit of distance was used to describe the Kessel Run Han Solo made in the movie Star Wars.
What is a parsec?
This planet has 16 known moons.
What is Neptune?
The letter H represents this solar system planet.
What is Mercury?
This nebula gives birth to new stars.
What is Orion (M42)
This large supernova will be high in the eastern sky during our meeting.
What is the Veil Nebula?
This movie depicts space travel from the Hubble Telescope to the International Space Station.
What is Gravity?
The fourth layer of the sun.
What is the Photosphere?
What is Trappist-1g?
Charles Messier created this catalogue looking for this specific object.
What are comets?
This face-on spiral galaxy, located in the constellation of Camelopardalis, is nicknamed the "Hidden Galaxy"
What is IC 342?
These people built their sacred city at the top of a mountain in the Andes, with a giant stone that perfectly predicts the winter and summer solstice.
What are the Incas?
The Pioneer 10 and 11 crafts contain a plaque depicting this element.
What is Hydrogen?