Constellations
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100
Constellations are...
What is stars grouped in patterns
100
uses lenses to magnify images...
What is refractor telescopes
100
A really big star...
What is supergiant?
100
Was the first astronomer to build a telescope for viewing the heavens...
Who is Galileo Galilei?
100
Is the only mammal that can't jump.
What is Elephants
200
Will be visible for a few months, then fade away...
What is a novea?
200
Uses both both mirrors and objective lenses to gather light...
What is a composite telescope?
200
Brightest star in a constellation...
What is an Alpha Star?
200
Introduces an orderly system to identify stars within a constellation...
Who is Johann Bayer?
200
How far away a Lions roar can be heard...
What is five miles away.
300
Second brightest star in a constellation...
What is a beta star?
300
(True or False) All telescope need visible light to work...
What is False?
300
(True or False) Algo (the star) blinks from dim to bright.
What is False (blinks bright to dim)
300
He discovered that when two lenses are places a certain distance apart, it made an object appear much closer...
Who is Hans Lipperhey (weird last name, right?!)
300
The amount of human body parts that only have 3 letters...
What is 10 (eye hip arm leg ear toe jaw rib lip gum)
400
Knowledge of the stars is useful for these 2 things.
What is traveling and to keep accurate calendars?
400
When lenses produce a blurry fringe of color around the lense...
What is chromatic aberration?
400
A galaxy...
What is has millions of stars?
400
First astronomer to detect proper motion when he saw that some stars were not in position...
Who is Edmund Hally?
400
Who the Baby Ruth candy bar is named after...
Who is Grover Cleveland's baby daughter, Ruth.
500
(True or False) Some star related observations are in The Hipparchus catalog, and Tycho-2 catalog...
What is True?
500
A telescope that spans optical and non optical categories...
What is The Hubble Space Telescope?
500
An example of a eclipsing binary star...
What is Algo?
500
He was concerned that objects that look like stars in the sky might be confused with new comets...
Who is Charles Messier?
500
The average amount of sesame seeds on a Mcdonalds Big Mac bun... (if you get within 10, you'll get 500 points, get right on, and get 1000)
What is 178?
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