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How many light years across is the Sombrero galaxy?
50,000
What is the closest known galaxy? (200 pts)
Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy (200 pts)
What is the Milkyway called in China? (100 pts)
Silver River (100 pts)
What color do the clusters of stars in the tadpole galaxy become with age? What kind of clusters will they eventually become? (300 pts)
They become redder with age. They will eventually become old globular clusters. (300 pts)
Why does the Tadpole galaxy look like a tadpole? (Similar Answers are accepted.) (50 pts)
A Hit and Run. (50 pts)
Why are the clusters of starts in the tadpole galaxy blue? (Similar answers are accepted) (400 pts)
The Tadpole galaxy contains massive stars, which are 10 times hotter, and 1 million times brighter than the sun. (400 pts)
How far is the closest galaxy from the sun? (200 pts)
Answers:
246,000,000,000,000,000 km
236,000,000,000,000 km
246,000,000,000,000 km
236,000,000,000,000,000 km
236,000,000,000,000,000 km (200 pts)
What were Charles Messier’s years of living. (Similar Answers are accepted.) (300 pts)
1730-1817 (300 pts)
What year was the tadpole galaxy identified? (Similar Answers are accepted.) (200 pts)
1982. Anything 10 years before or after is accepted for full points. (200 pts)
What year was the sombrero galaxy formally added to the Messier Catalogue? (Similar Answers are accepted) (300 pts)
1921. Anything 10 years before or after will be counted for full points. (300 pts)
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What M number was the Sombrero Galaxy?
M104
What galaxy are we in? (50 pts)
The Milkyway Galaxy (50 pts)
Who made one of the earliest catalogues of stuff in the sky? (100 pts)
Charles Messier (100 pts)
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What desert in Southern Africa called the Milkyway “Backbone of Night”?
Kalahari desert
How many light years away is the tadpole galaxy? Similar answers will be accepted for half points.
(150 pts)
420 million light years. (Anything 20 million before or after 420 will be counted for half points.)
(150 pts, or 75 points if you got close.)
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What is the name of the astronomer that first identified the Tadpole galaxy?
Paul Hickson
Where was Charles Messier born? (400 pts)
Badonviller, France (400 pts)
What cluster of galaxies is the sombrero galaxy at the southern edge of? (400 pts)
Virgo Cluster (400 pts)
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Give me 3 facts about the three galaxies, a basic summary of the Messier catalogue, the name of the galaxy we live in, and one thing you like about my presentation.
Ill decide if your answer will be counted as right.
What is the scientific name of the Tadpole galaxy? (400 pts)
UGC 10214 (400 pts)
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What hemisphere are the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds visible from?
The Southern Hemisphere
Quickly write an 4 paragraph essay summarizing my presentation in under 5 minutes for 69 points.
Just Kidding, But…
You found the Free Points Space!
You get 230 free points if you tell me something you liked about my presentation.
How did the Milkyway get its name? (100 pts)
After a Greek myth (200 pts)
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What are 4 other names for the Andromeda galaxy?
M31, Messier 31, NGC 224, Andromeda Nebula
What is the estimated distance from the Earth to the Sombrero galaxy? (200 pts)
29 million light years (200 pts)