Telescopes
What part of the telescope do we look into?
The eyepiece
What attracts objects to each other in space?
Gravity
How many stars are in our solar system?
1. The Sun
Who invented a new telescope that used mirrors instead of lenses?
Issac Newton
Which Constellation is this?
The Big Dipper / Ursa Major
What kind of telescope uses curved lenses to gather light? (we don't use this kind of telescope in the club)
Refracting
What is it called when a star explodes?
Supernova
What number planet is Earth from the sun?
3
Who created the heliocentric model of the solar system? (going around the sun instead of earth)
Nicolaus Copernicus
Which Galaxy is this? (Hint: we can see it with the naked eye)
The Milky Way
Which telescope did we send into space in 2021?
James Webb Space Telescope
What is the name of the North Star?
Polaris
Which planet has had a storm larger than Earth for at least 150 years?
Jupiter
Who discovered the four largest moons of Jupiter? (Hint: Mentioned in a Queen song)
Galileo Galilei
What is the name of this galaxy?
The Andromeda Galaxy
What is the name of the world's largest telescope that is currently under construction?
The Extremely Large Telescope
What is in the center of the Milky Way Galaxy?
A supermassive black hole.
Which planet is the hottest?
Venus
This astronomer discovered that the planets orbit the Sun in ellipses rather than perfect circles?
Johannes Kepler
What is the name of this region of the Carina Nebula?
The Cosmic Cliffs
What are the best two places in the world for a large optical telescope?
Mana Kea, Hawaii
Chile
What is the name of a planet that orbits a star that is not in our solar system?
An exoplanet
Which planet has the most natural moons?
Saturn
What did we think we saw in 1877 that made us so sure about the existence of Martians?
(Giovanni Schiaparelli) believed he saw a system of canals on Mars.
What is the name of this nebula?
The Crab Nebula