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The time required for earth to rotate on it's axis once
What is a day
100
A greek astronomer that believed in an earth centered universe
What is Ptolemy
100
The most common type of telescope
What is optical
100
What is the northern star called
What is Polaris
100
how many constellations are there
What is 88
200
A telescope that uses a set of lenses to gather and focus light from distant objects
What is a refracting telescope
200
A polish astronomer that believed in a sun centered universe
What is Copernicus
200
Concentrates electromagnetic radiation from the sky
What is a telescope
200
How long is one light year
What is 9.46 trillion kilometers
200
Polaris
What is the name of our current north star
300
Electromagnetic spectrum
What is all of the frequencies or wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation
300
A Danish astronomer that believed in an earth centered universe
What is Tycho Brahe
300
Objective lens
What is collects light and forms an image at the back of the telescope
300
What is a light year
What is the distance light travels in one year
300
The constellation seen as a hunter and a drum
What is Orion
400
A telescope that uses a curved mirror to gather and focus light from distant objects
What is a reflecting telescope
400
One of the first people to look at the sky via telescope
What is Galileo
400
Name the best place for a telescope to be
What is space
400
The angle in the sky the object in the sky and the horizon
What is altitude
400
How many zodiac symbols are there in all
What is 13 (don't forget the lost one)
500
Zenith
What is the point in the sky directly above an observer on earth
500
Brahe's assistant who believed in a sun centered universe
What is Johannes Kepler
500
The best place for a telescope to be in the atmosphere
What is on a mountain
500
the location of the sun the first day of spring
What is the vernal equinox
500
Celestial sphere
What is an imaginary sphere that surrounds earth