Practical Astronomy

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  

1. What is the name of the only asteroid visible to the naked eye? Eros Ceres Vesta Pallas

2. The brightest star in the sky, Sirius, is also a binary star. True or False? True False

3. You can see some of the moons of Jupiter through ordinary binoculars. True or False? True False

4. When a meteor show is named after a constellation (for example, the Geminids after Gemini), this means that all meteors seen will be contained within the bounds of that constellation. True or False? True False

5. What is the most active meteor shower that takes place in August every year? Perseids Leonids Augustids Meteorids

6. Which of the following is not a type of telescope? Copernican Gregorian Herschelian Newtonian

7. What magnification would a refractor telescope give if the main objective lens had a focal length of 1200mm and the eyepiece a focal length of 30mm? 400x 36x 40x 360x

8. Which of the following is a type of eyepiece design? Monocentric Planocentric Egocentric Orthocentric

9. You cannot see the Aurora Borealis in the Southern hemisphere. True or False? True False

10. What type of telescope mount is generally the best for taking long exposure photographs of the sky? Altazimuth Transit Dobsonian Equatorial