quiz 3

Question 1

annular eclipse

Answer 1

moon is at apogee (farthest) when it passes between earth and sun

Question 2

how far is moons orbit tilted

Answer 2

5°

Question 3

how many total constellations

Answer 3

88

Question 4

how many zodiac constellations

Answer 4

13

Question 5

what is the 13th zodiac constellation

Answer 5

ophiuchus

Question 6

what zodiac isn’t an animal

Answer 6

Libra (scales)

Question 7

when did the international astronomical union establish constellations

Answer 7

1928

Question 8

how many constellations did ptolemy record

Answer 8

48

Question 9

how many constellations did J Bayer record

Answer 9

13

Question 10

how many constellations did hevelius record

Answer 10

9

Question 11

how many constellations did NL deLacaille record

Answer 11

14

Question 12

what are asterisms

Answer 12

new star patterns in the sky made from the old constellations

Question 13

what are 6 examples of asterisms

Answer 13

big dipper, little dipper, summer triangle, north cross, sickle, great square

Question 14

circumpolar equation/never see constellations equation

Answer 14

90° - your declination = declination you can see above (this answer negative is the ones you never see)

Question 15

precession

Answer 15

wobble of the earth

Question 16

how long is a precession cycle

Answer 16

26k years

Question 17

what is precession caused by

Answer 17

gravity of sun and moon

Question 18

m31

Answer 18

most distant object you can see with the naked eye

Question 19

how far away is m31

Answer 19

2.3m ly

Question 20

what does the m in objects stand for

Answer 20

Charles Messier

Question 21

who was Charles Messier

Answer 21

French astronomer, comet hunter, found 110 deep space objects

Question 22

what are ngc objects

Answer 22

new general catalogue of deep space objects that were discovered after Messier

Question 23

when did astrology begin

Answer 23

Babylonia 2.5 millennia ago

Question 24

Natal astrology

Answer 24

the sun moon and planets at the moment of birth affected

Question 25

tetrabiblos

Answer 25

a treatise in astrology that remains the Bible of the subject

Question 26

horoscope

Answer 26

a chart showing the positions of the planets in the sky at the moment of am individuals birth

Question 27

great circle

Answer 27

any circle on the surface of a sphere whose center is at the center of the sphere

Question 28

meridian

Answer 28

series of great circles that pass through the n & s poles