Answers to Quiz - 139

1)    What branch of astronomy concerns itself with the description and mapping of stars?

Uranography

2)    Name the 16^th Century German lawyer turned astronomer, after whom the system of designating stars is called.

Bayer Designation after Johann Bayer (1572 – 1625)

3)    Rigel, Aldebaran, Capella, Pollux and Procyon form the 5 vertices of The Winter Hexagon. Name the 6^th and brightest star in this pattern.

Sirius

4)    How many stars have been classified as visible to the naked eye?

9096

5)    What acronym describes the astronomical database cataloguing over 5 million objects beyond the solar system?

SIMBAD (Set of Identifications, Measurements, and Bibliography for Astronomical Data)

6)    Name the constellation with most stars, 281

Centaurus

7)     Name the ancient astronomer who compiled the first comprehensive star catalogue in 2^nd Century BC.

Hipparchus

8)    Which is the most distant star visible to the naked eye?

Deneb

9)    Other than the Sun, which is the nearest star to Earth?

Proxima Centauri

10)  What pattern is created by the stars: Scheat, Alpheratz, Markab and Algenib?
Great Square of Pegasus