Winter is a great time for stargazing. Here are 10 questions to test your knowledge of stars.
1)
What branch
of astronomy concerns itself with the description and mapping of stars?
2)
Name the 16th Century German lawyer
turned astronomer, after whom the system of designating stars is called.
3)
Rigel,
Aldebaran, Capella, Pollux and Procyon form the 5 vertices of The Winter
Hexagon. Name the 6th and brightest star in this pattern.
4)
How many
stars have been classified as visible to the naked eye?
5)
What acronym
describes the astronomical database cataloguing over 5 million objects beyond
the solar system?
6)
Name the
constellation with most stars, 281
7)
Name the ancient astronomer who compiled the
first comprehensive star catalogue in 2nd Century BC.
8)
Which is
the most distant star visible to the naked eye?
9)
Other
than the Sun, which is the nearest star to Earth?
10)
What
pattern is created by the stars: Scheat, Alpheratz, Markab and Algenib?
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