Astro Final

Question 1

Third Quarter moon rises at what time ?

Answer 1

Midnight

Question 2

When does a full moon rise ?

Answer 2

Sunset

Question 3

Which moon is over the Western horizon in the morning for about two hours after sunrise ?

Answer 3

Waning Gibbous

Question 4

Which Moon rises just before sunset ?

Answer 4

Waxing Gibbous

Question 5

Which Moon Rises just before Dawn ?

Answer 5

Waning Crescent

Question 6

Total eclipses of the sun happen in which moon phase ?

Answer 6

New

Question 7

When Venus first enters the morning sky it is ?

Answer 7

Waxing Crescent

Question 8

When mercury is last seen in the evening sky is is ?

Answer 8

Waning Crescent

Question 9

When Mercury or Venus leave the evening sky they are going for what ?

Answer 9

Inferior Conjunction

Same side of the sun

Question 10

When Merc or Venus are in the evening sky what phase are they in ?

Answer 10

Waning

Question 11

Which Planet Reaches Superior conjunction Next ?

Answer 11

Mercury

Question 12

Superior Conjunction

Answer 12

Opposite side of sun to earth

Question 13

Inferior Conj

Answer 13

Same side of sun as the earth

Question 14

What Powers The Stars ?

Answer 14

Nuclear Fusion

Question 15

Stars in open clusters emerge from what ?

Answer 15

Diffuse nebulas

Question 16

Surrounding the spiral galaxies, in their “galactic Halos” you find ?

Answer 16

Globular star clusters

Question 17

Tails of Comets travel in front of the comet if ?

Answer 17

Comet is in Aphelion

Question 18

Aphelion

Answer 18

when a comet(planet or asteroid) is furthest from the sun

Question 19

Which Is the easiest to determine by celestial observation ?

Answer 19

Latitude

Question 20

What is the Largest reservoir of Raw Comets ?

Answer 20

Oort Cloud

Question 21

Perihelion

Answer 21

When an object travels faster near the sun

Question 22

Objects in orbit do not move in circles, but ellipses, contrary to the teaching of the day is what law ?

Answer 22

1st

Question 23

Orbital speed is directly proportional to what ?

Answer 23

Distance from the sun

Question 24

Which word refers to the part which gathers incoming light ?

Answer 24

Objective

Question 25

Which term is for the Raw Size of the telescope ?

Answer 25

Aperture

Question 26

If you have an 8in f/10 Telescope, what magnifying power would you get with a 12.5 mm eyepiece ?

Answer 26

160X

Question 27

Which Planet makes the quickest progress through the constellations ?

Answer 27

Mars

Question 28

When is earth closest to mars ?

Answer 28

Opposition

Question 29

the middle of the retrograde loop occurs when ?

Answer 29

Outer planet is at Opposition

Question 30

When the moon is in the southern house, and Jupiter aligns with mars, and peace will guide the planets, and love will steer the stars, its time for ?

Answer 30

THE AGE OF AQUARIUS

Question 31

when does the 3rd quarter moon cross the meridian ?

Answer 31

DAWN

Question 32

when does the 1st quarter moon rise ?

Answer 32

Noon

Question 33

when does the waxing crescent moon set ?

Answer 33

after sunset

Question 34

Which object is the Stellar Nursery

Answer 34

diffuse nebula

Question 35

what happens to the hydrogen in stars ?

Answer 35

Fusion Combines atoms to make new heavier elements

Question 36

the small “+” in a star map is the what ?

Answer 36

The Zenith