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Old 19-June-2005, 01:19 AM
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I tried an Apollo quiz, which didn't work very well, but maybe we'll have more luck here. I had a write a quiz for the end of year meeting of AstroSoc so I now experience. Usual rules apply.

1. How many of today's constellations were originally the giant constellation of Argo Navis?
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I tried an Apollo quiz, which didn't work very well, but maybe we'll have more luck here. I had a write a quiz for the end of year meeting of AstroSoc so I now experience. Usual rules apply.

1. How many of today's constellations were originally the giant constellation of Argo Navis?
Is this a game? If it is; no idea how to play it. :P

But the answer to that is 3 - Carina, Vela and Puppis.

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Now you have to ask a question.
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OK, cool.

Do the questions have to be to do with observing and that, or just general astronomy questions?

How many stars have (visual) magnitudes of less than 0?

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4? (5 if you count the sun)
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4? (5 if you count the sun)
Yup, you're right....actually I never thought about the sun but that makes the question sound better.

Now you're supposed to ask a question, I think.

Should we make this game so that you can't cheat and look up the answers? Of course someone could do that and we wouldn't know, but it would be more fun if we just try to remembered it. :P

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haha I cheated (wikipedia). I thought there were 3, but it turns out there are 4 .

Ok, for my question. hmmmm.

What is the name of the region between the inner event horizon (at Schwarzchild radius) and the outer event horizon (place where space begins to erm swirl around a rotating black hole)?
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haha I cheated (wikipedia). I thought there were 3, but it turns out there are 4 .

Ok, for my question. hmmmm.

What is the name of the region between the inner event horizon (at Schwarzchild radius) and the outer event horizon (place where space begins to erm swirl around a rotating black hole)?
What do you mean? I thought the "inner event horizon" concept was dismissed in Schwarzchild's black hole concept. At least I didn't cheat.

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I mean the Schwarzchild event horizon. I shouldn't have said inner, because that implied beneath the event horizon. Poorly stated.
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hmmm

I'm not sure what you asking exactly...

Is it the ergosphere?
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haha I cheated (wikipedia). I thought there were 3, but it turns out there are 4 .
Don't forget Pyxis.
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Don't forget Pyxis.
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Sirus
alpha cenori
canopis
and arcturus just sqeezes in...

I have no idea what Pyxis is...
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Sirus
alpha cenori
canopis
and arcturus just sqeezes in...

I have no idea what Pyxis is...
You're right - it goes Sirius, Canopus, Alpha Centauri & Arcturus.

Pyxis is a constellation....but I'm not sure what he means by it....maybe some inside joke. :-?

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Argo Navis was divided not only into the prominent constellations Carina, Vela and Puppis, but little Pyxis too.
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Argo Navis was divided not only into the prominent constellations Carina, Vela, and Puppis, but little Pyxis too.
Really? Learn something new every day.

Well, I suppose we better ask another question (not sure if gopher's question was answered correctly or not, but it'll probably be another half a day before he comes back). I've already asked one so I'll invite someone else to ask a question.

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Oh yeah now I remember- it's the compass #-o

I'll aks a question-

What was the name of the comet that smashed into jupiter?
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M'kay.

What is the Japanese name of the Pleiads?
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You're to darn fast.

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In what constilation is the lagoon nebula loctated in?
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Sagittarius.

How many messier objects are there in Capricornus?

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how do you know you got it right 8-[


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Yeah....well.....just shutup. :P

And you're right - just the lone globular in Capricornus.

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What is the largest(degree's of arc) planatery nebula(any name)?
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Planetaries? Sorry, hardly know anything about them....but my guess would be the helix nebula.

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That's the one

This is a real fun game :P
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This is a real fun game :P
Awesome. Yeah, it's enough incentive to keep me staying up past midnight (there's also the cricket to compete with....)

What is the largest constellation?

BTW, do the questions in this thread have to be specifically related to observational astronomy? (I mean, all astronomy is observational, but you know what I'm getting at :P)

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