Discuss each question with your team. Be prepared to explain the reasoning behind your team's answers after the quiz.
Supernova SN1054, which formed the Crab Nebula, occurred approximately 6500 light years from Earth in the year 1054. How bright was the supernova when viewed from Earth?
To dim to be observed
So dim that a telescope had to be used to view it
Barely visible to the naked eye
Bright enough to be obvious in the night sky
So bright that it could be seen in the daytime sky
Which of the following is not a method used by astronomers to find supernova?
Determining the time giant stars will explode so that were ready to watch before it happens
Examining hundreds of galaxies every night with an optical telescope, looking for signatures of a new star
Monitoring the upper atmosphere for ionization caused by the radiation from a supernova
Searching the skies for gamma ray bursts
Roughly how many supernovae occur on average in a galaxy per millennia?
