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Pre-Lab Quiz: Database Debate
Discuss each question with your team. Be prepared to explain the reasoning behind your team's answers after the quiz.
- Which of the following is not an example of an astronomical survey?
- The future Vera Rubin Telescope data
- The Hubble Space Telescope data
- The Sloan Digital Sky Survey
- The Two Micron All-Sky Survey
- What is SIMBAD used for?
- Obtaining spectra of astronomical sources
- Observing astronomical targets
- Accessing information on astronomical objects
- Sailing the seven seas
- What is parallax?
- Artificial observed movement of a distant astronomical source due to the Earth's orbit around the Sun that is useful in determining distance
- Artificial observed backward directional movement of a planet relative to background stars due to the relative position of it, the Earth, and the Sun
- A measurement of how fast a distant object is moving away due to the expansion of space
- A specific telescope or instrument installed on a telescope used to observe the whole sky visible
- What is a magnitude, when referring to the magnitude of an astronomical object?
- Brightnesses measured when the light of the astronomical object passes through particular filters placed in a telescope
- An object that is 10 times larger than another object
- An object that is 100 times larger than another object
- An astronomical object that appears larger and more magnified