Discuss each question with your team. Be prepared to explain the reasoning behind your team's answers after the quiz.

  1. 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
  2. What is SIMBAD used for?
    • Obtaining spectra of astronomical sources
    • Observing astronomical targets
    • Accessing information on astronomical objects
    • Sailing the seven seas
  3. 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
  4. 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