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

  1. Order the following colors from longest wavelength to shortest wavelength: green, red, blue, violet, yellow.
    • When will a given object be at its greatest altitude in the sky relative to wherever you are observing it?
      • When it reaches the zenith
      • When it crosses the local meridian
      • When its right ascension is at 12 hours
      • At midnight
    • Why don’t planets, asteroids, and comets have the same location on the celestial sphere (i.e. same RA and Declination) all year?
    • When looking at objects in the night sky, which direction has the least amount of interference from the atmosphere?
      • Toward the Horizon, facing South
      • Toward the Horizon, facing North
      • Facing east, away from the Sunset
      • Straight up toward the zenith