Reach for the Stars

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Reach for the Stars

• 2009 NSO, Augusta, GA

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1. Identify the constellation appearing at the
center of this frame.
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2. Identify the object that lies within the
circle.
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3. Identify the object at the center of this oval.
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4. What event immediately preceded the formation
of this object?
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5. Identify this star.
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6. This star has a mass of 20 25 solar masses.
What event will eventually destroy this star?
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7. Identify this object by name.
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8. What is at the center of this object? Be
specific.
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9. Identify this object.
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10. Which stage immediately preced-ed this
objects present stage?
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11. What is the name of this star?
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12. Record the Messier number of this object?
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13. Are the stars in this object relatively new,
middle-aged or old?
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14. What single object is shared by these two
constellations?
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15. How is the object, shared by these two
constellations, classified?
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16. What object lies within this constellation?
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17. What special kind of star was used to
determine the distance to this object?
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18. Identify this star.
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19. Why does this star periodically appear to
blink?
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20. Identify this object.
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21. Identify this star.
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22. Identify this star, too small to actually see
at this scale.
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23. This star may temporarily boost its
brightness by 5 times in less than a minute. What
is such a star called?
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24. Identify this star.
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25. The diameter of this bright orange star is 25
times that of the Sun and its mass 1.5 times that
of the Sun. What will be the final stage in the
life of this star?
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26. Identify this star.
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27. Because this star lies near the ecliptic, the
moon and occasionally a planet may pass directly
in front of it. What term refers to the movement
of one sky object in front of another?
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28. Identify this object.
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29. To which cluster of galaxies, named for the
constellation in which this galaxy is found, does
this object belong?
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30. Identify this object.
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31. What word describes the shape of this object?
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32. Identify this star.
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33. Identify this star.
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34. Identify this star.
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35. True or False? These two stars, known in
mythology as the twins, are members of the same
class of stars.
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36. Identify this star.
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37. Identify this star.
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38. True or false? This star is the brightest
member of the Hyades star cluster.
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39. Identify this star.
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40. This star is thought to have had an original
mass of 12 to 17 times that of our sun. Were this
star to super-nova, what object would most likely
be left behind?
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41. Identify this star.
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42. Name one of two elements that this star is
quite likely producing through fusion of helium
at its core.
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43. Identify this star.
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44. What causes this star to wobble?
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45. Identify this object.
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46. What major activity is occurring within this
object?
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47. Identify the pattern of four stars indicated
by the arrows.
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48. Identify this object.
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49. What small objects, each less than 8 of the
Suns mass, may make up as many as 25 of the
total population of this cluster?
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50. Identify the object located near the tip of
the arrow and illustrated in the image in the
lower right.
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51. What event resulted in the formation of the
object illustrated in the lower right hand corner?
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52. Identify this star.
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53. What motion will eventually cause this star
to temporarily lose its present role as a
navigational aide?
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54. Identify the object located at x and also
shown in the image.
X
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55. The progenitor star that exploded to create
this supernova remnant was extremely massive. Is
this SN classified as Type 1a or Type II?
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56. Identify the object located at x and also
shown in the image.
X
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57. Is this object the result of a Type 1a or
Type II supernova?
X
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58. Identify this object.
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59. Identify this small part of a larger grouping
of stars and other objects.
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60. Identify this star.
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61. This star is located near the ecliptic.
During what special type of eclipse, when the
Moon passed over this star, was its blue
companion first observed?
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62. Identify this object. Image shown in lower
left.
N.A.Sharp, Mark Hanna, REU program/NOAO/AURA/NSF
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63. Identify the object indicated by the arrow.
Image in lower left.
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64. Identify this star.
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65. What causes the flattening of this star at
its poles?
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66. Identify this object.
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67. Identify the active features in this video
clip.
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68. Identify the explosive feature near the end
of this video clip.
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69. What event, repeated several times, is shown
in this film clip?
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Watch the event in this clip. It will be repeated
in the next slide.
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70. What event, sped up in time, is shown in this
video?
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