Q Online Astronomy and Star Quiz Practice Assignment: Use a variety of web sites to answer the following questions. Remember: To turn in your answers for grading, hit the "Submit Assignment" Button in the top right and then submit all the work as text or a file upload. Make sure to number each answer. There is a template at the end you can cut and paste for submitting the answers. You can follow along as I go over the questions on the Helpful Videos for Third Hour L page. 1. Go to the Astronomy Picture of the Day Links to an external site.and choose the one that corresponds to Monday of the week this assignment is due (May 2nd). What object is pictured? 2. Go to the web site for NASA's Dawn mission Links to an external site.. What object is the spacecraft Dawn currently orbiting (though it is now out of fuel)? (Hint: it is the second object that Dawn visited.) 3. Go to the Sky and Telescope magazine’s homepage Links to an external site.. On the navigation menu find the “Observing” link and then the “This Week’s Sky at a Glance” link. List an event happening on Tuesday (May 3rd) of the week this assignment is due . 4. Continuing with the "Observing" link at the "Sky and Telescope" web site, under the "Telescopes & More" link select “Choosing your Astronomy Equipment”. On this page of articles, find the article called something like "How to choose your first telescope." (I know, there are a lot of articles....you'll find it.) What does the article say is the most important characteristic of the telescope? 5. Visit the web site for the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). Click on the three horizontal lines in the upper right corner and then at the link called "About Webb", then the link called "About Overview". Reading the text, how big is the primary mirror in meters and how many layers is the sun shield? 6. Now go to the latest Astronomy news at Universe today Links to an external site.. Click on one of the most recent articles. What is the title and date given for this article? 7. Now let's visit the Lucy Spacecraft Mission Page. Links to an external site.How many asteroids is the Lucy mission supposed to visit and how long is the mission supposed to take? 8. Now let's go the Osiris-Rex website. What year will Osiris-Rex pass by the Earth to deliver its sample? (You may have to hunt around the links to find this. Check out the News tab, and then click on Mission Status.) 9. Now go to the Planetary Society's Light Sail 2 project. What are the two dimensions (length x width) of rectangular solar sails of Light Sail 2? (Give your answer in meters x meters.) 10. Go to Space News Links to an external site.. Under the heading of Space News you will see a recent story. Click on the story and write down the date given and give the title of the news story. The next set of questions are based upon the following star chart. Watch my video for hints on how to use the SC001 and SC002 charts to figure out what part of the sky is shown. Once you determine which part of the sky is shown, answer the questions. 11. What is the name of the bright star by the #1 on this chart? 12. Using Stellarium, what is the magnitude (NOT Absolute Magnitude) of the bright star indicated by the #2 on this chart? 13. Using your SC001 and/or SC002 charts, what constellation is star #3 in? 14. While it is not indicated on the star chart above, there is a deep sky object at the location marked by the #4. Using your SC001 and/or SC002 charts, what TYPE of object (not its specific name or Messier number) is it? 15. Using Stellarium, which solar system object will look the closest in the sky to the bright star indicated with #1, on 22 July 2021? Cut/paste the following to help you when you are supplying your answers 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) 8) 9) 10) 11) 12) 13) 14) 15) PreviousNext