December 24, 2019September 25, 2020 Welcome to the Luca Spot Quiz! Test your Astronomy proficiency by attending this quiz online. 1. Where is this radio telescope? Ooty (udagamandalam) Kodaikanal Pune 2. Trillions of these particles coming from the Sun passes through our body every second, both day and night. Name these particles? photons neutrinos gamma rays 3. To which constellation does Ardra (Athira, Thiruvathira, Betelgeuse) belong? Cassiopea Leo Orion 4. In which Indian State is this Devasthal telescope located? Himachal Pradesh Uttarakhand Uttar Pradesh 5. In which Indian state you would see this huge telescope (Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope -GMRT)? Karnataka Maharashtra Tamil Nadu 6. This equation helps explain the tremendous amount of energy emitted by stars. Who derived this equation? Albert Einstein Eddington Isaac Newton 7. This is related to energy production in stars. What is this called? nuclear fission P- P cycle CNO cycle 8. Famous Indian scientist who studied evolution of stars. She is also the present director of Indian Institute of Astrophysics. Annapurni Subramaniam Archana Pai Aparna Venkatesan 9. Who first designed telescopes like these with two convex lenses?. Johannes Kepler Isaac Newton Galileo Galilei 10. Which one of these is a red giant? Karthika (Pleiades) Rudra (Sirius) Rohini (Aldebaran) Name Phone Number Time is Up! Time's up