December 24, 2019September 25, 2020 Welcome to the Luca Spot Quiz! Test your Astronomy proficiency by attending this quiz online. 1. Author of Lilavati. Bhaskaracharya Varahamihira Brahmagupta 2. This is a supernova remnant. What is the common name for it ? Crab Nebula Pleiades Andromeda 3. What type of a telescope is this? Keplerian Galilean Newtonian 4. Chandrasekhar limit is a limit on the mass of _______ neutron stars white dwarfs black holes 5. Scientist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for studying energy production in stars. George Gamow Richard Feynman Hans Bethe 6. The process by which stars die with an explosion. super nova nova hyper nova 7. In which Indian state you would see this huge telescope (Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope -GMRT)? Karnataka Maharashtra Tamil Nadu 8. To which great astronomer did this observatory belong. Galileo Galilei Tycho Brahe Johannes Kepler 9. This is the Chandra X-ray Observatory named after S Chandrasekhar. Who launched this? ISRO ESA NASA 10. What does this symbol represent? Mars Mercury Venus Name Phone Number Time is Up! Time's up
