December 24, 2019September 25, 2020 Welcome to the Luca Spot Quiz! Test your Astronomy proficiency by attending this quiz online. 1. There is a very useful equation in astrophysics named after this Indian scientist. Who is he? M N Saha S N Bose Jayant Narlikar 2. This is the Chandra X-ray Observatory named after S Chandrasekhar. Who launched this? ISRO ESA NASA 3. What type of a telescope is this? Galilean Newtonian Keplerian 4. Who drew these famous pictures of the Moon? Galileo Galilei Jahannes Kepler Tycho Brahe 5. This is a sketch of an observatory that existed in Thiruvananthapuram. Which king established this? Swathi Thirunal Rama Varma Marthanda Varma Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma 6. The scientist who proved that stars consists mainly of Hydrogen and Helium. Vera Rubin Jocelyn Bell Cecilia Payne 7. The part of the Sun which we see when we look at Sun. photosphere chromosphere corona 8. Famous Indian scientist who studied evolution of stars. She is also the present director of Indian Institute of Astrophysics. Aparna Venkatesan Archana Pai Annapurni Subramaniam 9. Who first designed telescopes like these with two convex lenses?. Galileo Galilei Isaac Newton Johannes Kepler 10. This is related to energy production in stars. What is this called? nuclear fission CNO cycle P- P cycle Name Phone Number Time is Up! Time's up
