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Welcome to the March quiz. This month, in preparation for next months solar eclipse in Mexico, Canada and the lower 48, this quiz is all about solar eclipses.
There are 12 questions so your percentage scores won't be a nice round multiple of 10.
%.........SCORE out of 12
8.3...............1
16.7..............2
25................3
33.3..............4
41.6..............5
50................6
58................7
66.7..............8
75................9
83.3.............10
91.66............11
100..............12
KathyNS wrote: ↑Fri Mar 01, 2024 4:22 pm
It said 50%, but your chart says 59%. [edit: D'oh: Apparently just a typo.] If the points are equal per question, I would say 50%, 6/12.
Thanks for doing this!
Thanks Kathy,
I fixed that typo in my list... the 9 and 0 are next to each other on the keyboard.
Joe
Amateur astronomer since 1978...................Web site :http://joe-cali.com/ Scopes: ATM 18" Dob, Vixen VC200L, ATM 6"f7, Stellarvue 102ED, Saxon ED80, WO M70 ED, Orion 102 Maksutov, ST80. Mounts: Takahashi EM-200, iOptron iEQ45, Push dobsonian with Nexus DSC, three homemade EQ's. Eyepieces: TV Naglers 31, 17, 12, 7; Denkmeier D21 & D14; Pentax XW10, XW5, Unitron 40mm Kellner, Meade Or 25,12 Cameras : Pentax K1, K5, K01, K10D / VIDEO CAMS : TacosBD, Lihmsec. Cam/guider/controllers: Lacerta MGEN 3, SW Synguider, Simulation Curriculum SkyFi 3+Sky safari Memberships Astronomical Association of Queensland; RASNZ Occultations Section; Single Exposure Milky Way Facebook Group (Moderator) (12k members), The Sky Searchers (moderator)
BTW:
I'm not going to collate scores this month. The questions are designed as an educational quiz for the eclipse. I can see from the answers posted so far that some of the answers are based on seeing solar eclipse images rather than visual, which, if you haven't seen an eclipse before, is understandable. By week 3. in March, I'll publish a set of answers with some explanatory notes about the answers.
For some of the questions, the adjacent answer to the correct can be considered a reasonable response but the listed answer is the most correct response.
Joe
Amateur astronomer since 1978...................Web site :http://joe-cali.com/ Scopes: ATM 18" Dob, Vixen VC200L, ATM 6"f7, Stellarvue 102ED, Saxon ED80, WO M70 ED, Orion 102 Maksutov, ST80. Mounts: Takahashi EM-200, iOptron iEQ45, Push dobsonian with Nexus DSC, three homemade EQ's. Eyepieces: TV Naglers 31, 17, 12, 7; Denkmeier D21 & D14; Pentax XW10, XW5, Unitron 40mm Kellner, Meade Or 25,12 Cameras : Pentax K1, K5, K01, K10D / VIDEO CAMS : TacosBD, Lihmsec. Cam/guider/controllers: Lacerta MGEN 3, SW Synguider, Simulation Curriculum SkyFi 3+Sky safari Memberships Astronomical Association of Queensland; RASNZ Occultations Section; Single Exposure Milky Way Facebook Group (Moderator) (12k members), The Sky Searchers (moderator)
Thanks for that Joe, I managed 7/12. Your questions got me thinking; and as much as I love the whole "solarhead" thing, I wish I had more knowledge!
Appreciated and all the best,
Mark
"The Hankmeister" Celestron 8SE, orange tube Vixen made C80, CG4, AZ-EQ5 and SolarQuest mounts.
Too much Towa glass/mirrors.
Solar:
H/A - PST stage 2 mod with a Baader 90mm ERF on a Celestron XLT 102 (thanks Mike!)
Ca-K - W/O 61mm, Antares 1.6 barlow, Baader 3.8 OD and Ca-K filters with a ZWO ASI174mm.
W/L - C80-HD with Baader 5.0 & 3.8 Solar film, Solar Continuum 7.5nm and UV/IR filters with a Canon EOS 550D.
Member of the RASC
41.6%. I started out strong but faded in the stretch run. Since I have never studied the subject getting a "D" is not so bad. At least that's what I am telling myself
-Michael Refractors: ES AR152 f/6.5 Achromat on Twilight II, Celestron 102mm XLT f/9.8 on Celestron Heavy Duty Alt Az mount, KOWA 90mm spotting scope Binoculars: Celestron SkyMaster 15x70, Bushnell 10x50 Eyepieces: Various, GSO Superview, 9mm Plossl, Celestron 25mm Plossl Camera: ZWO ASI 120 Naked Eye: Two Eyeballs Latitude: 48.7229° N
I have written some comprehensive answers to this months solar eclipse quiz. It's in PDF form so that you can download it and use it as background info when you are talking to people at any outreach on eclipse day.
Naturally, now that answers have been published, any attempts at the quiz don't count. PS: I wasn't counting anyway this month.