Astro Trivia Quiz - September

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Astro Trivia Quiz - September

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Hi All,
Here is the new TSS Astronomy quiz for September.
Mix of easy and harder questions.
Good luck.......
https://tinyurl.com/4snwmy36

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A good one. I got 15/20, losing points on a guess and a half.
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16/20, should have done better. 👍
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15/20 - both my guesses failed :). Thanks for another fun quiz (in relief of Raymond).

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Oh dear - a very disappointing 9/20
Sometimes you know, and sometimes you learn how much more there is to know.

A fair quiz though
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Oh my gosh!! 20/20, my two guesses came in this time. I'm booking a mini-vacation to the nearest casino hotel (with golf course).

Fun, thanks for posting Joe,
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Great quiz!

Back to the drawing board I guess, only 8 of 20.
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sdbodin wrote: Sun Sep 04, 2022 9:18 pm Oh my gosh!! 20/20, my two guesses came in this time. I'm booking a mini-vacation to the nearest casino hotel (with golf course).

Fun, thanks for posting Joe,
Steve
You've got a real hot hand Steve - better go to Vegas.
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helicon wrote: Sat Sep 10, 2022 3:25 pm

You've got a real hot hand Steve - better go to Vegas.
Too far, booked Wildhorse in Pendleton instead.

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sdbodin wrote: Sun Sep 04, 2022 9:18 pm Oh my gosh!! 20/20, my two guesses came in this time. I'm booking a mini-vacation to the nearest casino hotel (with golf course).

Fun, thanks for posting Joe,
Steve
Hey, Steve, that's pretty good. It was a hard quiz.

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Here is the anonymised distribution of overall scores from the September Quiz.

Steve Bodin scooped the prize with 20/20. There was a wide range of results.
He wins a 12 month subscription to TSS forum
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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.
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