Discuss each question with your team. Be prepared to explain the reasoning behind your team's answers after the quiz.

  1. Order the following colors from longest wavelength to shortest wavelength: green, red, blue, violet, yellow.
  2. When will a given object be at its greatest altitude in the sky relative to wherever you are observing it?
    • When it reaches the zenith
    • When it crosses the local meridian
    • When its right ascension is at 12 hours
    • At midnight
  3. Why don’t planets, asteroids, and comets have the same location on the celestial sphere (i.e. same RA and Declination) all year?
  4. When looking at objects in the night sky, which direction has the least amount of interference from the atmosphere?
    • Toward the Horizon, facing South
    • Toward the Horizon, facing North
    • Facing east, away from the Sunset
    • Straight up toward the zenith