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DONE 2 SO Print 16 COLOR Astronomy 2025 - Exam Booklet

The document outlines the UWRF Science Olympiad Astronomy Event scheduled for January 25, 2025, providing instructions for participants not to write in the exam booklet and to record answers on an answer sheet. It includes identification questions related to various astronomical objects, multiple-choice questions on stellar properties, and calculations involving astronomical measurements. Participants are required to answer questions about parallax, magnitudes, stellar classifications, and luminosity ratios.

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DONE 2 SO Print 16 COLOR Astronomy 2025 - Exam Booklet

The document outlines the UWRF Science Olympiad Astronomy Event scheduled for January 25, 2025, providing instructions for participants not to write in the exam booklet and to record answers on an answer sheet. It includes identification questions related to various astronomical objects, multiple-choice questions on stellar properties, and calculations involving astronomical measurements. Participants are required to answer questions about parallax, magnitudes, stellar classifications, and luminosity ratios.

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Event 2 - Astronomy

January 25, 2025

Wait for instructions before opening your test booklet.

Do NOT write in the exam booklet

Record your answers on the answer sheet


UWRF Science Olympiad: Astronomy Event
Jan. 25, 2025

Note: Do NOT write or mark on any of these Question Sheets!

Identification

1. Beta Pictoris 2. TW Hya 3. HH 7-11 4. Carina Nebula

5. HR 8799 6. AB Auriga 7. WASP-18b 8. HD 169142

9. TRAPPIST-1 10. WASP-39b

A: B:

C: D:
E: F:

G: H:

I: J:
Multiple Choice

11. If a star’s angle of parallax is 2 arcsec, its distance


a) is 1/2 pc
b) is 1 pc
c) is 2 pc
d) can’t be determined without more information

12. The star Procyon has an apparent magnitude of +0.35 and an absolute magnitude of +2.6. What
does this tell you about its actual distance?
a) it is more than 10 pc away
b) it is less than 10 pc away
c) it is 10 pc away
d) magnitudes give no clue to distance

13. Based on its name, which of the following is true about the star T Tauri?
a) it is a variable star in Taurus
b) it is the 20th variable star ever discovered
c) it is the 20th brightest star in Taurus
d) it has the highest surface temperature of any star in Taurus

14. Which of these stars has the lowest surface temperature on the Main Sequence?
a) 0.5 M b) 1 M c) 5 M d) 10 M

15. Which of these stars has the highest luminosity on the Main Sequence?
a) 0.5 M b) 1 M c) 5 M d) 10 M

16. The hottest star on the Main Sequence among the following list is what spectral type?
a) A b) B c) F d) G

17. Which star is most likely to reside on the Main Sequence today if it’s 12 billion years old?
a) 0.5 M b) 1 M c) 5 M d) 10 M

18. A star with a surface temperature of 4500 K appears much more ____ in color than the Sun
based on the peak of its blackbody spectrum.
a) Green b) Yellow c) Red d) Blue

19. If a planet is discovered with a 5yr period of revolution orbiting a 1 M star, approximately
how far away is this planet from its star (assume a circular orbit)?
a) 3 AU b) 5 AU c) 8 AU d) 11 AU

20. If a star is located on the lower left of the HR diagram, it is most likely classified as a _____.
a) Green Giant b) Blue Straggler c) White Dwarf d) Cepheid Variable
Calculations

21. If the highest resolution of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is about 0.032 arc
seconds, how far away (in miles or lightyears) would a star like our Sun need to be in order to
just fit inside one pixel of the JWST 122 Megapixel camera image?

22. The absolute magnitude of the Sun is 4.8 while that of Polaris, our current North Star, is -3.6.
What is the ratio of the inherent luminosity of Polaris relative to our Sun?

23. The star Vega is a type A0 star with peak brightness at a wavelength of 293 nm, giving it a
bluish tint in the sky. Assuming it radiates like a blackbody, what is the surface temperature (in
Kelvin) of Vega?

24. If the star Vega is 79 times more luminous than our Sun (due to its overall size and surface
temperature), what is the expected ratio of the diameter of the star Vega to that of our Sun given
the Sun’s surface temperature of 5810 K?

25. For a Red Giant, like Betelgeuse, with an absolute magnitude of -5.85, how far away could
such a massive star be if seen using the JWST that is able to see objects with an apparent
magnitude of +31.5?

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