Round 1 is over.
Grand prize to be given to the cumulative winner of the series. Prove your mettle in the Round 2!
1. In which constellation can one find this famous nebula?
2. How does one best describe the picture below?
3. Complete the following sequence: Vega, Thuban, Alderamin, .........
4. How can you tell how far away a flash of lightning is in a storm?
5. What is so special about this man?
6. Identify the observatory for optical and infrared astronomy.
7. Identify this astronomer.
8. With which mathematician astronomer would one associate the picture shown below?
9. Identify this gentleman. [Hint: He was unlucky to miss out on The Nobel Prize because during his time astronomy was not considered an area of physics by the Nobel Committee.]
10. Identify this amazing event that took place in 1006 AD.
11. How is the given pic associated with the field of astronomy?
12. This feature was detected by Voyager 2. It's a depression, probably the highest in the entire solar system. The spot is as big as the earth. Identify the feature.
13. What is so special about this picture?
14. Identify the phenomena in the picture.
15. Connect the following pictures.
