True/False: A telescope is an optical instrument used to make far away objects look closer & brighter.
True
True/False: Telescopes has magnets inside it to reflect the light.
False-Telescopes have lenses and mirrors inside them.
What is something we can look at with a telescope?
Stars, Moons, Planets, comets, star clusters, and more
Who invented the telescope?
No one really knows.
Which astronomer is known as the Father of the Telescope?
Galileo Galilei
Galileo found Jupiter and what else using his telescope?
The 4 largest moons
The 4 largest moons around Jupiter are called _____?
The Galilean Satellites
True/False: There are many different types of telescopes.
True
True/False: A constellation is a group of stars that have lines connecting them that you can see when you look up into the sky at night.
False-you must use your imagination to see the pattern the stars create.
True/False: There are 88 constellations.
True
True/False: Many of the constellations are named after mythological figures from long ago.
True
True/False: Hydra the Water Snake is the smallest constellation.
False-it is the largest.
True/False: Virgo the Maiden, has 20 main stars, which is the most stars of any constellation.
True
True/False: Ursa Major, the Great Bear, has the Big Dipper inside it, and is fairly easy to find in the sky.
True
True/False: Ursa Major, the Great Bear, can be found in the Western Sky.
False-it is found in the Northern sky.
True/False: The 4th largest constellation is Cetus, the Whale.
True
