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This is a wide-field view of the sky around the bright G2V star Alpha Centauri A, created from photographic images forming part of the Digitized Sky Survey 2. Credit: ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2.

First astronomical sources is a lecture studying initial discoveries of sources in astronomy. It is a mini-lecture for a quiz section as part of the radiation astronomy course on the principles of radiation astronomy.

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1 Before the current era and perhaps before 6,000 b2k which classical planet may have been green?

2

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What is the blue-radiation source [hint: planet] in the image at right?

3 Yes or No,

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The image at right is a first astronomical radiation source?

Yes
No

4 A first astronomical source has?

a temporal distribution with at least one datum
a spectral distribution
a spatial distribution
a position or location
a geognosy
scientific or observational investigations

5 True or False, A theoretical first astronomical source has at least one definition.

TRUE
FALSE

6 The heliosphere might be the first astronomical source of?

the interstellar medium
the solar wind
a bubble in space
virtually all the material emanating from the Sun itself
Voyager 2
Voyager 1
a termination shock

7 True or False, A claimed first astronomical source might be in second place chronologically.

TRUE
FALSE

8 Which of the following are characteristic of the first true astrophysical gamma-ray source?

a strong 2.223 MeV emission line
a solar flare
the formation of deuterium
the electron neutrino
OSO-3
neutrons

9 True or False, An aurora seen from Australia may be a first blue radiation source.

TRUE
FALSE

10 The first source of odor when the terminator passes at the beginning of daylight may be which of the following?

the Sun
a meteorite impact
flowers that open their blooms at sunrise
a late-summer rainstorm
the Moon

11 True or False, The force of gravity is the first astronomical source of the strong nuclear force.

TRUE
FALSE

12 A natural rocky source of chemicals from the sky to the ground may originate from what astronomical source?

Jupiter
the solar wind
the diffuse X-ray background
Mount Redoubt in Alaska
the asteroid belt
the International Space Station

13 True or False, A professional astronomer holding a digital camera in their hands while working on the International Space Station is a first astronomical visual source.

TRUE
FALSE

14 Which of the following may be the first astronomical source of the Earth?

the Sun
a meteor
the Moon
Saturn
the Zodiacal Light
the International Space Station
the former protoplanetary disc

15 The Sun may be a first astronomical source of?

blue rays
X-rays
cyan rays
infrared rays
protons
neutrinos

16 What may be the first astronomical cosmic-ray source?

Jupiter
the solar wind
the diffuse X-ray background
Mount Redoubt in Alaska
the asteroid belt
an active galactic nucleus

17 True or False, A first astronomical source of aluminum-26 may be production by collisions of magnesium atoms with cosmic-ray protons.

TRUE
FALSE

18 What may be the first astronomical source of the rocky-object Mercury?

Jupiter
the solar wind
the diffuse X-ray background
Saturn
Mount Redoubt in Alaska
the asteroid belt
the former protoplanetary disc around the Sun

19 Complete the text:

Match up the item letter with each of the first astronomical source possibilities below:
Meteors - A
Cosmic rays - B
Neutrons - C
Protons - D
Electrons - E
Positrons - F
Gamma rays - G
Superluminals - H
cosmic rays

galactic nuclei

.
comets

.
electron-positron annihilation

.
weak force nuclear decay

.
AGNs

.
511 keV photon pair production

.
solar wind

.

20 What may be the first astronomical source of the rocky objects in the solar system?

Jupiter
the solar wind
the diffuse X-ray background
Saturn
Mount Redoubt in Alaska
the asteroid belt
the former protoplanetary disc around the Sun
the Oort cloud
the Kuiper belt

21 What may be the first astronomical source referred to by the term "God"?

early Jupiter
the solar wind
the diffuse X-ray background
early Saturn
Mount Redoubt in Alaska
the asteroid belt
the former protoplanetary disc around the Sun
the Oort cloud
the Kuiper belt

22 The first astronomical source of daylight may have been?

early Jupiter
the solar wind
the diffuse X-ray background
early Saturn
Mount Redoubt in Alaska
the asteroid belt
the former protoplanetary disc around the Sun
the Sun
the Kuiper belt

23 Which of the following is not a first astronomical source?

early Jupiter
the solar wind
the diffuse X-ray background
early Saturn
Mount Redoubt in Alaska
the asteroid belt
the former protoplanetary disc around the Sun
the Sun
the Kuiper belt

24 Which of the following is not a first astronomical source of rotation?

early Jupiter
the solar wind
the diffuse X-ray background
early Saturn
Mount Redoubt in Alaska
the asteroid belt
the former protoplanetary disc around the Sun
the Sun
the Kuiper belt

Hypotheses

  1. Any first astronomical source is subjective to its detection.

See also

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