Trivia? Quiz? People, Astronomy, and Telescopes

[vakkotaur]

Swiping an idea from chipuni, here are a few questions. Oh, and I don't expect anything near as frequent as he is (or has been) with this sort of thing. Monthly, maybe weekly, if at all. Any, here goes:

1. This person wasn't the inventor of the telescope, but did first turn one to the skies and make public what he saw.

2. This person is credited with the invention of the reflecting telescope.

3. The apparent gap in Saturn's rings was discovered by this person.

4. After the sun and moon, this planet tends to be the brightest object in the sky.

5. This comet hunter's list of nuisance objects is more known than his comets.

6. The largest working refracting telescope is here.

7. Alvin Clark Jr. was testing a telescope lens when he was the first to see this star.

8. The sun passes through all the constellations of the zodiac, but this constellation is left out of common lists of the zodiac.

9. This southern hemisphere constellation was considered just too big and was broken up into six constellations.

10. This constellation is in two pieces.

11. Astronomers detected this element before it was found on earth.

1. Galileo
2. Isaac Newton
3. Cassini
4. Venus
5. Messier
6. Yerkes Observatory in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin (Yerkes, or Lake Geneva, WI will do.)
7. Sirius B or "the pup"
8. Ophiuchus
9. Argo Navis
10. Serpens (caput and cauda)
11. Helium

Should I do this again?

Comments

[timmowarner.livejournal.com]

I'd like to see it again!

Will the topics be varied? I expect just whatever you're thinking of the moment...

[vakkotaur.livejournal.com]

Yes, varying topics. I'm already considering what the next might be and doing a bit of research. But yes, a lot will depend on just what I happen to be pondering at some moment or other.

[kinkyturtle.livejournal.com]

Bah, only got two right: #3 and #4. Couldn't even guess at most of the rest.

Still, nifty idea!