Constellation Quizes

Constellation Quiz 1
Allows you to select which ones to quiz
Is visual

Quiz 2

Quizes on facts and text, in contrast to the other quiz.

Apod 2.1

Those lucky enough to be living Nothern between Australia and Queensland got to experience an uncommon, total solar eclipse. The eclipse occured along the southern Pacific, and almost completely covered the sun. According to http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/solar.html, the next time an eclipse of this magnitude will occur is Nov 3, 2013.  However, this eclipse will be much shorter.

Apod 2.0

Rigel and the Witch Head Nebula are shown here. The witch head galaxy, named after the mysterious characters who exist throughout literature, like Mcbeth, is 50 light years wide, and reflects Rigels starlight through intersteller dust. The nebula appears blue partly  for the same reason the earths sky is blue, the particles reflect blue the best.  The other reason is that Rigel is more blue than our sun is.

Apod 1.9

Deep in the center of our galaxy, the milky way, lies a large black hole.  This black hole is massive, roughly 4 million times the mass of the sun, and 27,000 light years away. It is fairly inactive when compared to to other black holes, but a recent flare up allowed for this image to be taken.