Astronomy-Objective Related Question Answers
226. A congregation of millions or billions of stars held together by gravity?
Galaxy
227. How many different kinds of galaxies are there?
228. Which American astronomer classified the galaxies into spiral elliptical and irregular types?
Edwin Hubble
229. Our galaxy milky way is a?
Spiral Galaxy
230. Which galaxy is called as the twin of our galaxy, the milky way?
M-31
231. Group of stars that form certain shapes or pattern are called?
Constellations
232. The pole star is a part of the ........ constellation?
Ursa Minor
233. Where is Lyra?
Lyra is a summer constellation.
234. The biggest constellation is?
Hydra
235. Which constellation is known as Hunter?
Orion
236. Father of modern space science?
Galileo Galilei
237. Oldest of all the constellations?
Leo
238. Which constellation is called by the name Milk- clipper?
Saggitarius
239. Where is Taurus?
Taurus extends from the celestial equator north to a little above 30° north declination.
240. The two nearest galaxies to our milky way?
Large Magellanic cloud and small Magellanic cloud
241. The galaxy nearer to our galaxy milky way?
Andromeda Galaxy
242. Milkyway belongs to a cluster of some 24 galaxies called?
Local group
243. Energy is transferred from the Sun to Earth mainly by?
electromagnetic waves
244. The best evidence that Earth spins on its axis is provided by?
apparent shifts in the swing of a Foucault pendulum
245. Existence of galaxies beyond milky way was first demonstrated by?
Edwin Hubble
246. Galaxies are also called?
island of universe
247. Father of Indian Astronomy?
Aryabhata
248. The system of astronomy based on Heliocentre (sun centred) universe was presented by?
Copernicus
249. The astronomer who presented the system of astronomy based on a geo centric (earth centred) universe?
Ptolemy
250. The first who attempted to measure stellar distances?
James Gregory
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