------------------------------------------------------------------- THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 1368 1998 Dec 26 13.33UT Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise, Basingstoke, Hants, RG22 4PP,England.Telephone/FAX(01256)471074Int:+441256471074 INTERNET: GUY@TAHQ.DEMON.CO.UK GMH at AST.STAR.RL.AC.UK WORLD WIDE WEB http://www.demon.co.uk/astronomer ------------------------------------------------------------------- CHRISTMAS QUIZ 1. a)How many supernovae have now been found by observers based in England? b)Can you name the discoverers involved? 2. How is the editor of the latest 'Norton's Star Atlas'(19thEd)? 3. Who discovered Nova Cygni 1920 (now V476 Cygni)? 4. Who discovered the first asteroid and in which year? 5. Which is the brightest star in the northern hemisphere of the sky? 6. In which constellation did the supernova of 1006 appear? 7. Name the comet which made the closest known approach to the Earth and the year this happened. 8. a)When did the only observed occultation of Mercury by Venus occur? b)Who observed it and from where? 9. What is the number of the Messier object which has AL Com as a nearby 'companion'? 10.What is the more familiar name for the 'counterglow'? The first all-correct entry received, as judged by the Editor whose decision is final, will receive a free year's sub to TA or an extension of an existing sub by 12 months. Entries are welcomed from TA subscribers and also any non-subscribers. If there is no all-correct entry received by 1999 Jan 1.0UT then the highest scorer will be judged the winner. Guy M Hurst