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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 2080      2005 Jan 30 16.34UT
Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise,  Basingstoke,
Hants, RG22 4PP,England.Telephone/FAX(01256)471074Int:+441256471074
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CHRISTMAS QUIZ
This quiz was transmitted with TA E-Circular 2072 but in the absence of 
an all-correct answer being received, the deadline was extended to 2005 
January 20 (TA E-Circular 2079). Thanks to all who entered and sent in 
their contributions, some with amazing background detail!

The answers are:

1. Who wrote in TA about 'train spotting' and ITMA? What did this latter 
term stand for?
Keith Hindley. Infernal Train Machine (TA Vol 5, No 50 p34 [1968])

2. What is an 'embedded cluster'?
Group of stars deeply embedded in nebulosity out of which they have just 
been formed.

3. Which special phenomenon was first mentioned by Cassini in 1683?
Zodiacal Light

4) Which cluster in Messier's catalogue is not listed in the NGC?
M45 and/or M25 (IC only)

5) Which discoverer of an asteroid auctioned his right to naming it and 
who accepted the offer? How was it then named?
Palisa auctioned it to Baron Albert von Rothschild. It was then named 
after his wife, Bettina

6) Which English amateur astronomer published an excellent map of the 
Moon in 1910?
Walter Goodacre

7) Can you name the comet independently found by two famous astronomers 
in January of 1785?
C/1785 A1 (Messier-Mechain)

8) What did Arthur Pettifor find on May 5, 1991?
Glatton Meteorite

9) Which type of object was listed in the Webb Society Monograph No. 1 
in 1993?
Presumed non-existent star clusters

10) Who was the secretary when the Binocular Sky Society published their 
first report of 1969?
James Muirden

Congratulations to Martin Mobberley who obtained the highest score of 
those submitting their answers.

Guy M Hurst