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Celestial Geography and Observatories

Astronomy

Advanced astronomical geography and the locations of major ground-based observatories.

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8 Questions Hard Ages 15+ Nov 2, 2026

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1 The Paranal Observatory, home to the Very Large Telescope (VLT), is geographically situated in which specific desert region?

A Gobi Desert
B Atacama Desert
C Kalahari Desert
D Great Victoria Desert

2 Which mountain peak in the Canary Islands hosts the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory, chosen for its stable atmospheric conditions?

A Mount Teide
B Roque Nublo
C Roque de los Muchachos
D Pico de las Nieves

3 The South Pole Telescope (SPT) is located at the Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station, which experiences how many days of continuous darkness during the polar night?

A 90 days
B 182 days
C 120 days
D 60 days

4 Mauna Kea Observatory in Hawaii is located at an altitude of approximately 4,207 meters. In which geological feature is the summit observatory complex situated?

A A dormant shield volcano
B A caldera
C A cinder cone
D A stratovolcano

5 The Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) is located at the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory in which remote region?

A Simpson Desert
B Nullarbor Plain
C Murchison Shire, Western Australia
D Cape York Peninsula

6 The Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes is situated at the Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos, which is administratively part of which country?

A Portugal
B Spain
C Morocco
D Cape Verde

7 The Pierre Auger Observatory, primarily designed to detect ultra-high-energy cosmic rays, is located on a high-altitude plain in which country?

A Chile
B Argentina
C Bolivia
D Peru

8 The Very Large Array (VLA) consists of 27 radio antennas arranged in a Y-shape on the Plains of San Agustin in which US state?

A Arizona
B Nevada
C New Mexico
D Utah

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