3rdInternationalOlympiadofAstronomy andAstrophysics

ObservationalCompetition

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Pleasereadtheseinstructionscarefully: 1. All participants will receive a problem set, a writing board, a pen, a ruler and a headlight by theorganizers. 2.Thiscompetitionconsistsoftwoparts: i) Two questions on Naked Eye observation. You Have 12 minutes to answer these two questions. ii)OnequestiononUsingatelescope.Eachpartofthisquestionhasaspecifictime,which ismentionedinyourquestionsheet. 3.Allparticipantswillbeguidedbyassistantstotheobservingsiteuntilreturningtothewaiting hall.Assistantswillcollecttheanswerandproblemsheets. 4.Donotforgettofillouttheboxesatthetopofeachanswersheetwithyourcountryname andyourstudentcode. 5. You have 2 minutes to familiarize yourself with Observing ground and darkness of your environment,justbeforestartingtheexamtimeinobservingground. 6.Examinersalarmwillindicatethebeginningandtheendofeachpartofyourexam. 7.Eachproblemhasaspecificguidelinewhichhelpsyouduringtheexam.

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ObservationalCompetition

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NakedEyeObservations

Time:12Minutes

YouHave12minutestoanswerthequestionsoftheNakedEye Observations(Question1andQuestion2)

Question1
1.1:Figure1(framesize
100 70 )showsapartofthesky,for22October2009at21:00localtime. FourbrightstarsinPerseusandAndromedaconstellationsaremissinginthischart.Findthesemissing starsbylookingatthesky.Then,drawacrossonthelocationofeachmissingbrightstarinthesetwo constellationsonthechart(i.e.figure1).Usenumbersintable11toindicatethesecrosses. Note:PolarisisindictedbyNsymbolinfigure1. (40Points) Table11 Number 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 4 CommonName Mirfak Alpheratz Menkib Algol Almach Mirach Atik BayerNames AlphaPersei AlphaAndromeda EpsilonPersei XiPersei GammaPersei BetaPersei GammaAndromeda DeltaAndromeda 51Andromeda BetaAndromeda ZetaPersei

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Question1Figure1

Question2
2.1:Figure2showsapartoftheskywhichcontainsCepheiconstellation,for22October2009at22:00
localtime.FivebrightstarsinCepheiconstellationareidentifiedbynumbers(1,2,,5)andcommon names.Estimatetheangulardistances(inunitsofdegrees)betweentwopairsofstarsshownintable2 1andcompletethistablewithyouranswers.(40Points) Tables21 AngularDistance AngularDistance(degrees)

Pairsofstars 1(Errai)and2(Alfirk) 1(Errai)and3(Alderamin)

2.2:Usetable22andfigure2,thenEstimatetheapparentvisualmagnitudeofstars2(Alfirak)and3
(Alderamin)andcompleteTable23.(40Points) Table22 StarName Polaris Altais Segin Table23 MagnitudeEstimation StarName Alfirk Alderamin ApparentVisualMagnitude 1.95 3.05 3.34

Allofthesestars,aremarkedinthefigure2

StarNumber 2 3

ApparentVisualMagnitude

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3rdInternationalOlympiadofAstronomy andAstrophysics
ObservationalCompetition

TelescopicObservations

Time:13Minutes

Note:Youhaveonly13MinutestoanswerallpartsofthisQuestion.
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Question3

Beforestartingthispart,pleasenote: ThetelescopeispointedbytheexaminertowardsCaph(Cas).Pleasenotethereadingsonthe gradecirclesbeforemovingthetelescope(tobeusedin3.2).

3.1:
Chooseoneofthe4recommendedstarslistedbelow;writedownthenameoftheselectedstarin table31andpointthetelescopetothatstar.Then,notifytheexaminertocheckit.(40Points)

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Deneb (Alpha Cygni) Alfirk (Beta Cephei) Algol (Beta Persei) Capella (Alpha Aurigae)

(Youhave6Minutestoanswer3.1) Table31
Nameofselectedstar 9

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3.2:TheTelescopewasparkedtoCaphinCassiopeiaconstellation(RA:0h:9.7m;Dec:
59:12).Usingtheclockbesidethetelescopewritedownthelocaltime(withtheformatof HH:MM:SS)intheappropriatefieldinTableB.Then,byusingthegradedcircleonthetelescopemount, estimatethedeclinationandthehourangleofthetargetmeasuredfromSouth,whichyouchosein partoneofthisquestion.Then,completeTable32.(40Points)

(Youhave7Minutestoanswer3.2)

Table32
NameandCoordinatesoftheSelectedStar NameofSelectedStar HourAngle(hh:mm) Declination (:)

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