Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA
Students are assigned to read online articles on current astronomy events, and take a short current events quiz during the first 10 minutes of lab. (This motivates students to show up promptly to lab, as the time cut-off for the quiz is strictly enforced!)
Sylvestre Lacour, Mathias Nowak, Paul Mollière, and Calum Turner, "GRAVITY Instrument Breaks New Ground in Exoplanet Imaging" (March 27, 2019)Characteristics of exoplanet HR8799e's atmosphere were revealed using high resolution images obtained from:
eso.org/public/usa/news/eso1905/
(A) lookback time.
(B) laser range finders.
(C) the International Space Station.
(D) underground neutrino detectors.
(E) combining light from several telescopes.
Correct answer: (E)
Student responses
Sections 30679, 30680
(A) : 1 student
(B) : 1 student
(C) : 5 students
(D) : 2 students
(E) : 30 students
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