Question
Answer the following about the relationship between Indigenous people and astronomical observatories, for 10 points each.
[10h] The Tohono O’odham (“tuh-HO-no AW-tum”) Nation successfully prevented their land from being the site of VERITAS, which primarily observes this object. In the northwest of this object, its Rayleigh–Taylor fingers are more prominent and its [O III] (“oh three”) “skin” is absent.
ANSWER: Crab Nebula [accept Messier 1, M1, New General Catalogue 1952, NGC 1952, or Taurus A]
[10e] The construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope on this mountain is being resisted by the Kānaka Maoli, who are indigenous to Hawai’i.
ANSWER: Mauna Kea [or Mauna a Wākea]
[10m] In recognition of the Mapuche people, the four Unit Telescopes of this instrument are named Antü, Küyen, Melipal, and Yepun. More than one paper is published per day using data from this optical telescope, which is the flagship facility of the European Southern Observatory.
ANSWER: VLT [or Very Large Telescope] (Antü, Küyen, Melipal, and Yepun are the Mapudungun words for the Sun, the Moon, the Southern Cross, and Venus, respectively.)
<ES, Other Science (Astronomy)>
Summary
| 2024 Chicago Open | 07/28/2024 | Y | 13 | 11.54 | 85% | 31% | 0% |
Data
| Are You There, Chat? It's Me, Margaret | A Nervy Liberal Nanny Hence | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| BHSU B | Berkeley Mafia and the Chicago Boy | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Charlotte's Moderately Successful Team | We Need New Names | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Galvanized Square Steen and Eco-Friendly Wood Vermeer | when you look this good, you don’t have to know anything | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Punished "Venom" BHSU | Lying on a Mattress at Lou’s Apartment in Pilsen, Chicago | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Mindgoblin of Little Hobbes | First Cause, First Cause, make me young! | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| I’ll take a quiet 10 / A handshake of CO (Chicago Open) | Read slowly: A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A Read quickly: A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| The Dyatlov Passement incident | NJTRANSit (and bobby, i guess) | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| The Empire Bikes Back | SAYYID QUTB, DRIVING THE LONGEST CAR YOU’VE EVER SEEN THROUGH TAHRIR SQUARE | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| it's the great pumpkinification objection, charlie brown | The Oldest Men in the World | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| NJTRANSit (and anwen, I guess) | There are buzzable clues everywhere for those with eyes to see | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| sticking out your guyot for the ridge push; you're so seafloor spread, you're so fracture zone | AMOGH QUIZ HACK? 英雄联盟 400 PPG 24 TUH | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| var merchants | The Jeam Team | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |