An astronomical catalogue or sky survey
Our answer book holds 62 answers to “An astronomical catalogue or sky survey”, from the first thing anyone would say to names almost nobody would think of. The answers that come to mind first are Messier Catalogue, NGC and Gaia. They count, but they keep you close to the ground. It is a fairly short list: only 17 answers sit in the two rarest tiers, so reaching one takes real knowledge.
The headline names go fast here, so it pays to remember what was catalogued long after them. You will find it in stage 43, “Cosmic Detectives”, of the Cosmos mission. The first stages of every mission are free, and later stages come with the full mission.
PLAY ONLYCLICK FREEThe most common answers
EVERYONE- Messier Catalogue
- NGC
- Gaia
- IC
- Caldwell Catalogue
- Bayer Designation
- Flamsteed Designation
- Hipparcos
- SDSS
- Henry Draper Catalogue
- Gliese Catalogue
- WISE
- IRAS
- Hubble Deep Field
These are the 14 answers we rate as most common, out of the 62 we know. They score the least. The other 48, including every rare one, stay inside the game.
How the 62 answers are spread
| EVERYONE | 6 |
| THE CROWD | 8 |
| SOME | 20 |
| A FEW | 11 |
| ALMOST NOBODY | 14 |
| ONLY YOU | 3 |
The rarer your answer, the farther your rocket flies. Rarity is our own estimate of how few people would think of an answer. How to play.
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