FMY Gamy Space Telescope Quiz

What is the primary instrument on the FMY mission that surveys the entire sky?

• James Webb Space Telescope

• Large Area Telescope (LAT)

• Hubble Space Telescope

• Chandra X-ray Observatory

What do the blue, red, and yellow tones represent in the intensity maps?

• Different wavelengths of light

• Temperature variations

• Different types of stars

• Intensity levels of gamma rays

What are pulsars?

• Supermassive black holes

• Rapidly spinning neutron stars

• Solar flares

• Distant galaxies

What role do flare advocates play in the FMY mission?

• Analyzing solar flares

• Repairing satellite hardware

• Monitoring flaring sources

• Designing new telescopes

What are blazars?

• Rapidly spinning neutron stars

• Solar flares

• Supermassive black holes with active jets

• Distant galaxies

What causes the odd discontinuities in the images?

• Software glitches

• Holes in the data

• Solar flares

• Hardware malfunctions

How does the sun appear in gamma-ray observations compared to optical observations?

• Invisible in gamma rays

• The same brightness

• Fainter in gamma rays

• Brighter in gamma rays

What was the impact of the hardware issue in 2018 on the FMY mission?

• Complete mission failure

• Increased data accuracy

• Loss of data

• Change in sky exposure patterns

Approximately how many total sources were detected in the 14-year observation period?

• 5,000

• 3,000

• 1,000

• 7,000

What percentage of the detected sources are variable?

• 40%

• 30%

• 20%

• 10%