Standard-candles astronomy/Quiz

Standard-candles astronomy is a lecture about the astronomy techniques for finding and studying standard candles and standard-candle candidates. These are used to estimate distances beyond the capability of trigonometric parallax.

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To improve your score, read and study the lecture, the links contained within, listed under See also, External links, and in the {{radiation astronomy resources}} template. This should give you adequate background to get 100 %.

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Hypothesis:

1. Standard candles may not be a reasonable way to estimate distances.