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Amateur astronomy, an Uncommon card
Amateur astronomy is a hobby where participants enjoy observing, studying, or imaging celestial objects in the sky using the unaided eye, binoculars, telescopes, and other gadgets.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 74
- DEF
- 74
- Power
- 148
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 25,000
Power 148 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
Amateur astronomy quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Amateur astronomy card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Banten. Banten 81 · Sophie Schmidt 77 · Amateur astronomy 74 · Economy of Nicaragua 71 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Banten. Banten 63,000 · Solidarity 47,000 · Amateur astronomy 25,000 · Economy of Nicaragua 19,000 Wikipedia reads over a year.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Although scientific research may not be their primary goal, some amateur astronomers contribute to citizen science by monitoring variable stars, double stars, sunspots, and occultations of stars by the Moon or asteroids, as well as by discovering transient astronomical events, such as comets, galactic novae or supernovae in other galaxies.
- Amateur astronomers do not use the field of astronomy as their primary source of income or support, as well as typically having no professional degree in astrophysics or advanced academic training in the subject.
- Most amateur astronomers are hobbyists, while others have a high degree of experience in astronomy and may often assist and work alongside professional astronomers.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Amateur astronomy article was read about 25,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 74 and blocks with 74: each hit it takes is cut by 30 %.
How to get Amateur astronomy
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Amateur astronomy (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : User Halfblue on en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
