astronomy

past exams from the 2025-2026 and 2024-2025 seasons

These are ordered chronologically.

Northview (Dec 6, 2025) — [exam] [images] [sheet] [key] [walkthrough] [stats]

Another states-level exam.

UT (Oct 25, 2025) — [exam] [images] [sheet] [key] [walkthrough] [stats]

The first exam of the '25-26 season! A states-level exam to kick things off.

Crown Point (Jan 25, 2025) — [exam] [images] [walkthrough]

A regionals-level exam to test your mettle as we head towards regional and state tournaments.

MIT (Jan 25, 2025) — [exam] [images] [sheet] [key] [walkthrough] [stats]

A nationals-level exam!

Boyceville (Dec 7, 2024) — [exam] [images] [sheet] [key] [walkthrough] [stats]

A challenging regionals-level exam from the boyceville in-person and satellite tournament.

JS9 setup instructions

This exam has a JS9 lab which should be set up beforehand, as follows:

1. open chandra.harvard.edu/js9/ on a web browser;
2. select the button labeled [The Unofficial Chandra Archive Search Page] and a pop-up should appear;
3. in the [Chandra Obs ID] box, input "7437" and hit [Search];
4. scroll down and to the right to see the link under the "Title" column; drag and drop it into the JS9 window (which should be showing a blue supernova remnant);
5. wait for the observation to load in;
6. (optional) select [Scale > log] to adjust the view.

If you are offline and/or unable to access JS9, this printable [JS9 handout] can be used instead.

UT (Oct 26, 2024) — [exam] [images] [sheet] [key] [walkthrough] [stats]

The first exam of the '24-25 season! Though it ended up being a challenging states-level exam, it touches on many core concepts in this year's rules.