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| Is the time of solar noon unique to each individual? |
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| what do the constellations pass through on the celestrial sphere? |
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| what does it mean to be in the zodiac constellation of aquarius? |
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| the sun is postitioned in that constellation |
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| is a psuedoscience a science that is not accepted by the accademic community? |
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| no it doesnt use the scientific method |
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| is a possible rising time for a waxing crescent 3pm? |
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| list the following from smallest to largest (galaxy, earth, sun, universe) |
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| earth, sun, galaxy, universe |
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| what moon phases can be seen above the horizon at 9:00 am? |
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| new moon, third quarter and waning gibous |
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| if at one night yuo see a star rising at 7:36, the next night when would it rise? |
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| what is the celestrial equator |
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| always directly overhead at the earths equater |
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| the ecliptic can be descirbed as |
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| the apparent path of the sun |
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why is a lunar month longer than a sidereal day?
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| Because the Earth is moving in its orbit around the Sun in the same angular direction while the Moon orbits around Earth |
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it is sunrise on a fishing trip where do you look in the sky to see a crescent moon
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| in summer in the northern hemisphere what is the path of the sun |
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| rises north of east and sets north of west |
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| earths rotationa around its axis causes wat changes in the sky? |
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| orbital changes what in the sky |
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| causes the north star to shift every 3,000 years |
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| what lattitude is polaris |
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| equal to the latitude of the observer |
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| why is the celestrial sphere wrong? |
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| assumes equal distance and that earth is in a fixed position. |
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| consequence of earths tilt (3) |
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| 1. stars path across the sky 2. suns path across the sky 3. variation in the number of daylight hours |
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| more consequnces of earths tilt |
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| tropical and polar latitudes, precession, equinoxes and solctices |
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| consequences of earths spin |
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| rising and setting, hourly changes in positions, NCP and SCP, |
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| tropical year is because of which two motions? |
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| lunar month/ sidereal month is caused by which two motions? |
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| solar day verse sidrea is caused by which two motions? |
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| each phase of the moon is visible for how much of the day? |
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