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Table of Contents
1. Charting the Heavens: The Foundations of Astronomy

2. The Copernican Revolution: The Birth of Modern Science

3. Light and Matter: The Inner Workings of the Cosmos

4. Telescopes: The Tools of Astronomy

5. The Solar System: Interplanetary Matter and the Birth of the Planets

6. Earth and Its Moon: Our Cosmic Backyard

7. The Terrestrial Planets: A Study in Contrasts

8. The Jovian Planets: Giants of the Solar System

9. Moons, Rings, and Plutoids: Small Worlds Among Giants

10. The Sun: Our Parent Star

11. Measuring the Stars: Giants, Dwarfs, and the Main Sequence

12. The Interstellar Medium: Star Formation in the Milky Way

13. Stellar Evolution: The Lives and Deaths of Stars

14. Neutron Stars and Black Holes: Strange States of Matter

15. The Milky Way Galaxy: A Spiral in Space

16. Normal and Active Galaxies: Building Blocks of the Universe

16. Hubble’s Law and Dark Matter: The Large-Scale Structure of the Cosmos

17. Cosmology: The Big Bang and the Fate of the Universe

18. Life in the Universe: Are We Alone?




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Chapter 0 Charti
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1) Right ascension in the sky is very similar to latitude on the
Earth. ANSWER: FALSE
Diff: 1
Section Ref.: 0.1

2) Latitude and right ascension are coordinate systems used to find objects on
the celestial sphere.
ANSWER: FALSE
Diff: 1
Section Ref.: 0.1

3) The celestial sphere is divided into 88 modern
constellations. ANSWER: TRUE
Diff: 1
Section Ref.: 0.1

4) In the sky, declination is measured in degrees north or south of the
celestial equator. ANSWER: TRUE
Diff: 1
Section Ref.: 0.1

5) The south celestial pole is located at a declination of -90
degrees. ANSWER: TRUE
Diff: 1
Section Ref.: 0.1

6) In general, the brightest star in a given constellation is designated
as alpha. ANSWER: TRUE
Diff: 1
Section Ref.: 0.1

7) Constellations are close clusters of stars, all at about the same distance
from the Sun. ANSWER: FALSE
Diff: 1
Section Ref.: 0.1




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8) Over 20,000 stars are visible to the naked eye on the darkest,
clearest nights. ANSWER: FALSE
Diff: 2
Section Ref.: 0.1

9) A star with a right ascension of 2.6 hrs will rise 2.6 hours after the vernal
equinox. ANSWER: TRUE
Diff: 3
Section Ref.: More Prec. 0.1

10) A tropical year is the same as a sidereal
year. ANSWER: FALSE
Diff: 1
Section Ref.: 0.2

11) The sidereal day is determined by the Earth's rotation with respect to
the stars. ANSWER: TRUE
Diff: 1
Section Ref.: 0.2

12) The vernal equinox marks the beginning of spring in the northern
hemisphere. ANSWER: TRUE
Diff: 1
Section Ref.: 0.2

13) There are 3,600 arc seconds in a
degree. ANSWER: TRUE
Diff: 2
Section Ref.: More Prec. 0.1

14) An hour of right ascension corresponds to 60 degrees in
the sky. ANSWER: FALSE
Diff: 2
Section Ref.: 0.2

15) From Earth, the Sun and Moon have about the same angular
diameter. ANSWER: TRUE
Diff: 1
Section Ref.: 0.2

16) At the solstices, the Sun's declination will be 23.5 degrees from the
equator. ANSWER: TRUE
Diff: 2
Section Ref.: 0.2




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