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Guide to the Universe 8th Edition Chaisson
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Chapters 1 - 18, Complete
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0. cCharting cthe cHeavens: cThe cFoundations cof cAstronomy

1. cThe cCopernican cRevolution: cThe cBirth cof cModern cScience

2. cLight cand cMatter: cThe cInner cWorkings cof cthe cCosmos

3. cTelescopes: cThe cTools cof cAstronomy

4. cThe cSolar cSystem: cInterplanetary cMatter cand cthe cBirth cof cthe cPlanets

5. cEarth cand cIts cMoon: cOur cCosmic cBackyard

6. cThe cTerrestrial cPlanets: cA cStudy cin cContrasts

7. cThe cJovian cPlanets: cGiants cof cthe cSolar cSystem

8. cMoons, cRings, cand cPlutoids: cSmall cWorlds cAmong cGiants

9. cThe cSun: cOur cParent cStar

10. cMeasuring cthe cStars: cGiants, cDwarfs, cand cthe cMain cSequence

11. cThe cInterstellar cMedium: cStar cFormation cin cthe cMilky cWay

12. cStellar cEvolution: cThe cLives cand cDeaths cof cStars

13. cNeutron cStars cand cBlack cHoles: cStrange cStates cof cMatter

14. cThe cMilky cWay cGalaxy: cA cSpiral cin cSpace

15. cNormal cand cActive cGalaxies: cBuilding cBlocks cof cthe cUniverse

16. cHubble’s cLaw cand cDark cMatter: cThe cLarge-Scale cStructure cof cthe cCosmos

17. cCosmology: cThe cBig cBang cand cthe cFate cof cthe cUniverse

18. cLife cin cthe cUniverse: cAre cWe cAlone?

,Chapter c0 c c Charting cthe cHeavens: cThe cFoundations cof cAstronomy

1) Right cascension cin cthe csky cis cvery csimilar cto clatitude con cthe
cEarth. cANSWER: c FALSE

Diff: c1
Section cRef.: c 0.1

2) Latitude cand cright cascension care ccoordinate csystems cused cto cfind cobjects con cthe
ccelestial csphere.

ANSWER:
c FALSE cDiff: c1

Section cRef.: c 0.1

3) The ccelestial csphere cis cdivided cinto c88 cmodern
cconstellations. cANSWER: c TRUE

Diff: c1
Section cRef.: c 0.1

4) In cthe csky, cdeclination cis cmeasured cin cdegrees cnorth cor csouth cof cthe ccelestial
cequator. cANSWER: c TRUE

Diff: c1
Section cRef.: c 0.1

5) The csouth ccelestial cpole cis clocated cat ca cdeclination cof c-90
cdegrees. cANSWER: c TRUE

Diff: c1
Section cRef.: c 0.1

6) In cgeneral, cthe cbrightest cstar cin ca cgiven cconstellation cis cdesignated cas
calpha. cANSWER: c TRUE

Diff: c1
Section cRef.: c 0.1

7) Constellations care cclose cclusters cof cstars, call cat cabout cthe csame cdistance cfrom cthe
cSun. cANSWER: c FALSE

Diff: c1
Section cRef.: c 0.1

, 8) Over c20,000 cstars care cvisible cto cthe cnaked ceye con cthe cdarkest, cclearest
cnights. cANSWER: c FALSE

Diff: c2
Section cRef.: c 0.1

9) A cstar cwith ca cright cascension cof c2.6 chrs cwill crise c2.6 chours cafter cthe cvernal
cequinox. cANSWER: c TRUE

Diff: c3
Section cRef.: c More cPrec. c0.1

10) A ctropical cyear cis cthe csame cas ca csidereal
cyear. cANSWER: c FALSE

Diff: c1
Section cRef.: c 0.2

11) The csidereal cday cis cdetermined cby cthe cEarth's crotation cwith crespect cto cthe
cstars. c ANSWER: c TRUE

Diff: c1
Section cRef.: c 0.2

12) The cvernal cequinox cmarks cthe cbeginning cof cspring cin cthe cnorthern
chemisphere. cANSWER: c TRUE

Diff: c1
Section cRef.: c 0.2

13) There care c3,600 carc cseconds cin ca
cdegree. cANSWER: c TRUE

Diff: c2
Section cRef.: c More cPrec. c0.1

14) An chour cof cright cascension ccorresponds cto c60 cdegrees cin cthe
csky. cANSWER: c FALSE

Diff: c2
Section cRef.: c 0.2

15) From cEarth, cthe cSun cand cMoon chave cabout cthe csame cangular
cdiameter. cANSWER: c TRUE

Diff: c1
Section cRef.: c 0.2

16) At cthe csolstices, cthe cSun's cdeclination cwill cbe c23.5 cdegrees cfrom cthe
cequator. cANSWER: c TRUE

Diff: c2
Section cRef.:
c 0.2