Guide to the Universe 8th Edition Chaisson
Chapters 1 - 18, Complete
,Table of Contents
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0.nChartingnthenHeavens:nThenFoundationsnofnAstronomy
1.nThenCopernicannRevolution:nThenBirthnofnModernnScience
2.nLightnandnMatter:nThenInnernWorkingsnofnthenCosmos
3.nTelescopes:nThenToolsnofnAstronomy
4.nThenSolarnSystem:nInterplanetarynMatternandnthenBirthnofnthenPlanets
5.nEarthnandnItsnMoon:nOurnCosmicnBackyard
6.nThenTerrestrialnPlanets:nAnStudyninnContrasts
7.nThenJoviannPlanets:nGiantsnofnthenSolarnSystem
8.nMoons,nRings,nandnPlutoids:nSmallnWorldsnAmongnGiants
9.nThenSun:nOurnParentnStar
10.nMeasuringnthenStars:nGiants,nDwarfs,nandnthenMainnSequence
11.nThenInterstellarnMedium:nStarnFormationninnthenMilkynWay
12.nStellarnEvolution:nThenLivesnandnDeathsnofnStars
13.nNeutronnStarsnandnBlacknHoles:nStrangenStatesnofnMatter
14.nThenMilkynWaynGalaxy:nAnSpiralninnSpace
15.nNormalnandnActivenGalaxies:nBuildingnBlocksnofnthenUniverse
16.nHubble’snLawnandnDarknMatter:nThenLarge-ScalenStructurenofnthenCosmos
17.nCosmology:nThenBignBangnandnthenFatenofnthenUniverse
18.nLifeninnthenUniverse:nArenWenAlone?
,Chaptern0n n ChartingnthenHeavens:nThenFoundationsnofnAstronomy
1) RightnascensionninnthenskynisnverynsimilarntonlatitudenonnthenEarth.
nANSWER:n FALSE
Diff:n1
SectionnRef.:n 0.1
2) Latitudenandnrightnascensionnarencoordinatensystemsnusedntonfindnobjectsnonnthencelestial
nsphere.
ANSWER:n FALSE
nDiff:n1
SectionnRef.:n 0.1
3) Thencelestialnspherenisndividedninton88nmodernnconstellations.
nANSWER:n TRUE
Diff:n1
SectionnRef.:n 0.1
4) Innthensky,ndeclinationnisnmeasuredninndegreesnnorthnornsouthnofnthencelestialnequator.
nANSWER:n TRUE
Diff:n1
SectionnRef.:n 0.1
5) Thensouthncelestialnpolenisnlocatednatnandeclinationnofn-
90ndegrees.nANSWER:n TRUE
Diff:n1
SectionnRef.:n 0.1
6) Inngeneral,nthenbrightestnstarninnangivennconstellationnisndesignatednasnalpha.
nANSWER:n TRUE
Diff:n1
SectionnRef.:n 0.1
7) Constellationsnarenclosenclustersnofnstars,nallnatnaboutnthensamendistancenfromnthenSun.
nANSWER:n FALSE
Diff:n1
SectionnRef.:n 0.1
, 8) Overn20,000nstarsnarenvisiblentonthennakedneyenonnthendarkest,nclearestnnights.
nANSWER:n FALSE
Diff:n2
SectionnRef.:n 0.1
9) Anstarnwithnanrightnascensionnofn2.6nhrsnwillnrisen2.6nhoursnafternthenvernalnequinox.
nANSWER:n TRUE
Diff:n3
SectionnRef.:n MorenPrec.n0.1
10) Antropicalnyearnisnthensamenasnansiderealnyear.
nANSWER:n FALSE
Diff:n1
SectionnRef.:n 0.2
11) ThensiderealndaynisndeterminednbynthenEarth'snrotationnwithnrespectntonthenstars.
nANSWER:n TRUE
Diff:n1
SectionnRef.:n 0.2
12) Thenvernalnequinoxnmarksnthenbeginningnofnspringninnthennorthernnhemisphere.
nANSWER:n TRUE
Diff:n1
SectionnRef.:n 0.2
13) Therenaren3,600narcnsecondsninnandegree.
nANSWER:n TRUE
Diff:n2
SectionnRef.:n MorenPrec.n0.1
14) Annhournofnrightnascensionncorrespondsnton60ndegreesninnthensky.
nANSWER:n FALSE
Diff:n2
SectionnRef.:n 0.2
15) FromnEarth,nthenSunnandnMoonnhavenaboutnthensamenangularndiameter.
nANSWER:n TRUE
Diff:n1
SectionnRef.:n 0.2
16) Atnthensolstices,nthenSun'sndeclinationnwillnben23.5ndegreesnfromnthenequator.
nANSWER:n TRUE
Diff:n2
SectionnRef.:n 0.2