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Guide to the Universe 8th Edition Chaisson
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Chapters 1 - 18, Complete
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0. Charting the Heavens: The Foundations of Astronomy
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1. The Copernican Revolution: The Birth of Modern Science
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2. Light and Matter: The Inner Workings of the Cosmos
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3. Telescopes: The Tools of Astronomy
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4. The Solar System: Interplanetary Matter and the Birth of the Planets
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5. Earth and Its Moon: Our Cosmic Backyard
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6. The Terrestrial Planets: A Study in Contrasts
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7. The Jovian Planets: Giants of the Solar System
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8. Moons, Rings, and Plutoids: Small Worlds Among Giants
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9. The Sun: Our Parent Star
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10. Measuring the Stars: Giants, Dwarfs, and the Main Sequence
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11. The Interstellar Medium: Star Formation in the Milky Way
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12. Stellar Evolution: The Lives and Deaths of Stars
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13. Neutron Stars and Black Holes: Strange States of Matter
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14. The Milky Way Galaxy: A Spiral in Space
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15. Normal and Active Galaxies: Building Blocks of the Universe
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16. Hubble’s Law and Dark Matter: The Large-Scale Structure of the Cosmos
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17. Cosmology: The Big Bang and the Fate of the Universe
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18. Life in the Universe: Are We Alone?
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1) Right ascension in the sky is very similar to latitude on the Earth.
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2) Latitude and right ascension are coordinate systems used to find objects on the celestial
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sphere.
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3) The celestial sphere is divided into 88 modern constellations.
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4) In the sky, declination is measured in degrees north or south of the celestial equator.
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5) The south celestial pole is located at a declination of -90 degrees.
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6) In general, the brightest star in a given constellation is designated as alpha.
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7) Constellations are close clusters of stars, all at about the same distance from the Sun.
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, 8) Over 20,000 stars are visible to the naked eye on the darkest, clearest nights.
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9) A star with a right ascension of 2.6 hrs will rise 2.6 hours after the vernal equinox.
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10) A tropical year is the same as a sidereal year.
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11) The sidereal day is determined by the Earth's rotation with respect to the stars.
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12) The vernal equinox marks the beginning of spring in the northern hemisphere.
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13) There are 3,600 arc seconds in a degree.
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14) An hour of right ascension corresponds to 60 degrees in the sky.
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15) From Earth, the Sun and Moon have about the same angular diameter.
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16) At the solstices, the Sun's declination will be 23.5 degrees from the equator.
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Guide to the Universe 8th Edition Chaisson
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Chapters 1 - 18, Complete
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0. Charting the Heavens: The Foundations of Astronomy
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1. The Copernican Revolution: The Birth of Modern Science
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2. Light and Matter: The Inner Workings of the Cosmos
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3. Telescopes: The Tools of Astronomy
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4. The Solar System: Interplanetary Matter and the Birth of the Planets
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5. Earth and Its Moon: Our Cosmic Backyard
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6. The Terrestrial Planets: A Study in Contrasts
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7. The Jovian Planets: Giants of the Solar System
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8. Moons, Rings, and Plutoids: Small Worlds Among Giants
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9. The Sun: Our Parent Star
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10. Measuring the Stars: Giants, Dwarfs, and the Main Sequence
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11. The Interstellar Medium: Star Formation in the Milky Way
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12. Stellar Evolution: The Lives and Deaths of Stars
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13. Neutron Stars and Black Holes: Strange States of Matter
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14. The Milky Way Galaxy: A Spiral in Space
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15. Normal and Active Galaxies: Building Blocks of the Universe
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16. Hubble’s Law and Dark Matter: The Large-Scale Structure of the Cosmos
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17. Cosmology: The Big Bang and the Fate of the Universe
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18. Life in the Universe: Are We Alone?
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1) Right ascension in the sky is very similar to latitude on the Earth.
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ANSWER: FALSE
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2) Latitude and right ascension are coordinate systems used to find objects on the celestial
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sphere.
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3) The celestial sphere is divided into 88 modern constellations.
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4) In the sky, declination is measured in degrees north or south of the celestial equator.
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ANSWER: TRUE
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5) The south celestial pole is located at a declination of -90 degrees.
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ANSWER: TRUE
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6) In general, the brightest star in a given constellation is designated as alpha.
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7) Constellations are close clusters of stars, all at about the same distance from the Sun.
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, 8) Over 20,000 stars are visible to the naked eye on the darkest, clearest nights.
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9) A star with a right ascension of 2.6 hrs will rise 2.6 hours after the vernal equinox.
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ANSWER: TRUE
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10) A tropical year is the same as a sidereal year.
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11) The sidereal day is determined by the Earth's rotation with respect to the stars.
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12) The vernal equinox marks the beginning of spring in the northern hemisphere.
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13) There are 3,600 arc seconds in a degree.
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14) An hour of right ascension corresponds to 60 degrees in the sky.
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ANSWER: FALSE
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15) From Earth, the Sun and Moon have about the same angular diameter.
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16) At the solstices, the Sun's declination will be 23.5 degrees from the equator.
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