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Guide to the Universe 8th Edition Chaisson
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Chapters 1 - 18, Complete
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,Table of Contentsb b
0. bCharting bthe bHeavens: bThe bFoundations bof bAstronomy
1. bThe bCopernican bRevolution: bThe bBirth bof bModern bScience
2. bLight band bMatter: bThe bInner bWorkings bof bthe bCosmos
3. bTelescopes: bThe bTools bof bAstronomy
4. bThe bSolar bSystem: bInterplanetary bMatter band bthe bBirth bof bthe bPlanets
5. bEarth band bIts bMoon: bOur bCosmic bBackyard
6. bThe bTerrestrial bPlanets: bA bStudy bin bContrasts
7. bThe bJovian bPlanets: bGiants bof bthe bSolar bSystem
8. bMoons, bRings, band bPlutoids: bSmall bWorlds bAmong bGiants
9. bThe bSun: bOur bParent bStar
10. bMeasuring bthe bStars: bGiants, bDwarfs, band bthe bMain bSequence
11. bThe bInterstellar bMedium: bStar bFormation bin bthe bMilky bWay
12. bStellar bEvolution: bThe bLives band bDeaths bof bStars
13. bNeutron bStars band bBlack bHoles: bStrange bStates bof bMatter
14. bThe bMilky bWay bGalaxy: bA bSpiral bin bSpace
15. bNormal band bActive bGalaxies: bBuilding bBlocks bof bthe bUniverse
16. bHubble’s bLaw band bDark bMatter: bThe bLarge-Scale bStructure bof bthe bCosmos
17. bCosmology: bThe bBig bBang band bthe bFate bof bthe bUniverse
18. bLife bin bthe bUniverse: bAre bWe bAlone?
,Chapter b0 b b Charting bthe bHeavens: bThe bFoundations bof bAstronomy
1) Right bascension bin bthe bsky bis bvery bsimilar bto blatitude bon bthe
bEarth. bANSWER: b FALSE
Diff: b1
Section bRef.: b 0.1
2) Latitude band bright bascension bare bcoordinate bsystems bused bto bfind bobjects bon bthe
bcelestial bsphere.
ANSWER: b FALSE
bDiff: b1
Section bRef.: b 0.1
3) The bcelestial bsphere bis bdivided binto b88 bmodern
bconstellations. bANSWER: b TRUE
Diff: b1
Section bRef.: b 0.1
4) In bthe bsky, bdeclination bis bmeasured bin bdegrees bnorth bor bsouth bof bthe bcelestial
bequator. bANSWER: b TRUE
Diff: b1
Section bRef.: b 0.1
5) The bsouth bcelestial bpole bis blocated bat ba bdeclination bof b-90
bdegrees. bANSWER: b TRUE
Diff: b1
Section bRef.: b 0.1
6) In bgeneral, bthe bbrightest bstar bin ba bgiven bconstellation bis bdesignated bas
balpha. bANSWER: b TRUE
Diff: b1
Section bRef.: b 0.1
7) Constellations bare bclose bclusters bof bstars, ball bat babout bthe bsame bdistance bfrom bthe
bSun. bANSWER: b FALSE
Diff: b1
Section bRef.: b 0.1
, 8) Over b20,000 bstars bare bvisible bto bthe bnaked beye bon bthe bdarkest, bclearest
bnights. bANSWER: b FALSE
Diff: b2
Section bRef.: b 0.1
9) A bstar bwith ba bright bascension bof b2.6 bhrs bwill brise b2.6 bhours bafter bthe bvernal
bequinox. bANSWER: b TRUE
Diff: b3
Section bRef.: b More bPrec. b0.1
10) A btropical byear bis bthe bsame bas ba bsidereal
byear. bANSWER: b FALSE
Diff: b1
Section bRef.: b 0.2
11) The bsidereal bday bis bdetermined bby bthe bEarth's brotation bwith brespect bto bthe
bstars. bANSWER: b TRUE
Diff: b1
Section bRef.: b 0.2
12) The bvernal bequinox bmarks bthe bbeginning bof bspring bin bthe bnorthern
bhemisphere. bANSWER: b TRUE
Diff: b1
Section bRef.: b 0.2
13) There bare b3,600 barc bseconds bin ba
bdegree. bANSWER: b TRUE
Diff: b2
Section bRef.: b More bPrec. b0.1
14) An bhour bof bright bascension bcorresponds bto b60 bdegrees bin bthe
bsky. bANSWER: b FALSE
Diff: b2
Section bRef.: b 0.2
15) From bEarth, bthe bSun band bMoon bhave babout bthe bsame bangular
bdiameter. bANSWER: b TRUE
Diff: b1
Section bRef.: b 0.2
16) At bthe bsolstices, bthe bSun's bdeclination bwill bbe b23.5 bdegrees bfrom bthe
bequator. bANSWER: b TRUE
Diff: b2
Section bRef.:
b 0.2