Astronomy Test 1 Review

What is the name of the star closest to the Celestial North Pole?

• Rigel
• Vega
• Polaris
• Orion

What the celestial equivalent of "latitude?" 

• Inclination
• Left Ascension
• Right Ascension
• Declination

What the celestial equivalent of "longitude?" 

• Inclination
• Left Ascension
• Right Ascension
• Declination

The diagram below represents the sun's path at equinox. According to the position of the Sun below, what is a possible time of the location?

• 9 am

• 12 noon

• 6 pm

• 3 pm

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Which diagram best represents the apparent path of the Sun on June 21^st?

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Giving specific directions where does the sun rise and set on the equinoxes

• Rise in NE and sets in NW

• Rise in SE and sets in SW

• Rise in E and sets in W

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Name the point directly above an observers head

• North Celestial Pole

• Nadir

• Zenith

• Polaris

If you were standing at the North Pole, Polaris will be ___.

• on the northern horizon

• below the horizon

• at your zenith

• to the north at an altitude equal to your latitude

An imaginary dome of the sky onto which all celestial objects such as stars, moons and planets can be plotted.

• Sun

• Celestial Sphere

• Apparent Motion

• Real Motion

What is the celestial equator?

• A band of constellations through which the planets and sun appear to move.

• The line that the sun traces across the celestial sphere.

• An imaginary line in the sky directly above Earth's equator.

• An imaginary line running north-south through the zenith