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WorksheetsCelestial Sphere Quiz
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 9mins
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1.
The Celestial Sphere spins around two points in the sky known as the.....
a)
North and South Poles.
b)
Celestial North and Celestial South Poles.
c)
East and West Points of Light.
d)
Arctic and Antarctic Points.
2.
What is the name of the star closest to the Celestial North Pole?
a)
Rigel
b)
Vega
c)
Polaris
d)
Orion
3.
How long does it take a star to get back to the same position in the sky it was the night before?
a)
24 hours exactly
b)
24 hours and 4 minutes
c)
23 hours 30 minutes
d)
23 hours 56 minutes
4.
The Celestial Sphere's coordinates are related to what Earth system of coordinates?
a)
Arctic & Antarctic Circles
b)
Longitude & Latitude
c)
Tropics of Capricorn and Cancer
d)
Sonar systems
5.
What the celestial equivalent of "latitude?"
a)
Inclination
b)
Left Ascension
c)
Right Ascension
d)
Declination
6.
Degrees of declination are divided in smaller parts called...
a)
hours (arc hours).
b)
minutes (arc minutes).
c)
seconds (arc seconds).
d)
milliseconds (arc milliseconds).
7.
Arc minutes are divided in smaller parts called...
a)
hours (arc hours).
b)
minutes (arc minutes).
c)
seconds (arc seconds).
d)
milliseconds (arc milliseconds).
8.
What the celestial equivalent of "longitude?"
a)
Inclination
b)
Left Ascension
c)
Right Ascension
d)
Declination
9.
What are the units for right ascension?
a)
degrees
b)
hours
c)
arc milliseconds
d)
kilometers
10.
Each hour of "right ascension" is divided into...
a)
minutes and seconds.
b)
degrees.
c)
arc degrees.
d)
milliseconds.
11.
0 degrees right ascension goes through the constellation...
a)
Orion.
b)
Pisces.
c)
Gemini.
d)
Leo.
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