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Extra-Credit Review Assignment: Due on or before May 01

Name______

Circle or otherwise identify the correct response to the following questions.

  1. Imagine you see Orion rising in the east at midnight. Six hours later what direction would you face (look) to seeOrion?

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  1. toward the north
  2. toward the south
  3. toward the east
  4. toward the west
  5. directly overhead

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  1. Which of the choices below best represents the number of meters in a kilometer?

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  1. 10
  2. 100
  3. 1,000
  4. 10,000
  5. 100,000

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The position of the Moon is indicated on the full sky map below. Please refer to it to answer questions #3, 4, 5 & 6.

  1. Which values below most closely represent the right ascension and declination of the Moon?
  2. Right Ascension = 0, Declination = 0 hr
  3. Right Ascension = 23 ½ , Declination = 6 hr
  4. Right Ascension = 0 hr, Declination = 0 
  5. Right Ascension = 6 hr, Declination = 23 ½ 
  6. Right Ascension = 6 hr, Declination = -23 ½ 
  1. How long will the Moon appear above the horizon for an observer in Syracuse, NY?
  2. There is insufficient information to answer this question.
  3. Less than 12 hours
  4. About 12 hours
  5. More than 12 hours.
  6. 24 hours. It will appear circumpolar at this location.
  1. As seen from Syracuse, NY, where would an observer look to see the rising Moon at this time?

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  1. Due West
  2. Due East
  3. North of East
  4. South of East
  5. South of West

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  1. At what approximate right ascension will the Moon appear against the stars in two weeks from the time pictured above?

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  1. 0 hr.
  2. 6 hr
  3. 12 hr
  4. 18 hr
  5. 23 ½ 

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Use the drawing below showing the Sun and several constellations to answer questions 7 & 8.

  1. If you could see stars during the day, the drawing above shows what the sky would look like at noon on a given day. The Sun is near the stars of the constellation Ophiuchus. Near which constellation would you expect the Sun to be located at sunset?

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  1. Capricorn
  2. Sagittarius
  3. Ophiuchus
  4. Libra
  5. Virgo

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  1. Which constellation will be highest in the sky about 6 hours after the time shown in the drawing above?

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  1. Capricorn
  2. Sagittarius
  3. Ophiuchus
  4. Libra
  5. Virgo

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The pictures and questions below pertain the apparent motion of the stars as seen by an observer in Acapulco, Mexico. A map of Mexico below indicates the location of this city.

  1. Which of the labeled stars represents

Polaris?

  1. Which of the labeled stars is NOT a circumpolar star?
  1. In which direction would star A be apparently moving at the instant

pictured.

  1. It would not be moving at all.
  2. It would be moving straight up.
  3. It would be moving straight down.
  4. It would be moving to the left.
  5. It would be moving to the right.
  1. The stars as seen toward the East

would be following paths parallel to

which of the indicated rays. The

indicated angles are measured up from

the horizon.

  1. 75ray
  2. 60ray
  3. 43ray
  4. 30ray
  5. 15ray
  1. Stars seen looking East are above the horizon for approximately how long?
  2. 24 hours
  3. Greater 12 hours but not 24 hours
  4. About 12 hours
  5. Less than 12 hours
  1. Looking south the stars would most closely follow which of the paths indicated below?

15. An observer in Acapulco could see stars in the southern sky down to approximately which of the declinations listed below?

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A)-90

B)-75

C)-47

D)0

E)15

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