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Amherst College
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ASTR 110 | Observing the Sky
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2021
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Chapter 1: Fatoumata 1. If you are standing at the Earth's north pole, which of the following will be directly overhead? a. The north celestial pole 2. If you observe Polaris to be 30° above the horizon, you are at a latitude of approximately a. 30° 3. For this question, choose as many answers as are correct. If the Earth reversed its direction of spin a. the sun would rise in the west and set in the east b. The stars would circle polaris clockwise c. The moon would rise in the west and set in the east 4. In the Northern Hemisphere, summertime is warmer than wintertime because a. the sun is visible for more hours b. sunlight is more concentrated on the ground 5. In which of the following locations can the length of daylight range from zero to 24 hours? a. At latitudes closer than 23.5° to the equator. 6. If the Moon is waning gibbous in Chicago, then that night in Australia the Moon will be a. waning gibbous 7. You observe the Moon rising at 6 p.m., around sunset. Its phase is a. Full 8. You observe the Moon rising at 3 p.m., a few hours before sunset. Its phase is a. between the first quarter and full. 9. If you see a full moon at midnight, about how long will it be until there is a new moon a. 2 weeks 10. Figure 1.22 (right) shows an eclipse of the Sun. The black circle in the middle of the photo is a. The moon covering the sun 11. If the Moon were to expand to twice its current diameter, we would have total solar eclipses a. More often than now but less often than every month

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