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,Table of Contents
D D



0.DChartingDtheDHeavens:DTheDFoundationsDofDAstronomy

1.DTheDCopernicanDRevolution:DTheDBirthDofDModernDScience

2.DLightDandDMatter:DTheDInnerDWorkingsDofDtheDCosmos

3.DTelescopes:DTheDToolsDofDAstronomy

4.DTheDSolarDSystem:DInterplanetaryDMatterDandDtheDBirthDofDtheDPlanets

5.DEarthDandDItsDMoon:DOurDCosmicDBackyard

6.DTheDTerrestrialDPlanets:DADStudyDinDContrasts

7.DTheDJovianDPlanets:DGiantsDofDtheDSolarDSystem

8.DMoons,DRings,DandDPlutoids:DSmallDWorldsDAmongDGiants

9.DTheDSun:DOurDParentDStar

10.DMeasuringDtheDStars:DGiants,DDwarfs,DandDtheDMainDSequence

11.DTheDInterstellarDMedium:DStarDFormationDinDtheDMilkyDWay

12.DStellarDEvolution:DTheDLivesDandDDeathsDofDStars

13.DNeutronDStarsDandDBlackDHoles:DStrangeDStatesDofDMatter

14.DTheDMilkyDWayDGalaxy:DADSpiralDinDSpace

15.DNormalDandDActiveDGalaxies:DBuildingDBlocksDofDtheDUniverse

16.DHubble’sDLawDandDDarkDMatter:DTheDLarge-ScaleDStructureDofDtheDCosmos

17.DCosmology:DTheDBigDBangDandDtheDFateDofDtheDUniverse

18.DLifeDinDtheDUniverse:DAreDWeDAlone?

,ChapterD0D D ChartingDtheDHeavens:DTheDFoundationsDofDAstronomy

1) RightDascensionDinDtheDskyDisDveryDsimilarDtoDlatitudeDonDtheDEa
rth.DANSWER:D FALSE
Diff:D1
SectionDRef.:D 0.1

2) LatitudeDandDrightDascensionDareDcoordinateDsystemsDusedDtoDfindDobjectsDonDtheDceles
tialDsphere.
ANSWER:D FALSE
DDiff:D1

SectionDRef.:D 0.1

3) TheDcelestialDsphereDisDdividedDintoD88DmodernDconstellatio
ns.DANSWER:D TRUE
Diff:D1
SectionDRef.:D 0.1

4) InDtheDsky,DdeclinationDisDmeasuredDinDdegreesDnorthDorDsouthDofDtheDcelestialDequ
ator.DANSWER:D TRUE
Diff:D1
SectionDRef.:D 0.1

5) TheDsouthDcelestialDpoleDisDlocatedDatDaDdeclinationDofD-
90Ddegrees.DANSWER:D TRUE
Diff:D1
SectionDRef.:D 0.1

6) InDgeneral,DtheDbrightestDstarDinDaDgivenDconstellationDisDdesignatedDasDalp
ha.DANSWER:D TRUE
Diff:D1
SectionDRef.:D 0.1

7) ConstellationsDareDcloseDclustersDofDstars,DallDatDaboutDtheDsameDdistanceDfromDtheD
Sun.DANSWER:D FALSE
Diff:D1
SectionDRef.:D 0.1

, 8) OverD20,000DstarsDareDvisibleDtoDtheDnakedDeyeDonDtheDdarkest,DclearestDnig
hts.DANSWER:D FALSE
Diff:D2
SectionDRef.:D 0.1

9) ADstarDwithDaDrightDascensionDofD2.6DhrsDwillDriseD2.6DhoursDafterDtheDvernalDequi
nox.DANSWER:D TRUE
Diff:D3
SectionDRef.:D MoreDPrec.D0.1

10) ADtropicalDyearDisDtheDsameDasDaDsiderealDye
ar.DANSWER:D FALSE
Diff:D1
SectionDRef.:D 0.2

11) TheDsiderealDdayDisDdeterminedDbyDtheDEarth'sDrotationDwithDrespectDtoDtheDst
ars.DANSWER:D TRUE
Diff:D1
SectionDRef.:D 0.2

12) TheDvernalDequinoxDmarksDtheDbeginningDofDspringDinDtheDnorthernDhemisph
ere.DANSWER:D TRUE
Diff:D1
SectionDRef.:D 0.2

13) ThereDareD3,600DarcDsecondsDinDaDdegre
e.DANSWER:D TRUE
Diff:D2
SectionDRef.:D MoreDPrec.D0.1

14) AnDhourDofDrightDascensionDcorrespondsDtoD60DdegreesDinDtheDs
ky.DANSWER:D FALSE
Diff:D2
SectionDRef.:D 0.2

15) FromDEarth,DtheDSunDandDMoonDhaveDaboutDtheDsameDangularDdiamet
er.DANSWER:D TRUE
Diff:D1
SectionDRef.:D 0.2

16) AtDtheDsolstices,DtheDSun'sDdeclinationDwillDbeD23.5DdegreesDfromDtheDequa
tor.DANSWER:D TRUE
Diff:D2
SectionDRef.:D 0.
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