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Table of Contents
1. Charting the Heavens: The Foundations of
Astronomy
2. The Copernican Revolution: The
Birth of Modern Science
3. Light and Matter: The Inner
Workings of the Cosmos
4. Telescopes: The Tools
of Astronomy
5. The Solar System: Interplanetary Matter
and the Birth of the Planets
6. Earth and Its Moon: Our
Cosmic Backyard
7. The Terrestrial Planets: A
Study in Contrasts
8. The Jovian Planets: Giants of
the Solar System
9. Moons, Rings, and Plutoids: Small
Worlds Among Giants
10. The Sun: Our Parent Star
11. Measuring the Stars: Giants, Dwarfs,
and the Main Sequence
12. The Interstellar Medium: Star
Formation in the Milky Way
13. Stellar Evolution: The Lives
and Deaths of Stars
14. Neutron Stars and Black Holes:
Strange States of Matter
15. The Milky Way Galaxy:
A Spiral in Space
16. Normal and Active Galaxies: Building
Blocks of the Universe
16. Hubble’s Law and Dark Matter: The Large-
Scale Structure of the Cosmos
17. Cosmology: The Big Bang and the
Fate of the Universe
18. Life in the Universe: Are We Alone?
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Chapter 0 Charting the Heavens: The Foundations of Astronomy
1) Right ascension in the sky is very similar to latitude on the
Earth. ANSWER: FALSE
Diff: 1
Section Ref.: 0.1
2) Latitude and right ascension are coordinate systems used to find
objects on the celestial sphere.
ANSWER: FALSE
Diff: 1
Section Ref.: 0.1
3) The celestial sphere is divided into 88 modern
constellations. ANSWER: TRUE
Diff: 1
Section Ref.: 0.1
4) In the sky, declination is measured in degrees north or south of the
celestial equator. ANSWER: TRUE
Diff: 1
Section Ref.: 0.1
5) The south celestial pole is located at a declination of -90
degrees. ANSWER: TRUE
Diff: 1
Section Ref.: 0.1
6) In general, the brightest star in a given constellation is
designated as alpha. ANSWER: TRUE
Diff: 1
Section Ref.: 0.1
7) Constellations are close clusters of stars, all at about the same distance
from the Sun. ANSWER: FALSE
Diff: 1
Section Ref.: 0.1
8) Over 20,000 stars are visible to the naked eye on the darkest,
clearest nights. ANSWER: FALSE
Diff: 2
Section Ref.: 0.1
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