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Chapters 1 - 18, Complete

,Table of Contents
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0.qChartingqtheqHeavens:qTheqFoundationsqofqAstronomy

1.qTheqCopernicanqRevolution:qTheqBirthqofqModernqScience

2.qLightqandqMatter:qTheqInnerqWorkingsqofqtheqCosmos

3.qTelescopes:qTheqToolsqofqAstronomy

4.qTheqSolarqSystem:qInterplanetaryqMatterqandqtheqBirthqofqtheqPlanets

5.qEarthqandqItsqMoon:qOurqCosmicqBackyard

6.qTheqTerrestrialqPlanets:qAqStudyqinqContrasts

7.qTheqJovianqPlanets:qGiantsqofqtheqSolarqSystem

8.qMoons,qRings,qandqPlutoids:qSmallqWorldsqAmongqGiants

9.qTheqSun:qOurqParentqStar

10.qMeasuringqtheqStars:qGiants,qDwarfs,qandqtheqMainqSequence

11.qTheqInterstellarqMedium:qStarqFormationqinqtheqMilkyqWay

12.qStellarqEvolution:qTheqLivesqandqDeathsqofqStars

13.qNeutronqStarsqandqBlackqHoles:qStrangeqStatesqofqMatter

14.qTheqMilkyqWayqGalaxy:qAqSpiralqinqSpace

15.qNormalqandqActiveqGalaxies:qBuildingqBlocksqofqtheqUniverse

16.qHubble’sqLawqandqDarkqMatter:qTheqLarge-ScaleqStructureqofqtheqCosmos

17.qCosmology:qTheqBigqBangqandqtheqFateqofqtheqUniverse

18.qLifeqinqtheqUniverse:qAreqWeqAlone?

,Chapterq0q q ChartingqtheqHeavens:qTheqFoundationsqofqAstronomy

1) RightqascensionqinqtheqskyqisqveryqsimilarqtoqlatitudeqonqtheqEarth.
qANSWER:q FALSE

Diff:q1
SectionqRef.:q 0.1

2) Latitudeqandqrightqascensionqareqcoordinateqsystemsqusedqtoqfindqobjectsqonqtheqcelestial
qsphere.

ANSWER:q FALSE
qDiff:q1

SectionqRef.:q 0.1

3) Theqcelestialqsphereqisqdividedqintoq88qmodernqconstellations.
qANSWER:q TRUE

Diff:q1
SectionqRef.:q 0.1

4) Inqtheqsky,qdeclinationqisqmeasuredqinqdegreesqnorthqorqsouthqofqtheqcelestialqequator.
qANSWER:q TRUE

Diff:q1
SectionqRef.:q 0.1

5) Theqsouthqcelestialqpoleqisqlocatedqatqaqdeclinationqofq-
90qdegrees.qANSWER:q TRUE
Diff:q1
SectionqRef.:q 0.1

6) Inqgeneral,qtheqbrightestqstarqinqaqgivenqconstellationqisqdesignatedqasqalpha.
qANSWER:q TRUE

Diff:q1
SectionqRef.:q 0.1

7) Constellationsqareqcloseqclustersqofqstars,qallqatqaboutqtheqsameqdistanceqfromqtheqSun.
qANSWER:q FALSE

Diff:q1
SectionqRef.:q 0.1

, 8) Overq20,000qstarsqareqvisibleqtoqtheqnakedqeyeqonqtheqdarkest,qclearestqnights.
qANSWER:q FALSE

Diff:q2
SectionqRef.:q 0.1

9) Aqstarqwithqaqrightqascensionqofq2.6qhrsqwillqriseq2.6qhoursqafterqtheqvernalqequinox.
qANSWER:q TRUE

Diff:q3
SectionqRef.:q MoreqPrec.q0.1

10) Aqtropicalqyearqisqtheqsameqasqaqsiderealqyear.
qANSWER:q FALSE

Diff:q1
SectionqRef.:q 0.2

11) TheqsiderealqdayqisqdeterminedqbyqtheqEarth'sqrotationqwithqrespectqtoqtheqstars.
qANSWER:q TRUE

Diff:q1
SectionqRef.:q 0.2

12) Theqvernalqequinoxqmarksqtheqbeginningqofqspringqinqtheqnorthernqhemisphere.
qANSWER:q TRUE

Diff:q1
SectionqRef.:q 0.2

13) Thereqareq3,600qarcqsecondsqinqaqdegree.
qANSWER:q TRUE

Diff:q2
SectionqRef.:q MoreqPrec.q0.1

14) Anqhourqofqrightqascensionqcorrespondsqtoq60qdegreesqinqtheqsky.
qANSWER:q FALSE

Diff:q2
SectionqRef.:q 0.2

15) FromqEarth,qtheqSunqandqMoonqhaveqaboutqtheqsameqangularqdiameter.
qANSWER:q TRUE

Diff:q1
SectionqRef.:q 0.2

16) Atqtheqsolstices,qtheqSun'sqdeclinationqwillqbeq23.5qdegreesqfromqtheqequator.
qANSWER:q TRUE

Diff:q2
SectionqRef.:q 0.2

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