PHYS 284 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Axial Tilt, Orbital Eccentricity, Red Supergiant Star
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Astr 135 exam 2 3/6/2015: on february 1, a careful observer notes the exact compass point on the horizon where the sun further north rises. A few days later, the sun rises a: at the same place c) further south, on may 25, a careful observer notes the exact point on the horizon where the star antares further north rises. On may 30, antares rises _______ . (ignore effects of precession, please. ) a: at the same place c) further south, an observer is located in panama, at 15 north latitude. Can the observer see the north celestial pole: yes, no, sometimes, the same panamanian observer plants a vertical pole and watches the shadow cast by the sun over the course of a year. When does the pole cast no shadow at noon: never. That is, they look: south, 35 degrees up from the horizon (az. , alt. )
