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East to West
Rise in East
Set
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Education,
Why do stars rise and
set?
88 constellations
fill the entire sky.
~12 constellations
along the ecliptic
(Zodiac, and
technically 13)
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Thought Question
What is it?
Our view into the
plane of our galaxy.
A. 60 arcseconds
B. 600 arcseconds
C. 60 60 = 3,600 arcseconds
A. 60 arcseconds
B. 600 arcseconds
C. 60 60 = 3,600 arcseconds
Waxing
• Moon visible in afternoon/evening
• Gets “fuller” and rises later each day
Waning
• Moon visible in late night/morning
• Gets “less full” and sets later each day
• We see a
changing
combination of
the bright and
dark faces as
Moon orbits the
Earth
A.Midnight
B.Sunset
C.Sunrise
D.9 or 10 p.m.
E. 3 or 4 a.m.
A.Show no phases
B.Show phases the same as the moon (when it is full Moon it is
full Earth, etc.)
C.Show phases opposite to the Moon (when it is full Moon it is
new Earth, etc.)
Synchronous
rotation: the
Moon rotates
exactly once with
each orbit
• Lunar eclipses
can occur only at
full moon.
• Lunar eclipses can
be penumbral,
partial, or total.
Ptolemy