Star Chart Exercises - 1 Rev6
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Phys 1403
Visual Observations Part 1: Star Charts
Rev5
Star Chart Exercise - 1
Name__________________________
Section_________________
1.
What is the location of the brightest star in Canis Major?
RA___________Dec_____________
2.
Give two names for the star in (1).
_______________________________________
3.
What is the location of Vega?
RA___________ Dec______________
4.
What is the location of the sun on August 5
th
?
RA_________ Dec__________
5.
Where is the meridian at 8pm CST on January 5
th
?
RA______________________
6.
What three constellations are approximately directly overhead at 8pm CST on January
5
th
? (Hint: your Zenith lies along your meridian at a declination equal to your latitude.)
________________________________________________________________
7.
Where is the western horizon at 8pm CST on January 5
th
?
RA______________
8.
Where is the eastern horizon at 8pm CST on January 5
th
?
RA_______________
9.
What constellation is rising along the Celestial Equator at 8pm on January 5
th
?
_______________________
Phys 1403
Visual Observations Part 1: Star Charts
Rev5
10. What constellation is setting along the Celestial Equator at 8pm on January 5
th
?
______________
11. Is the constellation Delphinus visible on September 27
th
at 8pm?
_____________
12. If so, what time will it set? If not, what time will it rise?
_____________
13. What are the two brightest stars visible on September 27
th
at 8pm?
____________________________________
14. Where is the meridian on January 5
th
at 11 pm CST?
RA ____________
15. Where is the meridian on Febuary10
th
at 9pm CST?
RA______________
16. At what declination is the Southern horizon?
____________
17. What is the altitude (in degrees) of Spica above the southern horizon when it transits
(crosses the meridian)?
___________
18. How many of the stars in the Asterism “the big dipper” are circumpolar?
______
19. What is the location of last star in the handle of the big dipper?
RA__________ Dec___________
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