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Astronomy 101

Celestial Sphere and Star Charts

II. You will use your star charts for the rest of the lab.

1. How does the star chart handle daylight savings time? In what months are we in daylight savings time?

(Keep this in mind as you answer the rest of the questions!)

The following questions deal with locating stars and constellations: Example: Where would you look to see

CASSIOPEIA on January 22 at 11 pm? Answer: Halfway up in the Northwest sky.

2. Where would you look to see Sirius on January 22 at 11 pm?

3. Where would you look to see ORION on December 15 at 9 pm?

4. Where would you look to see PEGASUS on July 4 at 5 am?

5. What bright star is located near R.A. 5h l5m, Dec. 46 deg? (Use the star chart, not the celestial sphere.

Think of the star chart as a 2-dimensional projection of the celestial sphere and find how R.A. and Dec. are

marked).

6. What is the R.A. and Dec. of Deneb located in CYGNUS? R.A.

Dec.

7. Where does ORION set? SW, W, NW (circle one)

8. When will ORION rise on August 1

9. Where does Vega (R.A. 18.5h, Dec. +40 deg) rise? NE, E., SE (circle one)

10. You are facing PEGASUS. Is ARIES to the left or right? (circle one)

11. It is April 20th at 10 pm. What constellation is at your zenith? (Hint: You are looking straight up from a

location at 43 deg latitude)

12. What type of object is M13, located about R.A. 16.5h, Dec. 34 deg?

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