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ASTRONOMY
CONSTELLATION TEST
NAME:
DATE:
DIRECTIONS: Answer the following questions with the most correct answer.
A. Label the following diagram, celestial equator, ecliptic, celestial south pole,
celestial north pole, right ascension, declination, autumnal equinox, winter
solstice, vernal equinox, summer solstice.
a. What is the black dot?
b. Where is the earth?
c. Where is the longest day in
the southern hemisphere?
B. Using the diagram answer the following questions.
a. The angle of the North Star above the horizon.
b. The angle between the North Star and the Celestial equator.
c. The angle between the Ecliptic and Celestial equator.
d. Where to find planets.
e. Where to find the sun.
f. Where to find the constellations of the zodiac.
C. Using your star chart, answer the following questions.
a. Find November 10 at 9:00pm
b. What are the constellations of the ecliptic?
c. What constellations would be overhead?
d. Describe the location of the Big Dipper.
e. Which constellation is found just above the Southern Horizon?
D. Answer the Following questions with the most complete answer.
1. To which constellation does the big dipper belong?
2. Which stars in Ursa Major point to Polaris?
3. How can one find the constellation Cassiopeia?
4. To what constellation do Castor and Pollux belong?
5. Where was the first planet outside our solar system found?
6. In what constellation did the spring equinox occur 2000 years ago?
7. How is the Einstein Cross created?
E. Fill in the blank.
1. There are about __________ stars you can see at night.
2. Latitudes on earth are like ____________ in space.
3. There are about ________ constellations.
4. The north-star has a magnitude of _____________.
5. The point directly overhead is called the ______________.
6. Polaris is also called the __________________.
7. The brightest star we see is the _________________.
8. Every hour of right ascension is equal to ___________.
9. Longitudes on earth are like ____________ in space.
10. A constellation in a constellation is called a(n) ____________.
WORD BANK
250, 88, 96, 1500, 15, north star, Sirius, Rigel, Sun, Declination, 5, 3, 2, 1,
right ascension, asterism, solstice, interconstellation, nadir, zenith, apex
E. Short Answers
1. Compare and contrast the Bayer and Flamsteed naming system.
2. Why was it important to develop a celestial sphere?
3. Summarize some of the points brought out by your constellation cube.
4. Compare and contrast apparent and absolute magnitude.