Review Checklist - Sample Questions
The Celestial Sphere
The Celestial Sphere
- What is the celestial sphere?
- What is right ascension?
- What is declination?
- Which point is at 0 RA and 0 dec?
Special Locations on the Celestial
Sphere
- What is special about Polaris, the North
star?
- What is the declination of Polaris, the North
Star?
- What is the ecliptic?
- What is the Zodiac?
Rotation of the Celestial Sphere
- Why don't we see the stars always in the
same position in the sky?
- If a star is seen in the East, will it eventually
set in the West like the Sun?
Motions on the Celestial Sphere
- Do stars and planets move on the celestial
sphere?
- What is retrograde motion?
- Which objects move with retrograde motion?
- Does the Earth ever move in apparent retrograde
motion?
- Where will a planet rise when it is in retrograde
motion?
- What is conjunction, opposition?
Up to astronomy
resources; Page by Luca Bombelli <bombelli"at"olemiss.edu>,
Modified 30 dec 2005
