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    SarahLiz Jensen took notes for her astronomy class, including answers to multiple choice questions from Chapter 1, questions about concentric circles and angular separation, and additional notes defining key astronomy terms like galaxies, planets, the moon, celestial spheres, celestial poles, constellations, and Ursa Major. The notes covered topics around the movement and positioning of stars, planets, galaxies and other celestial objects from the perspective of observers on Earth.

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    SarahLiz Jensen took notes for her astronomy class, including answers to multiple choice questions from Chapter 1, questions about concentric circles and angular separation, and additional notes defining key astronomy terms like galaxies, planets, the moon, celestial spheres, celestial poles, constellations, and Ursa Major. The notes covered topics around the movement and positioning of stars, planets, galaxies and other celestial objects from the perspective of observers on Earth.

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    SarahLiz Jensen

    Mr. Knudson
    Astronomy
    1 September 2010

    Chapter 1
    1. E
    5. D
    7. D
    9. E
    11. E
    13. A
    Any questions I have: What does it mean by moving in concentric circles? Stars centered
    on a spot in the sky, which moves counterclockwise. What is angular separation-- The
    angle between lines originating from the eye of the observer towards two objects.

    Notes: A galaxy is a billion to a thousand billion gravitationally bound stars. Planets


    are large objects that revolve around the sun, or similar objects that revolve around other
    stars. The Moon is ¼ diameter of the Earth. A celestial sphere is an imaginary sphere of
    stars and the earth is in the center of this “sphere.” North celestial pole is the point
    exactly above the North Pole.
    South celestial sphere is the point exactly above the South Pole. A constellation is an
    area of the sky containing a pattern of stars named for a particular object, animal, or
    person. Ursa Major is the most prominent constellation in the sky. (Big Dipper)

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