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32 Cards in this Set
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Why is it important for modern astronomers to learn the constellations |
patterns in the sky are used to map out the sky |
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As seen from Kent, the constellations in the northern part of the sky are the same all year long |
True |
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The star thubin is in the consetellation |
Draco |
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Circumpoler Stars def |
(of a star or motion) above the horizon at all times in a given latitude. never sets |
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cicrumpolar stars |
King Cepheus,Queen cassiopea,draco the dragon(thubin),little deeper(polaris),big dipper(dubhe,merak) |
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Big Dipper |
Dubhe and meruk |
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Spring Consetllations |
Bootes Virgo Leo Cancer |
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Bootes |
Aretaurs |
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Virgo |
Spica |
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Leo |
regulus |
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Summer |
Hercules,Libra,Scorpius,Sagittarius,Aquila,Lyrca,cygnus northen cross |
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Cygnus northen cross |
denela,swan center of milky way |
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Scorpius |
antares |
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lyra |
vega,harp |
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aquila |
altair |
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Fall |
capricornus, Aquarius, pisces, pegasus |
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Aquarius |
fomalhaut loan star |
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pegasus |
andromeda |
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algaue |
loan star |
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Winter |
Gemini,orion,aoriga,tauras,aries |
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Gemini |
pollux,castor |
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procyon |
loan star |
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sirius |
loan star |
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orion |
Betelgeuse,rigel |
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taurus |
aldebaran |
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Which star is the dog star |
Sirius |
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little dog |
procyon |
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demons eye |
alogal |
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3 stars that make up the triangle |
deneb,vega,altain |
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which constellation contains the only galaxy visible with the naked eye |
andromeda |
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m 13 |
hercueles |
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constellation contains four bright stars |
pegasus |
