Exam 2: Users Guide to the Sky: Patterns and Cycles

Table 2-1 -Refer to Table 2-1. Which star in the table would not be visible to the unaided eye of an observer on Earth?

The ____ is the point on the celestial sphere directly above an observer who can be at any point on the Earth..

The _______________ of the moon is the period of time for the moon to complete a cycle of the lunar phases and is approximately 29.5 days long.

You live at a latitude of 39 S. What is the angle between the southern horizon and the south celestial pole?

A(n) ____________________ eclipse occurs when the moon is at its greatest distance from Earth, and the moon is new.