Multiple Choice
Some Canadian troops are sent (as part of a U.N. peacekeeping force) to a country located on the Earth's equator. At night, when homesickness makes them gaze sleeplessly at the stars, which of the following will be familiar to them (the same at the equator as in Canada) :
A) the celestial poles are on the north and south points of the horizon
B) the celestial equator is overhead and passes through the zenith
C) all stars rise and set (no star remains in the sky all night long)
D) all stars are above the horizon exactly half a day
E) none of the above are the same on the equator as in Canada
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