Stars
The brightest stars have magnitudes that are (positive or negative?)
What is negative?
The Big Dipper sits within this constellation.
What is Ursa Major/Big Bear?
These planets were important to early astronomers because they are visible to the naked eye.
What are Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn?
Astronomer who built giant instruments for celestial measurements at his Danish observatory.
Who is Tycho Brahe?
The latitude of Green Bay, WI, in degrees north?
What is 44.5?
Merak and Dubhe, the Pointer Stars, point to this.
What is Polaris/North Star/Pole Star?
This constellation is in the shape of a "w".
What is Cassiopeia?
The apparent motion of planets in the southern sky against the backdrop of the stars.
What is eastward?
The first astronomer to propose and defend a heliocentric model of the universe
Who is Aristarcus?
A light year measures this.
What is distance?
The stars' apparent motion (when an observer is facing this direction) is from bottom left towards top right.
What is east?
Gemma is a notable star in this constellation.
What is Corona Borealis/Northern Crown?
Type of motion when a planet appears to drift westward.
What is retrograde?
Johannes Kepler discovered that the shape of planetary orbits is this.
What is elliptical?
The apparent path of the Sun among the stars throughout the year?
What is the Ecliptic?
This was the pole star during Plato's time (approx. 400 B.C.)
What is Kochab?
Thuban is a notable star in this constellation.
Term used to explain when the Sun, Earth, and Moon are in a straight line (with Earth in the middle)
What is opposition?
Scientist who initially suggested a heliocentric model of the universe using Platonic Solids to explain planetary positions.
Who is Kepler?
In the ________________ stages, the moon is moving towards full.
What is waxing?
A sidereal day is ________ minutes shorter than a solar day.
What is 4?
Arcturus is a notable star in this constellation.
What is Bootes/Herdsman?
Planets travel within this belt on the celestial sphere.
What is the zodiac?
The three tools Ptolemy used to explain retrograde motion
What are the eccentric, the epicycle, and the equant?
The Protestant reformers argued against Copernican System based on this
What is Sola Scriptura/Scripture Only?