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Q: What is something that gave the location of a ship by measuring the ositions of the sun and stars?
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Would measuring stars be useful for scientific notation?

You have it in reverse. Scientific notation is useful for measuring stars.


What is the method of recording the location of stars?

A method of recording the location of stars is by taking pictures of them/photography.


Which determines which stars you see at night?

Your location and and the local weather conditions. The location, distance and luminosity of the stars


How do astronomers measure distance to the stars?

With a long measuring tape.


What is another word for unit of measuring nearby stars?

another unit for measuring distances is AU (Astronmical Unit)


Why is using a light year useful for measuring stars?

Because the distance between stars is so great.


Who is the greek astronomers who set up a system for measuring the magnitude stars?

galileo


Who is the greek astronomer who set up a system for measuring the magnitude of stars?

galileo


Who determined the location of 850 stars?

Hipparchus


Method of recording the location of stars?

photograophy!!!


Where can the largest stars be found?

Large stars are distributed all over our galaxy, there is no single location for them.


What is given to a pair of stars that you can determine are orbiting each other only by measuring their periodic Doppler shifts?

A pair of stars orbiting around each other are called binary stars.