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What two points on the celestial sphere does the Sun provide Earth with exactly 12 hours of daylight?
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The place where the extended axis of the Earth would touch the celestial sphere is called the celestial what?
That is also called the axis; the "end-points" of this axis are called the celestial poles.
What are the two points at which the sun is farthest from the celestial equator?
june 21 december 21
How do you find celestial points?
You measure the angles from east from the first point of Aries (which is the place in the sky where the Sun crosses the celestial equator at the March equinox) and north from the ecliptic (declination).
What is the difference in declination angles between the north and south celestial poles?
The Earth orbits on its axis. It isn't a physical axis; there is no metal rod through the Earth, but we can calculate it pretty well. If you were to extend that imaginary axis straight out from the physical poles, this would point to the "celestial poles". Early astronomers thought of the sky as a solid crystal sphere, and all the stars were at the same very great distance away. We know now that isn't true; all the stars are at their own distances, all different. But we still sometimes speak of the "celestial sphere", and the celestial poles, and the celestial equator. This helps us to visualize where we are in the galaxy, and where all the stars are in relationship to each other.
Is daylight savings a government scam?
There have been some claims that Daylight Saving time is a scam, and even an article in the "Washington Post" that points out that Daylight Saving time is useless. It is up to each individual to decide what they believe. Personally, I tend to go with useless rather than it being a scam.
The place where the extended axis of the Earth would touch the celestial sphere is called the celestial what?
That is also called the axis; the "end-points" of this axis are called the celestial poles.
The ends of the earths axis are imaginary points known as?
The ends of the earth's axis are imaginary points known as celestial poles. There are north and south celestial poles of the earth.
Who discovered the celestial pole?
The north and south celestial poles are two imaginary points and therefore cannot be "discovered".
3 The rotation of the Earth's axis is at degrees from the celestial pole?
The earth's axis of rotation points directly at the celestial pole.
The sun is on the celestial equator at the times of the?
The equinoxes are the two points on the celestial equator there the ecliptic(the sun's apparent annual path through the stars) crosses it.Note that the equinoxes are not events or dates. They are points on the mapof the stars.
The intersection points between the ecliptic and the celestial equator are called?
Those would be the "equinoxes".
What are the two points at which the sun is farthest from the celestial equator?
june 21 december 21
How do you find celestial points?
You measure the angles from east from the first point of Aries (which is the place in the sky where the Sun crosses the celestial equator at the March equinox) and north from the ecliptic (declination).
What are the celestial poles?
The north and south celestial poles are the two imaginary points in the sky where the Earth's axis of rotation, indefinitely extended, intersects the imaginary rotating sphere of stars called the celestial sphere. The north and south celestial poles appear permanently directly overhead to an observer at the Earth's North pole and South pole respectively. As the Earth spins on its axis, the two celestial poles remain fixed in the sky, and all other points appear to rotate around them, completing one circuit per day.
What are Celestial Poles?
The north and south celestial poles are the two imaginary points in the sky where the Earth's axis of rotation, indefinitely extended, intersects the imaginary rotating sphere of stars called the celestial sphere. The north and south celestial poles appear permanently directly overhead to an observer at the Earth's North pole and South pole respectively. As the Earth spins on its axis, the two celestial poles remain fixed in the sky, and all other points appear to rotate around them, completing one circuit per day.
How solstices and equinoxes different?
Equinoxes are the two points among the stars where the sun's apparent annual path crosses the celestial equator. Solstices are the two points among the stars where the sun's apparent annual path reaches its extremes, north and south of the celestial equator.
What is the difference in declination angles between the north and south celestial poles?
The Earth orbits on its axis. It isn't a physical axis; there is no metal rod through the Earth, but we can calculate it pretty well. If you were to extend that imaginary axis straight out from the physical poles, this would point to the "celestial poles". Early astronomers thought of the sky as a solid crystal sphere, and all the stars were at the same very great distance away. We know now that isn't true; all the stars are at their own distances, all different. But we still sometimes speak of the "celestial sphere", and the celestial poles, and the celestial equator. This helps us to visualize where we are in the galaxy, and where all the stars are in relationship to each other.
