ASTRON C10- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 27 pages long!)
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Luminosity: total energy emitted per second by the . Different wavelengths come into focus at different points. Radio telescopes are larger than optical telescopes. Darker sky (better to be in space) Air bends (refracts) starlight. due to atmospheric turbulence, the bending varies with time, so the amount of light hitting your eye varies. Can look at the diamond ring for 1-2 secs right before or after. Berkeley , stars rise and set at an angle. North pole , stars just seem to travel in circular paths. Equator , view of celestial sphere is completely changing and will view all parts. If you are on the of celestial sphere (in principle, but not really because of sunlight) In summer, orion is in a different part of the sky than in winter . Toilets don"t flush the other way in the southern hemisphere! During retrograde motion, a given planet rises in the east each night.
