Astronomy 1021 Lecture Notes - Full Moon, Tidal Locking, Microsoft Powerpoint

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Tropics: cancer (north) and capricorn (south) points on earth where sun is overhead at noon on solstice, at the time they were named, june occurred when sun was in cancer, now the sun is in. But location in sky also depends on the moon"s position relative to the sun. (look at slides for diagrams and crap that i keep missing: new moon, waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous, full, waning gibbous, October 5th, 2010: first quarter and last quarter are half. Eclipses: eclipse means cease to exist, so a lunar eclipse is an event where the moon disappears, a solar is where the sun disappears, many civilizations: eclipses were mystical events. Not just because of their spectacular nature, but primarily because they were difficult to predict and therefore happened unexpectedly and apparently rare : lunar: moon in shadow of the earth. Total lunar eclipse, partial lunar eclipse, and penumbral lunar eclipse.

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Astronomy Parallax Lab

SCENARIO: Your lab group is planning an expedition to measure the distance to Mars by carefully measuring its position in the sky from two locations simultaneously when it is next at “opposition” (that is, when it is exactly opposite from the sun in the sky) on October 13, 2020. For the best, and most straightforward distance determination with the parallax method, Mars should be high in the sky (as near to your zenith as possible). This can be done by observing Mars: (a) from locations whose LATITUDES are similar to the DECLINATION of Mars at the date of measurement and (b) at the time of night when Mars is highest in the sky.

1a). Determine the Sky Coordinates of Mars on the date of opposition. The relevant coordinate is the Declination (RA/DE J2000 coordinates should be used) – this is the sky coordinate analogous to Latitude on the Earth’s surface. (Note, it is ok to determine these coordinates for Mars from anywhere on Earth for this initial measurement)

Mars DECLINATION on October 13, 2020: ___________________________

Your lab team needs to send observers to two cities that:

(a) have latitudes that are similar to the declination of Mars on that date (within 20 degrees); and

(b) have nearly the same longitude (that is, are nearly due North-South from each other (hint, you will need to go close to the equator!).

1b). Choose two of the cities below and use google maps, google earth or another online resource to record their names and Latitudes.

Melbourne, Australia	Kampala, Uganda	Tokyo, Japan
Omaha, NE, USA	Mumbai, Italy	Khartoum, Soudan

1c). At what time should you measure the sky coordinates (right ascension and declination) to get the most accurate possible parallax distance?

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