AST 2002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Celestial Pole, Celestial Equator, Leap Year
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Therefore, the celestial equator is tilted 23. 5 degrees to the ecliptic c. ii. As seen from earth, the sun spends 6 months north of the celestial equator and 6 months south of the celestial equator. c. iii. Equinox = equal night equal day around the world. c. iii. 1. Where the ecliptic intersects the celestial equator. c. iv. Summer solstice: the sun is the highest above the equator c. iv. 1. Farthest from the celestial equator c. v. zodiac: the constellations which lie along the ecliptic c. vi. Ecliptic: the apparent path of the sun through the sky c. vii. The sun is never directly overhead at noon in central florida: how long is a year, the year is about 365. 25 days, this is the reason for a leap year every four years, what causes the seasons? a. Although the solstice which occurs around june 21, it is considered the first day of summer.
