Laboratory Exercises in Astronomy: Solutions and Answers

Copyright 2014 Dr. Adrian Kaminski.

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CONTENTS

ANGULAR AND TIME MEASURE

ADDITION AND SUBTRACTION OF ANGLES

THE MOON

CONSTELLATIONS

THE CELESTIAL SPHERE

THE ASTRONOMICAL COORDINATE SYSTEMS

THE SUN

H-R DIAGRAM

BASIC QUANTITIES CHARACTERIZING STARS

VARIABLE STARS

THE HUBBLE CONSTANT

THE AGE