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Marano- Sun, Constel

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Name the layers of the sun   corona, chromosphere, photosphere, convective zone, radiative zone, core  
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Corona   sun's outer atmosphere  
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chromosphere   deep red layer under corona, only visible during a solar eclipse  
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photosphere   gases are thick enough to see on visible surface  
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convective zone   hot gases rise, cool and sink  
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radiative zone   very dense that light may take millions of years to pass through  
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core   where energy is produced through nuclear fusion  
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sunspots   areas which are a little cooler on the sun  
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solar flares   giant storms on the surfaces of the sun creating light shows  
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auroras   light shows  
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constellations   sections of the sky that contain 1 of 88 imagined pictures made by stars in the night sky  
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apparent motion   because of the Earth's rotation stars appear to circle around Polaris  
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circumpolar stars   stars that circle around Polaris  
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Actual motion   take thousands of years to move- we are moving  
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Ursa Minor   contains the Little Dipper, North Star at end of pan handle  
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Ursa Major   contains Big Dipper  
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pointer stars   two stars farthest from the handles that point to Polaris  
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asterism   a picture made by stars within a constellation  
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Orion   the hunter  
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light years   distance by which we measure stars because they are so far away  
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Astrolabe (quadrant)   tool used to find the altitude of a star or celestial object  
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Altitude   angle between the star and the horizon  
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horizon   light where the sky and the Earth appear to meet  
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Zenith   the point directly overhead- 90 degrees  
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Change with latitude and time of year   altitude, horizon, and zenith  
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celestial sphere   imaginary sphere that surrounds the Earth  
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celestial equator   Equator's location on the celestial sphere  
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Vernal equinox   where the Sun first passes on the first day of spring  
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Right Ascension   hours East of the vernal equinox  
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Declination   degrees North or South of the celestial equator  
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Ecliptic   Apparent path the Sun takes across the celestial sphere  
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