PSC 203 – Elementary Astronomy Name __________________
Spring 2008
Pre-lecture Assignment
Due February 5
Reading Assignment: textbook sections 5.3, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3
1) Stars on the celestial equator rise __________ and set __________.
2) South Carolina’s Eastern Standard Time (EST) is _______ hours different than
Universal Time (UT).
3) What are they are the names of the four time zones in the continental United States?
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4) Which time period is longer:
The mean solar day or The sidereal day
5) There are ____________ solar days in a solar year?
Other announcements:
oClass on Tuesday meets in the regular classroom
oMake sure that you bring your “Lecture Tutorials” book to class on
Tuesday
onext Thursday, Feb 7th , we will meet in the planetarium at 9:30am.
oWork on your WAC constellation papers
oLinks to a star chart maker can be found on the course website at
http://physics.scsu.edu/~jcash/astro/