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(Solved): A to C 0 please (a) You are in Seattle, WA (Lat.=47 36' 35" N, and Long.= 122 19' 59" W). Which ...
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(a) You are in Seattle, WA (Lat.=47° 36' 35" N, and Long.= 122° 19' 59" W). Which of the following stars will be circumpolar? Show your calculation/reasoning. Polaris is at +90° Declination. Star R.A. Dec. g Cas. 00h 56.m7 +60° 43' Capella 05h 16.m7 +46° 00' q Aur 05h 59.my +37° 13' Alkaid 13h 47.m5 +49° 19' Alioth 12h 54.mo +55° 58' (b) If you moved to Honolulu, at 21.3069° N, 157.8583° W, are there any stars which would be circumpolar? (c) If you were in Fairbanks, AL: 64.8378° N, 147.7164°W, which stars would be circumpolar?
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Only those stars are circumpolar whose sum of declination and the lattitude of the observer is more than when the observer is at Northern Hemisphere. The stars, in