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The Moon rises later each day (or night) than the previous day (or night).
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Earth moves in its orbit about two degrees per day.
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A parsec (pc) denotes a larger amount of distance than an astronomical unit (A.U.).
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The difference in seasons is caused by the tilt of Earth's equator compared to its orbital plane, rather than Earth being closer to the Sun in summer.
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Altitude (angular distance above the horizon) and azimuth (the angle away from true north) form a coordinate system that is widely used for star maps.
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In the darkest part of a solar eclipse, the Moon always exactly covers the face of the Sun.
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Earth's rotational axis is never completely perpendicular to the plane of its orbit around the Sun.
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All early astronomers before Copernicus believed that the world was flat.
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Constellations are patterns of stars that are all located at about the same distance from Earth.
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In order for the distance to an object to be measured using parallax, it must be viewed from two different locations.
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At both the vernal and autumnal equinoxes, but only at these times, Earth's axis lies in a plane perpendicular to the line between Earth and the Sun.
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Normal human vision does not use parallax for determining distances.
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A constellation consists of all stars in a certain direction that are roughly the same distance from Earth as each other.
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The accuracy of parallax measurements improves as the distance of the object from the observer increases.
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From any vantage point on Earth away from its equator, there are always some stars in the sky that neither rise nor set.
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13,000 years from now, the best views of the constellation Orion for observers in the northern hemisphere will be obtained during the summer months.
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The physical property of Earth that gives rise to the seasons is the inclination of its rotation axis to the plane of its orbit.
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During a lunar eclipse, the Moon is located between Earth and the Sun.
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Solar eclipses occur each month at different locations on Earth.
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Light leaving Los Angeles would take a bit more than one second to reach as far as the Moon (about 400,000 km).
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