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Motion Depends on Declination

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1 Motion Depends on Declination

2 The Sky at the North Pole
At the North Pole, the North Celestial Pole is at the zenith Stars never rise or set Planets, Moon, and Sun do rise and set…Why?

3 Stars Rise and Set at the Equator

4 The Sky at Our Latitude

5 The Sky at Southern Latitudes

6 Sun Changes Declination

7 The Arctic and Tropical Regions
How are the arctic and tropical regions defined? Can you answer this without looking at your books? Have you ever been to these regions?

8 Back to the North Pole

9 Back to the Equator

10 Cold Arctic Regions

11 Tropical Heat In the Tropics, Sun is always close to zenith
In the Tropics, the sun reaches the Zenith at some point in the year Lots of heating due to sunlight

12 Land of the Midnight Sun

13 The Sky for Navigation


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