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ORBIT -the path that an object takes as it goes around another object.
run east-west on the Earth's surface and are parallel to each other.
1. Altitude
2. Azimuth
4. Horizon
5. Zenith
• Z = 360 – d
• where:
Z - is the Azimuth
d – is the distance
There are 88 constellations whose boundaries were established in the late 1920.s and published in 1930 by the
International Astronomical Union.
Culmination of the constellation means the highest point of the constellations in the sky.
CONSTELLATIONS’ CATEGORIES
Bayer contributed 13 new constellations in 1603 most of which were in the Southern Hemisphere.
14 constellations were added to the deep southern skies during an expedition to the Cape of Good Hope off the tip of
Africa in 1750-54.
The 88 modern constellations contain 30 inanimate objects, 23 animals, 15 people (12 men and 3