Question 1: If you

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Question 1If youre in Johannesburg, South
Africa, and look east, you see stars

1. rising.
2. setting.
3. circling clockwise around a point 30o above the
   horizon.
4. circling counterclockwise around a point 30o
   above the horizon.
5. remaining stationary.

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Question 2Pollux, the second-brightest star in
the constellation Gemini (poss. Form
Geminorum) is also called

1. 2 Geminorum
2. Gemini-2
3. B Geminorum
4. b Geminorum
5. Gemini b

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Question 3Rigel has an apparent visual
magnitude of mv 0.1, Formalhaut has mv 1.1.
This means that Rigel is approximately than
Formalhaut.

1. 2 times brighter
2. 8.2 times fainter
3. 8.2 times brighter
4. 2.5 times fainter
5. 2.5 times brighter

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Question 4On its slightly elliptical orbit
around the sun, the Earth comes closest to the
sun in

1. January.
2. May.
3. July.
4. August.
5. November.

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Question 5One synodic period of the moon from
today, the moon will

1. be visible in the same spot on the celestial
   sphere as today.
2. have the same lunar phase as today.
3. have the same position with respect to the stars
   as today.
4. be in the full moon position.
5. have the same position with respect to the center
   of our Milky Way.

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