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    2nd Term 10/11

    UGEB 2401A ASTRONOMY

    Assignment 1
    (Due: 10/02/11 Thu.)

    Declaration to be included in every assignment handed in

    Please be reminded that your answer script should be accompanied by a signed declaration.
    You may download the form of declaration at:

    http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/policy/academichonesty/p10.htm
    Answer scripts without the signed declarations will not be graded.

    1. Search the apparent magnitudes（視星等）, the distances (from Earth) and the
    associated constellation（所屬星座）of the following stars:
    (a) Cynosura（勾陳一）, (b) Canopus（南極老人星）, (c) Altair（河鼓二）.
    (Please list the source(s) of information clearly)
    [25 marks]

    2. (i) Given the sky maps for City A and City B as follows:

    Sky Map for City A Sky Map for City B


    (You may download the softcopy for larger version)

    (a) Roughly locate the followings: Polaris（北極星）, Ecliptic（黃道）and


    the Autumnal Equinox（秋分點）on the maps.
    [9 marks]
    (b) Which city is higher in latitude（緯度）? Briefly explain.
    [6 marks]

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    2nd Term 10/11

    (ii) If the sky map for City B in (i) is corresponding to the night sky at mid-night,
    determine the phase of the moon（月相）if it is located near the position of
    the Autumnal Equinox（秋分點）on the celestial sphere（天球）. Briefly
    explain your answers.
    [10 marks]

    3. Which of the followings will be observed at the mid-night of 14/02/2011 at Hong


    Kong?
    (a) Moon（月球）, (b) Mercury（水星）, (c) constellation Gemini（雙子座）, and
    (d) Saturn（土星）.
    (Please list the source(s) of information (if any) clearly)
    [25 marks]

    4. Visit the TANG NGAN LENG Center for General Science Education at Chung
    Chi College (Opening Hours: Mon-Fri 2:00 pm - 5:30 pm).

    By taking photos of the “solar system


    model”（太陽系模型）there to show the
    configurations of the followings:

    (i) Venus at Greatest Eastern


    Elongation（金星東大距）,
    (ii) Venus at Superior Conjunction
    （金星上合）,
    (iii) Saturn at Opposition（土星衝）,
    (iv) Mars-Sun Conjunction（火星合日）.

    (Note: Please submit your photos for the configurations accompanied with
    appropriate labels.
    The meanings of “elongation”, “conjunction” and “opposition” can be found in:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronomical_conjunction)
    [25 marks]

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