Tuesday, September 13, 2011

What happens to the constellation Scorpius as you move from Kingston, Jamaica to Fairbanks, Alaska?

What happens to the constellation Scorpius as you move from Kingston, Jamaica to Fairbanks, Alaska?


A) Scorpius moves closer to the horizon


B) Scorpius moves higher in the sky


C) Scorpius shifts farther west


D) Scorpius shifts farther east|||A.|||Jamaica has latitude 18掳N it southern horizon ends at


90掳 - 18掳 = 72掳S -%26gt; -72掳 declination.


Fairbanks at 64掳N has its southern horizon limited to a declination of


90掳 - 64掳 = 26掳S -%26gt; -26掳 .


Scorpius spans from -35掳 to -45掳. It is beyond (below) the horizon from Fairbanks where nothing beyond -26掳 is seen that includes Scorpius; unlike in Jamaica where the limit is till -72掳.


Scorpius moves farther south as we go from Jamaica to Fairbanks and vanishes below the horizon. All choices offered (of answers) are wrong.|||A) Scorpius moves closer to the horizon

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