For questions 1-3-consider the SN following diagram. Assume this diagram represe

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For questions 1-3-consider the SN following diagram. Assume this diagram represents what you would see in the sky (assuming you could see the sun and stars in the daytime) at 12 noon from the LTU campus on the Fall Equinox (tomorrow! Caprico corpin EAST SOUTH WEST- I) Which constellation (A, B, C, D, E) rose on the Eastern Horizon at sunrise (or did they all rise at the same time)- explain? 2) Since this is the Equinox (in the diagram)- roughly what time of day will Scorpius (D) set in the West-explain? 3) Roughly, what time of day did the first of those 5 Constellations rise on the Eastern horizon- explain?

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Fall equinox , day and night durations are same. Sun rises in the east . Constellation that rises at sunrise time will follow sun. So ,

1) C is the constellation that rose at sunrise time.

2)D has to travel move roughly one fourth for it to se t , 12 noon + 3 hours more it will take to set

3)First constellation A , moved roughly 1/6 or 1/5 of what it moves in a day , 2 to 3 hours before !2 noon , 9-10 am.

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