GCSE Astronomy Topic 5

The pinhole projection method requires?

• A solar filter

• A small hole

• A screen

• Binoculars

The Planets Venus and _______ can never be in opposition

The best time to view or photograph Venus or Mercury is when?

• They are at inferior conjunction

• They are are superior conjunction

• They are at greatest western of eastern elongation

• The are in opposition

The "First Point of Aries" is located

• In the constellation Aries

• When the Sun's path crosses the Celestial Equator as the Sun's declination is increasing

• In the constellation Pisces

• Where the NCP meets the Ecliptic

• The North Celestial Pole

• The First Point of Aries

• The Sun during the Autumn Equinox

• The Sun during the summer solstice

On which date does the sun reach it greatest declination?

• 21st March

• 21st June

• 21st Septermber

• 21st December

On which dates is the Sun's declination equal to 0

• 21st March

• 21st June

• 21st Septermber

• 21st December

Which of the following are safe methods for observing the Sun

• Through telescope of binoculars fitted with H-alpha solar filters

• Through telescope or binoculars

• Using just one eye

• Using a solar projection method

• Using a mirror

Which 2 planets can undergo transits of the Sun when viewed from Earth?

• Mercury

• Venus

• Mars

• Jupiter

• Saturn

An ___________ is where one celestial body obscures and covers another and so blocks its light.