Astronomy Terminology

3. The point directly overhead where you are at.
4. The point directly above the earth’s north pole is the North _______ Pole.
8. All points 90 degrees away from directly overhead; the line where all points below it are blocked from sight by the earth.
10. How high above the horizon something is in the sky.
11. The direction towards something, where 0 degrees corresponds to north increasing clockwise from there.
12. The time when the sun shines equally on both hemispheres.
13. For us in the US, the time when the northern hemisphere points most directly towards the sun. This is the summer _________.
15. Earth’s actual rotation period is a _____ Day.
17. One of the 88 regions covering the celestial sphere.
18. 1/60 of an arcminute in the sky.
19. A ______ day is the amount of time needed for the same part of the earth to once again point towards the sun.

1. The Celestial ______ is a way of describing the appearance of the sky from the earth.
2. The apparent path of the sun through the celestial sphere.
5. Your position north or south of the equator.
6. Your position west or east of the prime meridian.
7. 1/60 of a degree in the sky.
9. A line passing through the zenith connecting the north and south points on the horizon.
14. A _____ eclipse is when the moon blocks sunlight from reaching the earth (either entirely or partially).
16. A _____ eclipse is when the earth blocks sunlight from reaching the moon (either entirely or partially).