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Stonehenge. A Mayan building faces sunset. The Hubble Space Telescope. Stonehenge marks rise/set of sun Figure 1.1. The Celestial sphere Figure 1.2. The constellations Leo and Cygnus Figure 1.3. A. B. Celestial sphere Figure 1.4. Constellations change with seasons Figure 1.5.
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Stonehenge marks rise/set of sun Figure 1.1
The Celestial sphere Figure 1.2
The constellations Leo and Cygnus Figure 1.3 A B
Celestial sphere Figure 1.4
Constellations change with seasons Figure 1.5
The Sun’s path; ecliptic Figure 1.6
The Earth’s rotation Figure 1.7
Earth’s rotation axis keeps same tilt Figure 1.8
Surface directly facing Sun receives full sunlight Figure 1.9
Sun’s position as seasons change Figure 1.10
Rising/setting of the Sun Figure 1.11A
Sunrise on the summer solstice at Stonehenge Figure 1.11B Courtesy of English Heritage
The Zodiac Figure 1.12
A planet’s eastward drift Figure 1.13