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Dos astros que están situados en la esfera celeste oblicua de un observador, sobre un mismo almicantarat, tienen:Two bodies on the same almucantar of an observer’s oblique celestial sphere have:

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Correct answer: b) The same true altitude relative to the true horizon.

Why it is correct

An almucantar joins points of the same altitude.

Why the others are not

  • a) It does not depend on the horizon.
  • c) It does not depend on the horizon.
  • d) It is measured on the equator.

How to work it out in the exam

  1. Same almucantar: same altitude.

Where this question comes from

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