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Stargazing
This task is about how the night sky changes during the night.
Question
a) On fine nights the Southern Cross can be seen clearly.
When viewed early in the evening it looks like this:
Source: NASA
But when seen at around 3 or 4 a.m. the same night, it looks like this:
Source: NASA
Why does the Southern Cross look different later in the night?
The stars go around in a huge circle in the night sky.
Stars revolve around each other in the universe.
Stars move with the Earth as it turns.
The Earth turns on its axis every 24 hours.
Question
b) Antares is a prominent red star in the constellation Scorpio.
Its colour indicates that, compared with the Sun which is a yellow star, it is ...
larger
smaller
hotter
cooler
more distant