Coverage of topics: We are only doing 1-day coverage of constellations, how the sky changes over the night and year, and celestial coordinates.

As background read sections 1.1, 1.2 and 1.4.

Review Appendix 1, Scientific Notation, page A-1 if you have forgotten how scientific notation since high school.

Study section 1.3.

Be sure to cover:

• More Precisely 1-1 Angular Measure, page 11.
• More Precisely 1-2 Celestial Coordinates, page 12.

Review and Discussion: Only look at 2,3,5, 6, and 9.  Skip Nos. 1, 4, 7, 8, and 10-20.

Conceptual Self-test: Only look at 1-3, and 11. Skip No. 4-10, 12-20.

Problems: Only look at 2 a, and 2b. (See Appendix 1)

Note that the answers to the Concept Check Questions and Self-Tests are on pages just after the glossary at the end of the text.