Edexcel GCSE Astronomy 1AS0 · 6
Celestial observation
- Code
- 6
- Topic of
- Edexcel GCSE Astronomy 1AS0
- Course
- GCSE Astronomy 1AS0
- Board
- Edexcel
Grade boundaries·Edexcel command words
Codes and titles are read by a script from Edexcel's published specification and have not been checked by a person. What each point covers is in the specification itself: Edexcel’s specification.
Points under 6
- 6.1 Naked-eye astronomical phenomena
- 6.2 Constellations and asterisms
- 6.3 Asterisms as pointers
- 6.4 Star names across cultures
- 6.5 Star charts, planispheres and apps
- 6.6 Light pollution
- 6.7 Celestial sphere, poles and equator
- 6.8 Equatorial coordinates
- 6.9 Horizon coordinates
- 6.10 Linking equatorial and horizon coordinates
- 6.11 Local sidereal time and hour angle
- 6.12 Best times and objects to observe
- 6.13 Cardinal points, culmination, meridian, zenith, circumpolarity
- 6.14 Diurnal motion of the sky
- 6.15 Declination and circumpolar stars
- 6.16 Motion of circumpolar stars
- 6.17 Rising and setting times of stars
- 6.18 Finding latitude using Polaris
- 6.19 Dark adaptation and averted vision
- 6.20 Factors affecting visibility
- 6.21 The Milky Way to the naked eye
Topics in 1AS0
- 1 Planet Earth
- 2 The lunar disc
- 3 The Earth-Moon-Sun system
- 4 Time and the Earth-Moon-Sun cycles
- 5 Solar System observation
- 6 Celestial observation
- 7 Early models of the Solar System
- 8 Planetary motion and gravity
- 9 Exploring the Moon
- 10 Solar astronomy
- 11 Exploring the Solar System
- 12 Formation of planetary systems
- 13 Exploring starlight
- 14 Stellar evolution
- 15 Our place in the Galaxy
- 16 Cosmology
- OBS Observational skills
- A Unaided tasks
- B Aided tasks