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Date November 2017 Marks available [Maximum mark: 1] Reference code 17N.3.SL.TZ0.b.i
Level SL Paper 3 Time zone TZ0
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17N.3.SL.TZ0.b.i

Two of the brightest objects in the night sky are the planet Jupiter and the star Vega.
The light observed from Jupiter has a similar brightness to that received from Vega.

Vega is found in the constellation Lyra. The stellar parallax angle of Vega is about 0.13 arc sec.

Outline what is meant by a constellation.

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a group of stars forming a pattern on the sky AND not necessarily close in distance to each other

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