Question

1. Another imaginary line (or circle) that starts at the east point of the horizon, reaches its highest point at the meridian, and goes to the west point on the horizon is called the ______

2. An object that rises in the east or southeast is always highest in the sky when it is in the direction due _____________ and on the imaginary line called the ____

3. If Jupiter is setting around sunset, you would look toward the ____________ to try to locate it.

Answer 1

1. Another imaginary line (or circle) that starts at the east point of the horizon, reaches its highest point at the meridian, and goes to the west point on the horizon is called the Celestial Equator.

The celestial equator is an imaginary equator, which is a great circle of the celestial sphere, lying in the same plane as the earth's equator

2. An object that rises in the east or southeast is always highest in the sky when it is in the direction due South and on the imaginary line called the Meridian

Meridian is the great circle passing through the celestial poles, as well as the zenith and nadir of an observer's location.

3. If Jupiter is setting around sunset, you would look toward the West to try to locate it.