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A graduate student in geology who grew up in Florida (in the southern most tip of the United States) gets to accompany her research professor to the North Pole.
What will be different at the North Pole from the way she remembers the sky in Florida?
1. A celestial pole is overhead
2. The celestial equator is on the horizon
3. The way (and whether) the stars rise and set
4. All of the above would be different as it is in Florida
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