PPT-Constellations

A constellation study guide Mrs Gianelos Science 2009 Constellations Constellations group of stars that form a pattern in the sky The shapes you see all depend on your point of view Stars in a constellation are NOT close to each other but when viewed from Earth they seem to be grouped together . Next they will view pictures of the constellations from the 1800s The students will also listen to a myth about the constellation Finally they will create a constellation of their own Grade Range Objective At the conclusion of this project students astrowiscedudolanconstellationsconstellationshtml 1 In the boxes carefully sketch the following constellations and provide a brief description as well as a note to the constellations history Ursa Ma or Orion Cassiopeia Description History Description cancomputedistributionsofcolorandtexture.Tocomputemorecomplexfeatures,weformgroupsofsuperpixels,whichwecall“constellations”(Figure2(c)),thatarelikelytohavethesamelabel(basedonestimatesobtain By . Jaclyn Schmitz. Stars. Our sun is one of about 200 billion stars in our galaxy (the Milky Way). The sun is considered a very average star should have enough fuel to last another 4-5 billion years. Source. http://www.ducksters.com/science/physics/constellations.php. Key Concept. I can explain how astronomers . divide the night . sky and why this is important?. What is a constellation?. A constellation is a group of visible stars that form a pattern when viewed from Earth. The pattern they form may take the shape of an animal, a mythological creature, a man, a woman, or an inanimate object such as a microscope, a compass, or a crown.. What are stars?. Stars are balls of hot gas.. They are much larger than planets. and much further from Earth.. The sun is the closest star to Earth.. Most of the gas in the inside of a star is hydrogen and its temperature is over 20 million degrees Fahrenheit. There is also helium, a gas that is formed when the hydrogen molecules join together.. Stars. Our sun is one of about 200 billion stars in our galaxy (the Milky Way). The sun is considered a very average star should have enough fuel to last another 4-5 billion years. There are other stars in our galaxy which are just like our sun but also ones which are smaller (the size of earth) and much larger (the size of the orbit of Jupiter). E.ST.05.23- Explain the apparent movement of the stars (constellations) and sun across the sky. . DAY ONE. Write down everything written in yellow. . CO: I can explain the apparent motion of the stars (constellations) and the sun through the sky. . Constellations. Some constellations are visible and identifiable from the northern hemisphere.. What is the northern hemisphere?. Are we in the northern hemisphere?. Orion. Named after a hunter in Greek mythology. What is a Constellation?. A specific group of stars.. Ancient people of many cultures . connected. groups of stars to form patterns, like huge dot-to-dot puzzles.. These . patterns. are known as constellations. . What is a constellation?. A group of stars that are visible within a particular region of the night sky.. Because stars are so far away, they appear next to each other. People make up different shapes out of the same groups of stars. When you look at the night . sky, . you can see many beautiful stars.. Stars. If you are out in the . country, camping . in the . mountains, . or . in the . desert away from the city lights, you may see thousands of them. . Andromeda. Antlia. , the Air Pump. Apus. , the Bird of Paradise. Aquarius, the Water Carrier. Aquila, the eagle. Ara. , the Altar. Aries, the Ram. Auriga. , the Charioteer. Bootes. , the Herdsman. Caelum, the Chisel. How the Universe is arranged. How stars form patterns in the sky. How the motions of bodies in space appear from Earth. Vocab. Orbit. – the path of an object in space as it moves around another object.