PPT-The constellation

gemini By Kaitlyn and Aria Gemini got its name by Castor and Pollux the 2 brightest stars in Gemini being concidered to be The Twins which is Geminis nickname Greeks came up with the CastorPollux legend. 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.. THE CONSTELLATIONS. The Big Dipper. Is identified by the 4 main stars that make up the pan or dipper and the 3 stars in the tail. You use the 2 stars on the end of the pan as the pointing stars to find Polaris the North Star in the tail of the Little Dipper. The 2 stars that are the pointers are . Jake Gray. 1. st. period. Name. Common name: Ophiuchus. Asterism: The snake handler Serpentarius. Location. Right Ascension: 17.18 hours. Declination: -4.24 degrees. Size: 948 square degrees. Relative size: 11. Antonio Rangel 1. st. Period. Scorpio. Formal Name is Scorpius.. Asterism is Scorpio.. Location. Right Ascension is 17 Hours.. Declination is minus 40 degrees.. Occupies 497 Square degrees.. Is the 33. Anthony Pittman, 1. st. . Name. Orion. Alnilam, Mintaka and Alnitak, which form Orion’s belt, are the most prominent stars in the Orion constellation. Betelgeuse, the second brightest star in Orion, establishes the right shoulder of the hunter. Bellatrix serves as Orion's left shoulder. The Earth’s . rotation axis. is tilted 23½ degrees with respect to the plane of its orbit around the sun (the . ecliptic. ). It is fixed in space .  sometimes we look “down” onto the . ecliptic. Kevin Montoya . 1. st. period . Pisces. Mermaids. The first constellation of the zodiac. The fish . Location . Pisces is . located in the first quadrant of the northern hemisphere . . and can be seen at latitudes between +90° and -65°.. Satellites. Dr. . Janise McNair,. Paul . Muri. Wireless and Mobile (WAM) . Systems Lab. www.wam.ece.ufl.edu. Dr. Norman Fitz-Coy,. Kathryn Cason . Space Systems . Group (SSG). www.mae.ufl.edu/ssg. /. 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.. A History of the U.S.A. GPS. Navigation. Mankind has always needed a way . to:. calculate . where he . IS . on the earth. calculate . where he is . GOING. Old ways included . “. dead reckoning”, landmarks, . August 27, 2013. Mary Lynch. Vice Presidenti, Regulatory Affairs. Constellation. Focus of Today’s Remarks. . Retail Competition Is Successful Elsewhere. . Constellation’s Competitive Footprint. La gamme de thé MORPHEE vise toute générations recherchant le sommeil paisible tant désiré et non procuré par tout types de médicaments. Essentiellement composé de feuille de morphine, ce thé vous assurera d’un rétablissement digne d’un voyage sur . Cassiopeia. is a constellation in the northern sky, named after the vain queen Cassiopeia in Greek mythology, who boasted about her unrivaled beauty.. . The constellation . Mission . Validation and Operations Branch – Code 584 . Earth Science Mission Operations . (ESMO) Project . – Code . 428. NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center. INTRODUCTION. INTRODUCTION. Welcome to all the members of the Mission Operations Working Group (MOWG) of the International Earth Observing Morning and Afternoon Constellations (A-Train & C-Train)!.