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Day Four Visibility Because of light pollution it is sometimes difficult to view stars in the night sky It is best to star gaze in places with little light An example of a good star gazing location is the ID: 410924

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Slide1

Characteristics of the Stars

Day Four Slide2

Visibility

Because of

light pollution

it

is sometimes difficult to view stars in the night sky.

It is best to star gaze in places with

little

light.

An example of a good star gazing location is the

country

. Slide3

Location

Star Finders

can

help you locate constellations and stars in the sky based on the time of year.

Knowing the

exact

location of stars can help you locate the constellations they are apart of. Slide4

Distance

Distance

is the measurement used to measure the distance between stars.

Knowing the distance between stars can help you locate the location of different

constellations

. Slide5

Distance (continued)

Your pinky finger represents

one

degree.

Three fingers represents

three

degrees.

The distance between your pinky and pointer finger represents

fifteen

degrees.

Your fist represents

ten

degrees. Slide6

Magnitude

Magnitude

is how bright a star is.

The range of magnitude ranges from

6.0

(faintest) to

0.0

(brightest). Slide7

Magnitude (continued)

Apparent

magnitude refers to how bright a star appears to be when viewed from earth.

Absolute

magnitude refers to how much light a star actually gives off.

Knowing which constellations include the brightest stars in the night sky can help us

locate

them.