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.