PPT-Constellations and Distances to Stars

What is a Constellation A specific group of stars Ancient people of many cultures connected groups of stars to form patterns like huge dottodot puzzles These patterns are known as constellations . 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 is a constellation?. An . imaginary. . picture in the sky, made using stars, that represents a person, animal, or object.. Click . here. for video.. Why were constellations created?. Calendars – Helped farmers keep track of seasons.. PDK Declared Distances. FAA Order 5200.8 . Runway Safety Area Program . states. “All Runway Safety Areas (RSA) at Federally obligated airports shall conform to the standards contained in AC 150/5300-13, Airport Design, to the extent practicable.”. 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.. Key Ideas. Distance is the most important & most difficult quantity to measure in Astronomy. Method of Trigonometric Parallaxes. Direct geometric method of finding distances. Units of Cosmic Distance:. 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 . Science 9. Using scientific notation. Distances in space are very large. We use scientific notation to represent very large and very small numbers. The first digit is between 1 and 9. This is called the base. Robert Krauthgamer, . Weizmann Institute of Science. WorKer. 2015, . Nordfjordeid. TexPoint. fonts used in EMF. . Read the TexPoint manual before you delete this box.: . A. A. A. Graph . Sparsification. 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. . Aug. 24 -- 10am class. Turn in HW 1 in the front of the room. If you didn’t get HW 1 on Monday, turn it in on Friday.. If you didn’t get the telescope lab on Monday, pick it up from Johanna.. 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. Stars 1. Patterns of stars – constellations a. Ancient cultures used mythology or everyday items to name constellations 2. Modern astronomy studies 88 constellations 3. Some constellations are not Early Astronomy . Humans have been fascinated by the sky for all time.. Constellations have helped people navigate, tell stories, are the gods that look over humanity.. Constellations are groupings of stars that form images, much like seeing .