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    This document discusses various topics relating to stars and constellations, including: how the rotation of Earth causes the apparent motion of stars across the night sky; how star trails are formed in long-exposure photographs; the use of planetarium software and online sky maps; how the view of the night sky changes throughout the year due to Earth's revolution around the Sun; and key constellations visible in different seasons, including the origins and meanings of their names. Ancient models of the celestial sphere and zodiac are also summarized, along with Bayer's system for designating bright stars.

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    This document discusses various topics relating to stars and constellations, including: how the rotation of Earth causes the apparent motion of stars across the night sky; how star trails are formed in long-exposure photographs; the use of planetarium software and online sky maps; how the view of the night sky changes throughout the year due to Earth's revolution around the Sun; and key constellations visible in different seasons, including the origins and meanings of their names. Ancient models of the celestial sphere and zodiac are also summarized, along with Bayer's system for designating bright stars.

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    This document discusses various topics relating to stars and constellations, including: how the rotation of Earth causes the apparent motion of stars across the night sky; how star trails are formed in long-exposure photographs; the use of planetarium software and online sky maps; how the view of the night sky changes throughout the year due to Earth's revolution around the Sun; and key constellations visible in different seasons, including the origins and meanings of their names. Ancient models of the celestial sphere and zodiac are also summarized, along with Bayer's system for designating bright stars.

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    Lecture 2

    The Stars

    APOD:
    Constellation Orion

    Sky Map
    Stellarium
    A free open source planetarium for your
    computer

    AstroViewer
    Your night sky map on the internet

    Earths Rotation
    Over the course of a
    night, the
    constellations seem
    to move smoothly
    across the sky from
    east to west.
    The apparent motion
    of the stars is the
    result of the spin, or
    rotation, of Earth.

    Star Trails
    Star trails create arches over the horizon in a
    long-exposure picture of the night sky taken
    from Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania.
    Equatorial regions, such as Kilimanjaro, are
    the only places on Earth where the celestial
    poles sit right at the horizon.

    Polaris
    The image shows the apparent
    motion of the stars around Polaris,
    the star that's almost exactly aligned
    with Earth's north celestial pole.
    Also called the North Star, Polaris is
    the brightest dot in the constellation
    Ursa Minor.

    Earths Revolution around


    the Sun

    Seasonal Changes
    The view of the night sky changes as
    Earth moves in its orbit about the Sun.
    The night side of Earth faces a
    different set of constellations at
    different times of the year.
    References:
    Akira Fujii Constellations
    Chandra Constellations
    The Story behind the Name

    Spring Arc
    Big
    Dipper

    Arctur
    us

    Spic
    a

    Big
    Dipper

    Summer Triangle
    Veg
    a

    Dene
    b

    Altair

    Cygnus (Northern
    Cross)

    Autumnal Square

    Andromeda &
    Pegasus

    Winter Triangle
    Betelgeu
    se
    Procy
    on
    Siriu
    s

    Rig
    el
    Orion
    s Belt

    Canop
    us

    Orion

    Celestial Sphere
    Ancient astronomers
    pictured the stars as
    firmly attached to a
    celestial sphere
    surrounding Earth.
    The stars moved
    with this celestial
    sphere as it turned
    around a fixed,
    unmoving Earth.

    Ecliptic
    Because of Earths
    revolution around the
    Sun, the Sun appears
    to move relative the
    background stars over
    the course of a year.
    YouTube: Ecliptic
    This apparent motion
    of the Sun on the sky
    traces out a path on
    the celestial sphere
    known as the ecliptic.

    Vernal
    equino
    x

    Zodiac
    The 12
    constellations
    through which the
    Sun passes as it
    moves along the
    ecliptic had special
    significance for
    astrologers of old.

    Taurus

    Aldebar
    an

    Gemini
    Pollu
    x

    Casto
    r

    Leo

    Regul
    us

    Scorpius

    Antar
    es

    Sagittarius

    Sagittarius, the
    Teapot

    Vernal Equinox
    The ecliptic is inclined at an angle of 23.5 to
    the celestial equator. Its tilt is a consequence
    of the inclination of our planets rotation axis
    to the plane of its orbit.
    The vernal equinox occurs in the northern
    spring, on or near March 21, as the Sun
    crosses the celestial equator moving north.
    Because of its association with the end of
    winter and the start of a new growing
    season, the vernal equinox was particularly
    important to early astrologers.

    Aries
    March 21 - April 20
    Aries is the first astrological sign in
    the Zodiac.
    The vernal equinox originally was in
    the constellation Aries.
    Due to the precession, the vernal
    equinox is currently in the constellation
    of Pisces.

    Southern Constellations

    Centauri

    Centauri
    Acru
    x
    Centaurus & Southern
    Cross

    Bayers Designation
    In Bayers scheme (1603), stars in a
    given constellations are ranked by
    brightness and are labeled with
    Greek letters.

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