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Constellations
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What is a constellation?
Using stars, it is an imaginary picture in the
sky that represents a
person, animal, or object.
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Why were constellations
created?Calendars – Helped farmers keep track of
seasons.
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Constellations represented important
religious figures or events.
Religion
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Know where you are as you travel.
Navigation
Source: NOAA
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Important Groups of
ConstellationsThe twelve (thirteen, really!) constellations of
the Zodiac*.*Zodiac – Greek for “circle of
animals.”
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The Sun, Moon, and planets
appear to move through the
zodiac.
Source: MSN Encarta
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Circumpolar ConstellationsConstellations that rotate around the North Star and are
visible all year.
Source: Windows on the Universe
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Orion
Found in the high southern winter sky.
Other Constellations
you should know
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Other Constellations
you should know
Killed by a scorpion and placed in the sky.
Source: Dr. Islam’s Constellation pagehttp://www2.potsdam.edu/islamma/Phys335Constellations.htm
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Other constellations
you should knowBoötes
Found in the northern sky during spring.
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Other Constellations
you should knowThe herdsman
watching the bears.
Source: Dr. Islam’s Constellation pagehttp://www2.potsdam.edu/islamma/Phys335Constellations.htm
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Other Constellations
you should know
Use the Big Dipper’s handle to find Boötes.(Make an arc to Arcturus.)
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Other constellations
you should know
Scorpius
Found in the southern sky in summer.
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Other Constellations
you should know
Killed Orion. When Orion is seen, Scorpius is nowhere to be found!Source: Dr. Islam’s Constellation page
http://www2.potsdam.edu/islamma/Phys335Constellations.htm
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When you look at a
constellation, all the stars appear to be
the same distance from
Earth.
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Look at Orion:
Source: NASA StarChildhttp://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/questions/question9.html
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Why do we see different
constellations during the evening?Earth rotates on its axis.
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Why do we see different
constellations through the year?The Earth revolves around
the Sun.
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Constellations used for
navigation.The North Star helps find direction.Runaway slaves
used the Big Dipper (Drinking
Gourd).