21. The Constellation Game - SDSS Constellations constellations. Your constellations won't be officially used by astronomers,who use the SDSS's ID numbers to identify stars and galaxies. But http://skyserver.fnal.gov/en/proj/games/constellation/sdsscon.asp

Projects Basic Advanced Challenges ... Your constellations Your Constellations in the SDSS Data Most of the stars and galaxies in the SDSS database have never been studied by anyone. So they give you the perfect opportunity to find your own constellations! Like the ancient Greeks or Chimu Indians, or like the European explorers of the Southern hemisphere, you can find new patterns of stars that make new constellations. Your constellations won't be officially used by astronomers, who use the SDSS's ID numbers to identify stars and galaxies. But you'll be able to look through the data and see constellations that you named - patterns that you discovered in the stars. Here is an example to get you started: Mouseris the Running Mouse Mouseris is a constellation consisting of 19 objects - 3 stars and 16 galaxies - in the area around RA = 18, dec = -1. Object ID Number Part of Mouseris Object type Green-wavelength magnitude Nose Star Bottom left of head Galaxy Bottom right of head Galaxy Top of head Galaxy Neck Galaxy In body, closest to neck

22. Astronomy 201F — Stars & Galaxies Astronomy 201S — stars galaxies. Do you think the constellations, as seenfrom Mercury, would appear to change their shapes? Explain. http://www.astro.utoronto.ca/~barkhous/ast201/assign1_websol.htm

Assignment 1 — Due February 4 during class Answers to ALL of the following questions should be submitted in typed form on standard 8.5 by 11 paper, stapled at the top left corner. Please do NOT place in a binder. You should have a cover sheet, which clearly states the course (Ast201S), section (L0101 for 10 AM lecture; L0201 for 11 AM lecture), assignment number, your name (with family name underlined) as shown on your UofT ID card, and your student number. a) Suppose you traveled to Mercury. Do you think the constellations, as seen from Mercury, would appear to change their shapes? Explain. What about if you traveled to Pluto? The nearest stars, and the stars of the constellations are at enormous distances compared to the distances within the Solar System so no change would be observed. In fact, if we changed the scale so that the Earth was a distance of 1 metre away from the Sun, Pluto would be 40 metre away and the "nearest" stars would be about 300 kilometres away. Clearly, changing our vantage point within the Solar System would have no effect on how the constellations appear. b) Suppose you traveled to the centre of our galaxy. Would you see any of the same constellations? Explain. What about if you traveled to the Andromeda Galaxy?

23. The Zodiac - Enchanted Learning Software as The Twins ) is one of the constellations of the Castor (a sextuple star threedouble stars) and Pollux (a The spiral galaxies M65, M66, M95, M96, and the http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/stars/zodiac.shtml

EnchantedLearning.com is a user-supported site. Click here to learn more. Zoom Astronomy The Stars Lifecycle ... The Constellations The Zodiac Zodiac Calendar A calendar to print, read, and color. The Zodiac is a family of constellations that lie along the ecliptic (the plane in which most of our Solar System lies). Usually, 12 constellations are listed in the Zodiac, but there is actually a thirteenth constellation that crosses the ecliptic, Ophiuchus (between Scorpio and Sagittarius). The 12 Constellations of the Zodiac Aquarius, the water bearer Aries, the ram Cancer, the crab Capricorn, the goat Gemini, the twins Leo, the lion Libra, the scales Pisces, the fish Sagittarius, the archer Scorpius, the scorpion Taurus, the bull Virgo, the virgin The Constellations of the Zodiac: ARIES [Abbreviation: Ari] Aries (the ram) is a constellation of the zodiac located along the ecliptic between Pisces and Taurus. This tiny, faint constellation is seen just north of the ecliptic . The brightest star in Aries (Alpha Ari) is Hamal, the second-brightest star (Beta Ari) is Sharatan, the third-brightest star (Gamma 2 Ari) is Mesarthim, and the fourth-brightest is Botein (Delta Ari). TAURUS [Abbreviation: Tau] Taurus (the bull) is a constellation of the zodiac . This constellation is seen along the ecliptic between Aries and Gemini. The brightest star (Alpha Tau) in Taurus is Aldebaran, which is one of the bull's eyes (Aldebaran is the 13th brightest star in the sky). The second-brightest star in Taurus (Beta Tau) is Alnath, the third brightest (Gamma Tau) is Hyadum I.

24. Stars And Galaxies In 3D - Logithèque - ZDNet.fr Translate this page le rouge). stars and galaxies inclut la plupart des étoiles visibles.Les constellations sont facilement reconnaissables. De nombreuses http://logitheque.zdnet.fr/logi/cgi-bin/a_logi.pl?ID=9651

25. Astronomical Photographs From David Malin Images focus on stars and starforming regions, globular clusters and the endless varietyof galaxies. Other pictures, of star trails and constellations, were made http://members.optushome.com.au/dmalin/

Malin's micrographs Miller's twilights Fujii's constellations Anglo-Australian Observatory David Malin Images, microscope to telescope, seen from pole to pole.... David Malin Images (DMI) is a source of high quality photographs of stars, galaxies and nebulae taken with some of the world's finest optical telescopes and by talented photographers using ordinary cameras. The images cover most of the sky on all angular scales, from the nearby constellations to the Milky Way and far distant galaxies. Many of these pictures have been made by David Malin , mainly from plates taken with the telescopes of the Anglo-Australian Observatory . These pictures focus on stars and star-forming regions, globular clusters and the endless variety of galaxies. Other pictures, of star trails and constellations, were made with more modest equipment, both by David Malin and his associates David Miller and Akira Fujii. The pictures are divided according to their source and often according to subject matter as well. The individual pages below take you on a tour of the distant universe with professional telescopes. David Miller's images are beautiful views of the nearest star at the beginning and end of the day and the moon, set in the Australian landscape. In between are the constellations, the star colours vividly captured by Akira Fujii. A new series of intriguing and attractive images are photomicrographs of crystals. These are images of science but are presented as abstract art. All the images on these pages are available as high resolution digital files as well as prints.

26. Earth Science 2002 Weblinks - Chapter - Stars And Galaxies - Chapter stars and galaxies. What are the names of the stars found in this constellation?The Mythology of the constellations This site discusses the myths http://www.glencoe.com/sec/science/lep_science/lep2002/national/earth/wwwlinks/w

27. Kosmoi: Stars And Constellations The constellations help by breaking up the sky into more The universe contains billionsof galaxies, and each galaxy contains billions of stars, which are http://kosmoi.com/Space/Stars/

Cosmology Galaxies Light Mythology ... Books Stars and Constellations Nature Agriculture Animals Biology ... Turn Left at Orion: A Hundred Night Sky Objects to See in a Small Telescopeand How to Find Them Guy Consolmagno, Dan M. Davis, Karen Kotash Sepp, Anne Drogin, Mary Lynn Skirvin Recommendation: Nightwatch: A Practical Guide to Viewing the Universe Terence Dickinson The Extravagant Universe: Exploding Stars, Dark Energy, and the Accelerating Cosmos Robert P. Kirshner The Backyard Astronomer's Guide Terence Dickinson, Alan Dyer National Audubon Society Field Guide to the Night Sky (Audubon Society Field Guide Series) Mark R. Chartrand Recommendation: The Great Atlas of the Stars Serge Brunier, Akira Fujii Deep Sky Companions : The Messier Objects Stephen James O'Meara Seeing in the Dark: How Backyard Stargazers Are Probing Deep Space and Guarding Earth from Interplanetary Peril Timothy Ferris Stikky Night Skies Laurence Holt The Sextant Handbook Bruce Bauer The Hubble Telescope: Star Birth Buy Astronomy Posters At AllPosters.com Constellations The constellations are imaginary patterns of stars in the sky that poets, farmers and astronomers have made up over the past 6,000 years (and probably even more!). For thousands of years, mankind has gazed at the night sky and made shapes by imagining lines connecting the brightest of the stars. Many of the constellations we know today date back 3,000 to 4,000 years to ancient Mesopotamia. Surrounded by folklore and

28. Www.herts.ac.uk/astro_ub/aC_ub.html itself is split up into arbitrary areas known as constellations. that the luminousmatter in the universe, for example, stars and galaxies, provide only http://www.herts.ac.uk/astro_ub/aC_ub.html

Astronomy KEYWORD DEFINITIONS. - C - Canis Major . The constellation known as the Great Dog. A winter constellation, it is said to represent one of Orion 's hunting dogs. Canis Major is distinguished by Sirius, the brightest star in the sky. The constellation is easy to find since the three stars in Orion's belt point to it. Canis Major is close to Canis Minor, the other of Orion's hunting dogs. Canopus . The brightest star in the southern hemisphere constellation Carina. Next to Sirius it is the brightest star in the sky. Canopus is a red supergiant star and has a spectral classification of F. Capella . The brightest star in the constellation of Auriga. Detailed observations show that it is a spectroscopic binary . The main component is a G type giant and the companion is an F type dwarf. Carbon . The sixth element in the periodic table . It is identified by the fact that it has six protons in its nucleus. 1/12 of the mass of atom of the isotope carbon-12 is the atomic mass unit = 1.66 x 10

29. Stars And Galaxies: Course Outline and constellations. Learn the distance units used to measure astronomical distances.Understand the historical basis of the astronomy of stars and galaxies. http://www.astrophys-assist.com/sage/outline.htm

Home Course Outline Course Schedule Lecture Notes Assignments Exam Review Stars and Galaxies: Course Outline Testing: Short quizzes will be given at the start of every class, based on the material in the reading assignments. There will be a midterm exam and a final exam. The final exam will be comprehensive, but the emphasis will be placed on the material covered since the midterm. Homework: Observing Sessions: Optional. Will occasionally be held, weather permitting. Attendance: Regular attendance is expected. In this course, supplemental material will be presented which can only be obtained by regular class attendance. In addition, quizzes will be administered at every class meeting. If a student cannot take the midterm or final exam on the designated date, they must contact the instructor before the exam is given and make other arrangements. Always assume that classes will be held as scheduled unless an announcement is made of cancellation. Student Preparation: Students should read the assigned material before the class which deals with the material. They should be prepared to ask questions about the topic and answer questions posed by the instructor.

30. Stars stars Space Telescope Science Institute Quasars Star Child Star Journey StarDateStarport stars stars and constellations stars and galaxies Supernova Table http://www.kidskonnect.com/Stars/StarsHome.html

Alphabetical Listing of the Constellations Among the Stars Asteroid Belt Astronomy for Kids ... Space Shuttle All rights reserved by

31. MetaCrawler Results | Search Query = Stars And Constellations stars, constellations, galaxies and Nebulae Facts stars, constellations,galaxies, and Nebulae Facts. What do you know about stars? http://search.metacrawler.com/texis/search?q=Stars and Constellations&brand=meta

32. Firefly Books - The Great Atlas Of The Stars beautiful and well known of the 88 constellations. find the brightest, most magnificentstars and the these celestial bodies nebulas, galaxies, star couples http://www.fireflybooks.com/books/6106F.html

Search Catalog Astronomy Calendars Children's Books Cookbooks Gardening General Non-Fiction Health How to Natural History, Animals and Pets Pictorial and Photography Reference and Encyclopedias Sports Sybex Computer Books Home Page The Great Atlas of the Stars Compiled and written by Serge Brunier photography by Akira Fujii EXCERPT Reading the Night Sky The beautiful clear night has once again enticed you outdoors to stargaze. But tonight is different. Far from the city lights, the sky has a slightly unsettling presence. Millions of nameless stars hang above the landscape like puppets in a shadow theater. Here, toward the west, a bright star draws your attention. And there, in the south, a few twinkling stars outline a huge geometric shape against the dark, velvety sky. But how can you find your way around in this multitude of stars? How to recognize the constellations? How far away is that star? Why does this one have an orangy tinge and that one look bluish? In your exploration of the fascinating beauty of the sky you feel somewhat overwhelmed because you can't get your bearings. It seems impossible to name the heavenly bodies and, especially, to describe them. Twenty years of sitting face to face with the sky in all the corners of our blue planet have led to the creation of The Great Atlas of the Stars to help answer your questions. Since celestial cartography, a science as ancient as humanity, makes reading the sky a complex task, we have removed from

33. Space Today Online -- Global Space And Astronomy Links YOU MAY CLICK ONE OF THESE LINKS OR SCROLL DOWN THE PAGE Deep Space Astronomy stars constellations galaxies Novas Supernovas Nebulae Pulsars http://www.spacetoday.org/Weblinks/deepspace.html

'Second star to the right ... and straight on till morning.' Capt. James T. Kirk, Star Trek: The Undiscovered Country NAVIGATE STO: COVER GLOBAL LINKS ASTRONAUTS ROCKETS ... Suggestions 'To infinity and beyond' Buzz Lightyear Toy Story E-mail SPACE TODAY ONLINE ~~ COVERING SPACE FROM EARTH TO THE EDGE OF THE UNIVERSE Global Information Resources: Deep Space YOU MAY CLICK ONE OF THESE LINKS OR SCROLL DOWN THE PAGE Deep Space Astronomy Stars Constellations Galaxies ... Miscellaneous Astronomy Resources Deep Space Astronomy Information Center for New Star Gazers Beginners guide to astronomy as a hobby Ask the astronomer Ask about cosmology, solar system, galaxies, careers, etc. Astronomy Cafe Ask the astronomer Q/A; careers; data/images links; Science Fair projects Curiosity Page Questions are answered by grad students at Lick Observatory Astronomy Picture of the Day main index Adventures in astronomy Fun for amateur and professional astronomers Cosmology and Astronomy Roundup of Time magazine articles on questions about the Universe General Astronomy Information from Royal Greenwich Observatory FAQ frequently asked questions about astronomy Universe Today Space exploration and astronomy news updated every weekday Starman comic strip of astronomy Jay Ryan's cartoons teach natural sky secrets humorously Izzy's Skylog Astronomy information source Astro-Link Astronomy trivia and links to other astronomy pages FAQ sci.astro

34. A105 - Stars And Galaxies A105 stars and galaxies. Nice astronomy glossary, good for quick reference BadAstronomy Free Star Charts Pdf format The constellations Very nice images http://astrowww.astro.indiana.edu/~classweb/a105s0079/

A105 - Stars and Galaxies Section 0079 Swain West Rm 221 MW 6:35 - 9:35pm Instructor: Annie Mejia Office: Swain West 325 Office Hours: T 2:00-3:00pm, W 2:00-3:00pm, or by appointment. email: acmejia@indiana.edu The Eagle Nebula (M16) taken with HST. Background .information (from the HST page) See below for links to other cool images! Class Information: Textbook: Horizons , 6th edition, by Michael Seeds. The final grades and the answers for the final exam are already posted. Exams, quizzes and projects that have not been picked up yet are outside my office in a box. The average of the class was 80.95. Helpful Diagrams, Notes, etc. Please feel free to let me know of any material that you would like to see here. Table of weights and measures Types of reflector telescopes by request Equatorial vs. alt-azimuth mounts HR Diagrams: with colors with radius lines my diagram showing mass distribution ... Stellar Evolution These diagrams are from enchantedlearning.com, which I modified a bit for our class. Galaxy Classification Diagrams The last one is the original from Hubble's work Homogeneity and Isotropy Formation of the Universe Curvature of the Universe Fate of the Universe ... Student Grades New format . I added several lines with the percentage grades as well. For example, the quizzes were out of 20 pts, but worth 10% of the final grade, so you will read both the score out of 20 pts and out of 10%. The last line tells you how much % you have accumulated out of 100% (see the

35. Search The Internet Alpha Centauri's Universe Planets, stars, nebulae, galaxies, and natural links providinginformation on stars and their constellations. _. http://www.star.info/

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36. Astronomy Stars And Galaxies Multimedia Guide to stars and galaxies; NOVAWEB novae VARIABLE stars DATABASE; Indexof /messier/map/(Constellation Clickable Sky Maps of constellations (Index); http://csep1.phy.ornl.gov/guidry/internet_resources/astronomy_stars-gals.html

Stars and Galaxies Earth and Universe-Multimedia Guide to Stars and Galaxies NOVAWEB: novae, supernovae, other cataclysmic variables RJN's MPEG Movie Trips to Black Holes and Neutron Stars Page MWO Online Stargazer Map ... http://csep1.phy.ornl.gov/guidry/mwg-root.html

37. Stars And Galaxies (with InfoTrac And TheSky CD-ROM), Third Edition Three introductory exercises on using telescopes, viewing constellations and theCelestial Sphere, and 0534439756 Bundle stars and galaxies (with InfoTrac http://newtexts.com/newtexts/book.cfm?book_id=675

38. Science Question Of The Week - Constellations, Stars, Southern Cross - March 22, has the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds, two satellite galaxies of our Milky Nota single one of the stars in any of these constellations is considered http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/scienceques2001/20020322.htm

Both the Northern and Southern Hemisphere have nearly the same amount of bright stars and both have bright constellations in the shape of a cross, but what does our hemisphere's night sky have that the Southern Hemisphere's doesn't? Yesterday, March 20, was the first day of spring in the Northern Hemisphere, and the first day of autumn in the Southern Hemisphere. The Sun is just about directly above the Tropic of Cancer at noon now - the Sun rises with the constellation of Cancer the Crab. At night, in the Northern Hemisphere, the spring time constellations are taking the stage as the winter constellations are exiting, stage right. Leo the Lion, Virgo the Virgin, and Bootes the Herdsman are all dominant in the eastern sky before midnight. At the same time, Orion, Canis Major, Auriga, and Taurus are sinking toward the western horizon In a few months, the prominent summer constellation including Lyra, Aquilla and the Northern Cross (Cygnus the Swan) will make their claim on the eastern horizon. In the mid latitudes of the Southern Hemisphere, you can still see Canis Major and Orion. If you recall from our question in January, Orion pretty much straddles the Celestial Equator - it's visible in both hemispheres. However, you might notice that Orion looks a bit different. It's upside down from the perspective of a viewer in Argentina or Australia - the sword lies above the familiar 3-stars in a row belt. Not only are Orion and Canis Major easy to spot, but the constellations of the zodiac such as Taurus, Gemini, Leo, and Virgo are all visible too. Leo, Bootes and Virgo can be seen now in the Southern Hemisphere, in the early evening, rising in the northeast. At the same time, the bright constellations of Centaur and the Southern Cross (Crux) ride high in the southeastern sky.

39. Inspiring Astronomy stars, constellations, galaxies. JUPITER. Jupiter or Zeus in Greek mythology,was King of the Gods in ancient Rome stars/constellations/galaxies. stars. http://www.temos.net/Science/astronomy.htm

40. Galaxies - Learning The Constellations However, you do need to be able to see the main stars of the constellations. If youdo not see the stars very clearly, you will need to find a darker location. http://www.galaxies.com/Lesson/lesson1.htm

The procedure to do each time you go outside to look at the sky is the following: If you live in the northern hemisphere, locate the north star Polaris. This is a good reference point because it is always in the same place. The reason it does not move is that the star is directly overhead at the north pole. As the earth spins, the stars move east to west. At the north pole, any stars directly over head will not move since the earth rotates on its polar axis. People in the Southern hemisphere do not have a bright star near the pole. Now that you have found where the north star is, turn and look toward it. South is now behind you, East is to your right, and West is to your left. Now, look to the west and find the constellations that are in the west on the sky chart. Saying the name of the constellation outloud when you see it will help you remember the name. Do the same thing for the South, East, North and overhead directions. Some constellations are faint and hard to see if you have a lot of light in the sky from the city. Ursa Minor (the little dipper) is not easy to see in the city. Most people find it by locating Polaris first, this star is at the end of the handle in the little dipper.

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