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h day about 1 degree due to the Earth going around t the dial). This rotational fivej face ofthe Locator. Thestars will also shin eac san resulting in another complete rotation in a year (Hence monthly day marks on aspect of the stars daily and yearly permits us to use the locator for any day or hour of the year D: CIRCUMPOLAR CONSTELLATIONS: Rotate the dial and note the constellations near the poletbeass pin) just go in circles about the pole and some never disappear for set behind a horizon ic. Never set!). This dial is designed toe our position on carth (Latitode 40 degrees) List four Major Constellations that will rotae around Polaris and never set in their daily journey about the celestial poke for our position. They are called the Circumpolar Group. Name four of these circumpolar constellations? Note: Two stars in the cup of the asterisms the BIG DIPPER are called (and labeled)"POINTERS" since a line connecting them goes almost directly to the NORTH Celestial POLE or the pole star "Polaris" II: THE SKY DURING THE SEASONS: Since the entire sky rotates through the day if you stayed up all night you would see almost all the constellations. We speak of seasonal stars as those seen before Midnight explore the prominent stars and constellations during the Winter-Spring and Sammer-Fall Seasons Winter-Spring Skies Rotate the dial so that midnight is on December 21. We have set the sky for this night. Be sure to keep this setting for what follows and change it when A: Northern Horizon-Winter-Spring Skies: since most humans are asleep after Midnight. We will prompted. grup is always prominent The constellation closest to the pole is called URSA MINOR and circumpolar constellations CASSIOPEIA AND CEPHEUS one can say they also look like resembles the asterism called the "BIG DIPPER" and the asterism is called the something we are familiar with. What do you think the asterism formed by the prominent stars of CASSIOPEIA is called? LETTER of the alphabet) Likewise for CEPHEUS? HINT A (Hint.people live in them) ear the southern horizon and above are prominent (contain bright stars) fall-winter constellations, Name five prominent constellations above the southem horizon and at least five bright stars they contain or are near. Five constellations Five bright stars are C: Name one prominent constellation and it's bright star mear the Eastern Horizon. D: Are their any prominent constellations and bright stars near the Western Horizon.if so name them E: What Zodiac constellation on this date (Dec 21 12 AM) within the hour has risen in the East and what Zodiac constellation is about to set in the West ? F: Finding your way around the stars after you know a few is casy since all you have to do is to imagine lines and ares pointin an example of this geometrical technique of finding your way around. g other stars or constellations. The POINTERS that show the way to the North Celestial Pole are S! If we follow the "POINTERS" opposite the direction to the pole we reach the zodiac constellation called? Hint: Do you see the mane? see, it's easy Solar System Laboratory Manual Page 8Explanation / Answer
A. The constellation closest to the pole is called URSA MINOR and resembles the asterism called the "BIG DIPPER" and the asterism is called the LITTLE DIPPER.
Asterism formed by the prominent starts of Cassiopeia is called ''W".
Likewise for CEPHEUS, it is knows as King Cepheus.
B. Above Southern Hemisphere in Fall-Winter Sky,
Five Constellations prominently found are: Scorpius, Sagittarius, Piscis Austrinus, Orion, Canis Minor
Five prominent stars stars are: Shaula, Antares, Kaus Australis, Rigil Kent, Hadar
C. One prominent constellation in Eastern Horizon is Hydra and it's brightest star is Alphard.
D. Scorpius, Libra nd Saggitarius are seen plunging head first into the western horizon. Spica is a prominent star in western horizon.
E. Saggitarius rises in East at 12 am on 21st December and Aries sets in the west.
F. (Practical based question)
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