Science Line - Night Patrol - Constellations - Centaurus - The Centaur of relatively old stars which circle our galaxy. Although observers in the northernhemisphere can see M13, a globular cluster in the constellation of Hercules http://www.sciencenet.org.uk/astron/const/ConstList/centaurus.html
Extractions: While August often brings warm summer evenings, the long hours of daylight mean the night is short and, along with summer haze, the seeing (which describe show good observing conditions are) is never as crisp as an autumnal or winter evenings. However, its the opposite situation for southern hemisphere observers. The southern hemisphere is now well in the grip of winter, and the long cold winter evenings are ideal for astronomers. One prominent constellation which holds a plethora of interesting objects is Centaurus , the mythical half-man half-horse constellation. Although never visible from mid northern latitudes, it is a common sight for those who live in Australia or New Zealand. Perhaps the most famous object in Centaurus is Omega Centauri , a splendid globular cluster. Globular cluster are compact roughly spherical clusters of relatively old stars which circle our galaxy. Although observers in the northern hemisphere can see M13, a globular cluster in the constellation of Hercules, Omega Centauri appears larger and brighter.
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VIRGO This means that the stars that make up all the constellations, includingVirgo and Leo and Coma Berenices, are stars of our own galaxy. http://homepage.mac.com/kvmagruder/bcp/aster/constellations/Vir.htm
Extractions: Is this constellation ever visible from my latitude? What is Declination Where should I look for a constellation on a date before or after its midnight culmination? What is Midnight Culmination Goddess of agriculture and harvest-time, holding a shock of wheat. Continue past Arcturus on the curve from the Dipper's handle ("Arc to Arcturus, then speed on to Spica"). To "Speed on to Spica," go the same distance as it took to reach Arcturus. If it's not below the horizon, Spica is the brightest star of the constellation Virgo the Maiden. Although Virgo is the second largest constellation in the sky, the rest of its stars are faint. Yet don't be surprised if you often see a bright visiting planet nearby. Virgo was long ago recognized for its importance, since it contains the Sun on the day of the Autumn Equinox. Spica lies nearly on the path the Sun follows across the sky, which is called the ecliptic. You won't see this constellation in the early autumn, for then Virgo lies in the daytime sky.
URSA MAJOR The size of each star indicates its relative magnitude Constellation names are lightblue galaxies are ovals blue if spiral, yellow if elliptical, light blue if http://homepage.mac.com/kvmagruder/bcp/aster/constellations/UMa.htm
Extractions: Is this constellation ever visible from my latitude? What is Declination Where should I look for a constellation on a date before or after its midnight culmination? What is Midnight Culmination Only the most imaginative can see a bear in the area of the Big Dipper. There are many star-patterns that look like dippers, triangles, or squares in the sky. There are very few that actually resemble bears or people. Yet constellations were named to honor particular figures in ancient stories, not because the star pattern actually looked like the figure being honored. It took imagination to invent them a long time ago, and it takes imagination to see them now. The "handles" of the dippers represent the "tails" of the bears on ancient star mapseven though modern bears don't have long tails! The Big Bear was regarded as a bear before Homer, and an ancient Greek story explains why the Big and Little Bears have such long tails.
Constellation Canes Venatici It belongs to the Ursa Maioris constellation family. Characteristic for thisregion of the sky is the high amount of galaxies. stars and other objects. http://www.maa.mhn.de/Maps/Stars_en/Fig/canesvenatici.html
Extractions: Characteristic for this region of the sky is the high amount of galaxies. Stars and other objects The double alpha CVn , also known as Cor Caroli (meaning "The Heart of Carles"; this name was given to the star by Edmund Halley in honor of Charles II of England), is a blue-white star of 2.9 mag. The companion is a 5 mag star, which can easily be resolved by small telescopes.
Star Chart All of the stars used in our galaxy model are parts of constellations (or star patterns)that are very easy to observe in the night sky from almost anywhere in http://www.ligo-wa.caltech.edu/teachers_corner/lessons/star_chart_5t8.html
Extractions: A downloadable MS Word version of the package OVERVIEW Perhaps the most basic astronomical skill is finding one's way around the night sky. In this activity students will learn the relative locations of several prominent constellations and will learn to identify several stars within those constellations. OBJECTIVES STATE STANDARDS THE LIGO STAR CHART All of the stars used in our galaxy model are parts of constellations (or star patterns) that are very easy to observe in the night sky from almost anywhere in the northern hemisphere. No telescope is necessary but the sky should be dark. This activity will show you how to locate several features of the night sky. The Big Dipper is the easiest group of stars to identify and can point you in the direction of other interesting areas of the sky. Once you have located the Big Dipper you can use it to find the North Star. Simply imagine connecting Merak and Dubhe with a line and continuing until you reach a medium-bright star.
Sky Survey Captures The Universe Like stars, galaxies often form close groupssystems that Often, the galaxies intight groups are slowly and it s located near the constellation Hydra, about http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/astronomy/sky_survey_000720.html
Extractions: The Two-Micron All Sky Survey, or 2MASS for short, has returned a flood of data from the skies, including images of millions of stars and galaxies. In fact, the most recent release of 2MASS data covers almost half of the sky and unleashes the most eye-catching near-infrared images to date. SPACE.com proudly presents some of the most interesting and spectacular of this latest batch. The Tarantula Nebula is a faint patch of light located some 160,000 light-years away from Earth in the Large Magellenic Cloud, the nearest galaxy to our native Milky Way galaxy. This is the only nebula outside the Milky Way that can be seen with the naked eye. At the core of the nebula lies a dense clump of hot stars, which until recently were thought to be one massive star. More Stories Scientists say this galaxy, dubbed NGC 891, is very similar to our own Milky Way galaxy. Though we can't see its complete form due to its oblique angle relative to Earth, researchers have shown that the galaxy is rather thin - a likely characteristic shared by the Milky Way. We also know that the galaxy's disk is composed of dust and light from supergiant stars, and is located about 30 million light-years away. The Flame Nebula, also known as the Christmas Tree Nebula, is an area of gas and dust located in the constellation Orion. Scientists say that this dense stellar cluster contains a great many young stars and disks of accreting material, which may be sites of planet formation. This cluster is thought to be less than one million years old.
Constellation Report The arms on this galaxy are perfect. The closest stars, however, are in the constellationLeo Minor which we covered a few weeks back. Good Luck! http://www.utahskies.org/deepsky/constellations/ursamajor.html
Extractions: Constellation Report This weekend we move on to the constellation Ursa Major - The Great Bear . Best known as the " Big Dipper ", Ursa Major is the true name of this constellation. The Big Dipper is what astronomers refer to as an asterism. An asterism is a named grouping of stars which is not officially recognized as a constellation. This is such a well known constellation. In fact, it is probably familiar to and findable by more people than any other constellation. This is a good thing, since two of it's stars, "Merak and Dubhe" are known as the pointer stars. Pointers to Polaris, the " North-Star ". Once you learn these stars, you'll always know your directions at night. To find Polaris (and hence, north) start at Merak and draw a line through Dubhe and you'll arrive at Polaris. Another reason for familiarity with Ursa Major is simply that Ursa Major is home to some of the most beautiful and most amazing deep sky objects known. Many of these are easily viewed in amateur telescopes and will be covered below.
The Astro 11 Evening Lab Manual (Penn State Astronomy) Students should be able to see the stars and constellations, observe other galaxiesand star forming regions, see the nature of light and spectroscopy, learn http://www.astro.psu.edu/headta/newmanual.html
Extractions: Test your IQ! FREE! Global PathMarkers educational posters science astronomy ... Star Charts Educational star chart posters from a variety of cultures make great teaching and curriculum resources for the science classroom and home schoolers. Images include Stonehenge, charts of the Heavens, Celestial Maps and Constellations of the Zodiac. The Creative Process has searched the web for astronomy and space posters and art prints to help you use the power of visual media to motivate, stimulate, inspire, and teach your students! When we find the same poster is available at several sources you can check for price comparison, special discounts, framing options and shipping from the links at Creative Process. Please note that we do not stock these posters, they are available online at the links provided. Thank you for starting your search for educational posters at The Creative Process! Stonehenge with Solar Eclipse Poster
Extractions: Dictionaries: General Computing Medical Legal Encyclopedia Word: Word Starts with Ends with Definition Lynx is a constellation This article is about constellations of stars. See also: satellite constellation, Constellation Records, USS Constellation, Lockheed Constellation civil airplane. A constellation is a group of stars visibly related to each other in a particular configuration. In three-dimensional space, most of the stars we see have little relation to one another, but can appear to be grouped on the celestial sphere of the night sky. Humans excel at finding patterns and throughout history have grouped stars that appear close to one another into constellations. An "unofficial" constellation is also called an Click the link for more information. of the northern hemisphere The Northern Hemisphere is the half of a planet's surface (or celestial sphere) that is north of the equator. On Earth, the Northern Hemisphere contains most of the land and population. Winter occurs around December to February and Summer around June to August. See also : Southern Hemisphere, seasons, solstice, and equinox
518stars Andromeda Galaxy/Orion Nebula/Horsehead Nebula. Exercise Using Star Chart 2, havethe Cubs try to find the constellations and stars found in Star Chart 1. Then http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/Gorge/1066/518stars.html
Extractions: Has two nebulas (areas of space stars, gas and dust) inside the constellation: Orion and Horsehead The Iroquois believe that Orion was a great hunter. The story goes that he climbed a mountain to prepare for his death. When the end came, he ascended into the heavens, where remarkably, he recovered his strength. He was assigned to a new job, to carry the sun high into the sky in the summer. Orion is indeed located in the Northern day sky during the summer months, its presence blotted out by glare of the sun. But as winter approached, the hunter grew tired, and passed the responsibly over to his son. The lazy son shouldered his responsibilities poorly, and barely managed to bring the sun over the horizon, bringing cold winter days. His father meanwhile, rests in the winter night sky, gaining strength to resume his role in the summer. Pleiades: The Seven Sisters, Les Sept Soeurs, Oot-kwa-tah (Iroquois)
CENTARUS CONSTELLATION This strangely distorted galaxy of stars is cataloged as NGC 4650A. It lies about165 million lightyears away in the southern constellation Centaurus. http://www.nztravel.co.nz/hosts/Wingmakers/Centaurus.html
Constellation Virgo This star is an interesting telescopic object. 12h 48m 14.28s, DECL = 3 19 58 .5).As noted above there are lots of galaxies in this constellation; most of http://www.seds.org/Maps/Stars_en/Fig/virgo.html
Extractions: VI. sign of zodiac Particulars: General: Virgo is the 6th sign of the zodiac; the sun passes through this constellation from late september to the end of october. It is the second largest constellation in the sky (the largest is Hydra ). The most outstanding Virgo Supercluster of galaxies is located on the northern border of Virgo reaching into the neighbouring constellation of Coma Berenices . The brightest galaxies can be located with small telescopes as faintly glowing patches of light. This supercluster is about 65 million lightyears away. (Because its lying half in Coma Berenices it is often referred as Virgo-Coma Supercluster Stars and other objects In a distance of 260 lightyears lies the leading star, alpha Vir Spica (meaning the ear of wheat), a blue-white star of 1.0 mag. The fact that in its neighborhood nearly no other bright stars are found gives it an additional brilliance in the sky.
Constellation Leo The brightest star of this constellation, alpha Leo, called 4.4 to mag 11.6 (the BrightStars Catalog gives Milky Way the farther away galaxies became visible. http://www.seds.org/Maps/Stars_en/Fig/leo.html
Extractions: V. sign of zodiac Particulars: General: The fifth constellation of the zodiac. Its asterism , the Sickle, has the appeareance of an arched mane. Stars and other objects The brightest star of this constellation, alpha Leo , called Regulus (meaning: the little king), is a blue-white star (spectral type B7 V) of 1.35 mag. When viewed with binoculars or small telescopes a wide companion of 8th mag is revealed.
Stars Constalations Union (IAU) adopted official constellation boundaries that defined the 88 officialconstellations that exist today. Jump to Top. stars. http://www.aua.am/2004/group8/stars.html
HubbleSite - All FAQs For Stars And Star Clusters reason for HST to photograph constellation patterns even But Hubble pictures of othergalaxies sometimes reveal like clusters containing young stars that are http://hubblesite.org/reference_desk/faq/all.php.cat=stars
Extractions: NEWS GALLERY DISCOVERIES FUN ... Frequently Asked Questions What are constellations? The entire sky (half of which is above the horizon at any moment) is divided into 88 constellations. The constellations and their borders have nothing to do with science. The stars in a particular constellation are not necessarily related to one another, nor are they even near each other in space. The constellations recognized by astronomers in the northern sky come from ancient Greek and Roman mythological star-pictures. The southern constellations were named by the first Western mariners to explore southern waters. Other cultures have their own constellation patterns, which do not necessarily match "classical" ones. Constellations cover much too broad an area of space to be imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), and there really is no reason for HST to photograph constellation patterns even if it could be done. Has Hubble found planets around other stars? Astronomers believe that there is little chance of finding new planets in our own solar system, and the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) has not been involved in any searches. However, the search for planets around other stars is very active, and HST is involved. Not even HST has directly seen planets around other stars, but it can detect indirect evidence, as described on our Web site.
Science> Astronomy> Stars If you look up at the sky on a dark, clear night, you can see nearly 2000 of thebillions of stars in our galaxy the Milky Way (a total of 8000 stars can be http://kosmoi.com/Science/Astronomy/Stars/
Extractions: EncycloZine Astronomy Biology Chemistry ... Plan of Attack Bob Woodward Intelligence Failure : How Clinton's National Security Policy Set the Stage for 9/11 David N. Bossie Against All Enemies: Inside America's War on Terror Richard A. Clarke Founding Mothers: The Women Who Raised Our Nation Cokie Roberts Worse Than Watergate: The Secret Presidency of George W. Bush John W. Dean Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books Azar Nafisi Rewriting History Dick Morris Shadowmancer G. P. Taylor The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality Brian Greene Recommendation: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Book 5) J. K. Rowling, Mary GrandPré About Us A - Z Site Map Top Pages ... Cell Phones See also: Cosmology Galaxies Light Mythology ... Books Buy Astronomy Posters At AllPosters.com If you look up at the sky on a dark, clear night, you can see nearly 2000 of the billions of stars in our galaxy - the Milky Way (a total of 8000 stars can be seen with the naked eye from Earth ). Although they look like dots, they are really like our closest star - the
Stargazer Online || A Fall Of Stars pearl gray light is caused by uncounted distant stars in our Milky Way Galaxy. Beginin the northeast, near the Wshaped constellation Cassiopeia and http://my.voyager.net/~stargazer/fall.html
Extractions: MAIN PAGE Observing Binocular Messier Log Clear Skies! Constellation Club Deep Sky Marathon ... Messier Marathon Astrophotography Night Shots Articles First Light Night Sky on Paper Star-hopping the Scorpion A Fall of Stars Season of Galaxies Winter Night My Travels Starfest 2001 Texas Star Party Yerkes Observatory Biography Christiaan Huygens Charles Messier Carl Sagan Solar System Main Page The Sun Mercury Venus ... Comets Links Astroweb Yellow Pages Personal Pages A gradual change is occurring in the heavens above. This change occurs every day, it's just so minute that most of us never even notice. This shift of the starry curtain became official with the change of seasons; summer gave way to autumn on September 23. The air will become cooler, leaves are changing color, but the stars of summer linger on for just a little while longer. After dusk in early October go out and look to the top of the sky. You'll see three bright stars forming the Summer Triangle, the seasons' dominant asterism. The brightest star, at the upper right as you face south, is Vega, which is part of the constellation Lyra "the Lyre." Vega is a white hot star located 26 light-years away. From Vega, direct your eyes slowly to the east. The first bright star you'll find is Deneb, the second corner of the Triangle and the tail of Cygnus "the Swan." Cygnus is also known as the Northern Cross. Looking down to the south you'll find Altair, the last star of the Triangle. Altair is part of the head of Aquila "the Eagle." It takes a little more practice and imagination to see the eagle.
Structure Of The Galaxy An example is object M13 in the constellation of Hercules. Table 5Galaxies These objects contain several hundred billion stars. http://solar.physics.montana.edu/tslater/plunger/galaxy.htm
Extractions: Nature of Science and Scientific Models (Conceptual) Objectives: The student will observe that distribution of different objects in the sky. The student will infer the shape of the galaxy. The student will infer the direction of the galactic center. Materials: Overhead transparencies of all-sky constellation map (one per group) Different color overhead markers Photocopies of galactic object tables overhead projector and screen In the 18th century, astronomers Thomas Wright and William Hershel conducted meticulous sky surveys which indicated that the number of stars in all directions were essentially equal (with respect to distance). From that observation, they inferred that the Sun was at the center of the Universe. Today we know that stars come in different colors, compositions, and ages. By looking at the distribution of different types of stars, we can easily see that there is a plane of new, young, and active stars that surround us. There are also old globular clusters surrounding the galactic center near Sagittarius. Galaxies far beyond the Milky Way are visible in every direction except near the galactic center where they are obscured by galactic dust. Directions:
