11/22 - Constellations Lab

Summary/Section Review 27.3 was due today. If you were absent, you will need to turn it in to the absent notebook when you get back.

Constellations Lab

1. Put together the star chart
2. Identify 10 constellations in the sky currently at 10pm (try to view these over Thanksgiving), and 10 constellations that can be seen in the sky in 6 months (at 10pm) this might help:

Astronomy Map
Lists of Constellations visible

3. List the brightest stars in 10 of the constellations you identified:

http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~dolan/constellations/extra/brightest.html

4. What is a Messier object? (this might help…)

http://zebu.uoregon.edu/messier.html

5. Play the constellation game (see how many you can get right):

http://www.kidsastronomy.com/astroskymap/constellation_hunt.htm

HAVE A WONDERFUL THANKSGIVING!!!