unit i - lesson i “foundations of astronomy ”
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Astronomy. Unit I - Lesson I “Foundations of Astronomy ”. S.W.B.A.T. (Students Will Be Able To...). Identify our place in space Understand relative sizes of objects in space and discuss constellations Explain the celestial sphere and how objects are located in space - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Unit I - Lesson I “Foundations of Astronomy”
Astronomy
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S.W.B.A.T. (Students Will Be Able To...)
Identify our place in space Understand relative sizes of objects in
space and discuss constellations Explain the celestial sphere and how
objects are located in space Discuss how time is measured;
precession & the seasons
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Our Place in Space
Earth: (small) 15 thousand km (12,000 miles) in diameter
Sun: 15 million km in diameter Solar System: about 6 billion km in
diameter
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Solar System
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Our Place in Space
Light year – distance that light travels in one year or about 6 trillion miles (10 trillion km)
Local Stellar Neighborhood - 10 light years in diameter or about 60 trillion miles (90 trillion km)
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Our Place in Space
Milky Way Galaxy - 1000 quadrillion km or 100,000 light years in diameter
It would take a beam of light 100,000 years to cross the entire galaxy!
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The Milky Way Galaxy
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Our Place in Space
Local Group - 10 million light years in diameter
Includes 35 galaxies with the Milky Way & Andromeda the largest members
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Our Place in Space
Astronomy – study of the universe Universe - billions of galaxies (100?) Includes everything that exists - all
space, time, matter & energyVideo (2:34) “Let’s Talk About Size”
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Hubble Space Telescope (HST) Deep-Field Camera Photo – Every Dot or “Smudge” is a
Galaxy!
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Constellations Patterns of stars in the night sky Named after mythological beings,
heroes or animals 88 constellations (mostly Greek) are
recognized in the Western world Different cultures grouped stars
differently
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Constellations Ecliptic – plane in which the Sun &
planets travel Zodiac – 12 major constellations in
the ecliptic
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Constellations Astrology (not a science)
uses relative positions of stars and planets to attempt to predict the future
Astronomy & astrology were once the same in the distant past
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Constellations
Celestial Sphere – model of stars & constellations that rotate around an unmoving Earth
Polaris (or the “North Star”) does not move
All other stars move around Polaris in circles due to Earth’s rotation
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Polaris
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Polaris is Part of a Triple-Star System – Artist Concept
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Constellations
Celestial coordinates are used to locate specific stars & constellations on the sphere
Right Ascension (RA) – or “longitude” are the “up & down” lines in the sky
Declination (dec) – or “latitude” are the “side to side” lines
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Constellations Azimuth - angle of horizontal
deviation from north Ex. exact North = 0°, exact East =
90°, exact South = 180°, exact West = 270°, exact North = 360° (or 0°) when using a compass
Celestial coordinates uses hours, minutes & seconds (smaller units of degrees)
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Constellations 360o / 24 (hours in a day) = 15o
So 15o = 1 hour Altitude - ranges from 0 to 90
degrees, and measures the angle between the horizon; you and the object
Ex. an object with 0 degrees altitude is right on the horizon; while an object at 90 degrees altitude is directly overhead
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Telescope Altitude Adjustment Gauge
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Earth’s Motions• Sidereal Day – takes into account
that the Earth is also revolving around the Sun as it rotates
• Solar Day – Earth spins once on it’s axis every 24 hours
• Sidereal day is only 23 hours & 56 minutes longVideo (0:42) “Sidereal vs. Solar Day”
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Earth’s Motions Earth takes 365.24 days to revolve
around the Sun Solstices – farthest north & south
that the Sun appears in the sky Equinoxes – when the Sun appears
directly over the equator (equal day & night)
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Earth’s Motions Earth’s 23.5 degree tilt along with its
orbit around the Sun is the cause of seasons
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Earth’s Motions Precession – Earth gyrates like a
spinning top (cycle of 26,000 years) Caused by gravitational forces from the
Sun & Moon In 11,000 years the seasons will be
reversedVideo (6:00) “Mechanisms of the Seasons”
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