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Materials • STARLAB Portable Planetarium • Projector • Starfield Cylinder K–6 <strong>Activities</strong> • B–74 • Stellar Position — Poles vs. Equator, Activity 6-5 Objective The student should be able to demonstrate an understanding of the differences in stellar position at the equator versus the polar region. Procedure • Demonstrate the sky as seen from the North Pole. Tilt the projector to a latitude of 90° North. Locate the Big Dipper and Polaris. Turn on the daily motion switch and slowly rotate the cylinder in a complete circle. Show the students what stellar motion is like as viewed from the North Pole. • Show the sky as seen from the equator. Change the latitude of the cylinder to 0° or the equator. If the change is made slowly, the students will see familiar stars disappear to the north while new stars appear to the south. Turn on the daily motion to move the cylinder slowly in a complete circle. This will demonstrate stellar motion as seen from the equator. The North Star is due north on the horizon. The South Pole of the sky is due south on the horizon. The South Pole is hard to locate because no conspicuous stars mark it. Both points (the North and South Poles of the sky) will not appear to move.
Objective Stellar Reference Points, Activity 6-6 The student should be able to identify four major stellar reference points used in locating and describing positions of other stellar bodies. Background Stellar observers generally use well-known and easily identifiable astronomical features as reference points in locating other stellar features. Four common reference points are: 1. Polaris 2. Cassiopeia 3. Pointer stars of the Big Dipper (Ursa Major) 4. Orion’s belt Procedure • Have students identify the Big Dipper (Ursa Major). Locate the 2 stars which make up the end of the cup. These two stars, called the pointer stars, are most important. Using the arrow pointer, have each student point to these stars and draw a line through them and approximately five times the distance between them to locate Polaris, the North Star. • To reinforce the idea that all bodies seem to rotate around Polaris, slowly turn the cylinder and notice the phenomenon. • Have students find the star which joins the handle of the Big Dipper to the bowl. Follow an imaginary line from this star through Polaris (North Star) and continue in this direction until you find the “W” or “M” shaped constellation of Cassiopeia. Again, have each student follow the location procedure. If time permits, turn the projector off, turn the cylinder a 1/4 turn, turn projector back on, and relocate Cassiopeia. • To locate Orion (Orion the Hunter can be found in the southern sky throughout the winter), look for Betelgeuse (Beetle Juice) and Rigel (Ri-gel), the two brightest stars with Cassiopeia the three dimmer stars of the belt halfway between the two. From the three stars forming Orion’s belt, follow the line suggested by these three stars to Polaris the southeast. They lead to the very bright star, Sirius, the most apparently bright star of the night skies. Sirius is the bright star in the constellation, Canis Major or Big Dog. Canis Major is one of the Ursa Major two hunting dogs of Orion. (Illustration not to scale). Materials • STARLAB Portable Planetarium • Projector • Starfield Cylinder • arrow pointer • B–75 • K–6 <strong>Activities</strong>
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