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5. By the numbers
Big bang: 10-43
sec ago
Size of universe: 28 gigaparsecs, or
93 billion light-years or 1027
meters.
Speed of light: 3x108
meters/sec
Closest galaxy: Andromeda, 2.5 million
light years, or 2.4 x 1022
meters. That
is far!
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7. What are Constellations?
Constellations are a
group of stars that
form a pattern in
the sky.
Stars in a
constellation are
NOT close to each
other, but when
viewed from Earth
they seem to be
grouped together. 7
10. It all depends on your point of view
Stars that seem to
be "close" to each
other actually are
quite far apart.
Depending on your
location, the same
object may appear
very different.
This picture shows
two different views
of the constellation,
The Big Dipper. Ursa Major
Earth view
Alien view?
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11. Constellation List
The 48 ancient constellations single out
only the bright patterns.
From around 1600 to 1800, astronomers
invented "modern" constellations including
faint stars and those in the southern sky
that could not be seen from classical lands.
In the early 20th
century, the International
Astronomical Union (IAU) adopted some of
the modern constellations and drew
rectangular borders around all 88.
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12. What do we use them for?
Some constellations look like what they are
supposed to represent, but most do not.
Constellations are generally meant to honor and
represent, not to portray.
Constellations bring order to the sky by dividing it
into smaller segments, providing a naming base.
– The brighter stars carry "proper names" that come
mostly from Arabic, and have Greek letters and
Arabic numbers to which are affixed the Latin
possessive: "Alpha of Lyra," or "Alpha Lyrae.”
IAU also adopted three-letter abbreviations for
all the constellations and their possessives, Vega
thus becoming Alpha Lyr.
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14. Zodiak (Ζωδιακός)
Is a circle of twelve 30°
divisions of celestial
longitude that are
centered upon the ecliptic,
the apparent path of the
Sun across the celestial
sphere over the course of
the year.
Paths of the Moon and
visible planets also remain
close to the ecliptic, within
the belt of the zodiac.
Because the divisions are
regular they do not
correspond exactly to
their twelve constellations.
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18. Compass in the Sky
The sky seems to turn as
Earth rotates (around
Polaris)
Polaris: aka the North
Star, directly above the
North Pole
You can use Polaris to
figure out direction &
location
Example: If you are in
Regina at 49 ° latitude,
Polaris is at 49 ° latitude
in the sky
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19. Polaris (North or Pole Star)
Brightest star in Little Dipper; 50th brightest star in the night sky.
Multiple star: main star α UMi Aa, (supergiant); two smaller
companions, α UMi B and α UMi Ab.
Very close to the north celestial pole: current northern pole star.
Earth’s axis wobbles: completes rotation in 26,000 years.
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23. Circumpolar or not?
Because of the rotation of the Earth
and its orbit around the Sun, we divide
the constellations into two groups.
– Some never rise nor set, and they are called
circumpolar.
– The rest are divided into seasonal
constellations.
Which constellations will be circumpolar
and which seasonal depends on your
latitude.
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24. Northern & Southern
Constellations in the northern circumpolar sky
include Auriga, Camelopardalis, Cassiopeia,
Cepheus, Draco, Lynx, Perseus, Ursa Major, and
Ursa Minor. These constellations are always
visible in the night sky of the Northern
Hemisphere.
Constellations in the southern circumpolar sky
include Grus, Phoenix, Indus, Tucana, Pavo, Ara,
Eridanus, Hydrus, Horologium, Reticulum,
Octans, Apus, Triangulum Australe, Lupus,
Circinus, Musca, Crux, Centaurus, Carina, Vela,
Puppis, Dorado, and Chamaeleon. These
constellations are always visible in the night sky
of the Southern Hemisphere. 24
27. Homer & Constellations
Achilles shield: On it he made the
earth, and sky, and sea, the
weariless sun and the moon waxing
full, and all the constellations that
crown the heavens, Pleiades and
Hyades, the mighty Orion and the
Bear, which men also call by the
name of Wain: she wheels round in
the same place and watches for
Orion, and is the only one not to
bathe in Ocean (Iliad XVIII 486-
490).
At that time constellations were
known simply as the objects or
animals which they represented--
the Lyre, for instance, or the Ram,
and not associated with myths.
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28. Myths about Constellations
Many societies saw
patterns among the
stars with gods and
goddesses or
stories from their
culture.
Most of the
constellations with
which we are
familiar come from
ancient Greece.
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29. Greek Mythology
It is the body of myths
and teachings that
belong to the ancient
Greeks, concerning
their gods and heroes,
the nature of the world,
and the origins and
significance of their
own cult and ritual
practices.
It was a part of the
religion in ancient
Greece.
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30. Greek Mythology Top Hits
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12 Labours of Hercules
Kronos
eats his kids
Prometheus brought fire
Pandora’s
box
31. Ursa Major
Ursa Major (Great Bear, Big
Dipper) is probably the most
famous constellation, with the
exception of Orion. It has a
companion: Ursa Minor (Little
Bear, Little Dipper).
Most of the constellation is
circumpolar, which means it
can be viewed all year long.
However, parts of the legs
will disappear from the sky in
the fall and reappear in the
winter.
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33. Leo
The sickle-shaped
head of Leo, the
Lion, is on the
right, the triangle
that makes his his
hindquarters on
the left. Regulus
is at the bottom
of the sickle
toward lower
right.
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34. Orion
Most famous seasonal constellation.
Orion's Belt: easy to find in the night sky.
Orion Nebula - located in Orion's sword; naked eye.
Nebula- birthplace of stars 34
35. Orion the Hunter
Orion is the master of the winter skies. He lords
over the heavens from late fall to early spring,
with his hunting dog Sirius trailing at his feet.
Many different civilizations saw this constellation
in the sky. The most famous stories come from
Greek myths.
Orion was a famed hunter, and in one story
boasted that no creature could kill him. Hera then
sent Scorpius, a scorpion to sting the hunter.
Orion smashed the animal with his club, but not
before he was poisoned. Both are now on opposite
sides of the sky & can’t be seen at the same time.
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36. Family Business
Andromeda was the daughter
of the Aethiopian king Cepheus
and his wife Cassiopeia.
Cassiopeia boasts that
Andromeda is more beautiful
than the Nereids. Andromeda
is chained to a rock as a
sacrifice to the sea monster
Cetus sent by Poseidon, but she
is saved from death by
Perseus.
Greek νδρομέδα (Androméda):Ἀ
"ruler of men”, from νήρ,ἀ
νδρός (anēr, andrós) "man",ἀ
and medon, "ruler".
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37. Greek Rational Thought
Greek thinkersquestioned
viability of the traditions for
the Olympic deities.
Contact with older
civilizations demonstrated
that Greek folk traditions
were naïve (deities acted as
children!)
Ignore myths and trust only
what one can observe with
one's own senses.
Love for collecting facts and
for systematizing phenomena
on a rational basis.
They conducted inquiries
based largely in inductive
reasoning, gathering data
through observations,
analyzing this "data", and
formulating general
conclusions from their
results.
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Thales of Miletus: father of Greek Science
Pythagoras of Samos: a2
+b2
=c2
Hippocrates of Cos: father of Medicine
Democritus of Abdira: matter is atoms
Xenophanes of Colophon: only one God
Anaxagoras of Miletus: divine “nous”
38. History of the Idea of Critical Thinking
Critical thinking is
traceable to Socrates
2,500 years ago.
Method of probing
questioning that people
could not rationally justify
their confident claims to
knowledge.
Persons (like politicians)
may have power and high
position and yet be deeply
confused and irrational
beneath smooth but
largely empty rhetoric. 38
40. Socrates
Seek evidence, closely examining
reasoning and assumptions,
analyzing basic concepts, and
tracing out implications not only
of what is said but of what is
done as well.
"Socratic Questioning” is the
best known critical thinking
teaching strategy.
“Dialectic" or the process of
inquiry through reasoning debate:
a process by which the teacher
leads the student to a desired
conclusion by asking a sequence
of questions gauged to instruct
the student through the logic of
his or her own answers.
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41. Greek Astronomy
Northern hemisphere:
constellations, stars,
asteroids, and planets
derive from Greek
astronomy.
Influenced by Egyptian and
Babylonian astronomy; in
turn, it influenced Indian,
Arabic-Islamic and Western
European astronomy.
Antikythera mechanism: the
world’s first analog
computer, built in 1st
/2nd
century BCE. 41
44. Dark Matter
Dark matter is a
hypothetical kind of
matter that cannot be
seen with telescopes but
would account for most
of the matter in the
universe. Its existence
are inferred from its
gravitational effects on
visible matter, on
radiation, and on the
large-scale structure of
the universe.
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45. Still Expanding!
In physical
cosmology and
astronomy, dark
energy is an
unknown form of
energy which is
hypothesized to
permeate all of
space, tending to
accelerate the
expansion of the
universe.
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47. What did we learn?
A constellation is a group of stars
that form a pattern in the sky
Constellations change position in the
night sky due to Earth’s rotation
Stars are only a small part of the
universe.
Greek mythology makes for great
Hollywood movies
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