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Að uppgötva næturhimininn
Hvað heldur þú?
• Hve björt er norðurstjarnan, Pólstjarnan, í samanburði við aðrar stjörnur?
• Eru stjörnumerkin aðeins goðfræðlegar myndir á himninum?
• Hvað veldur árstíðaskiptum?• Hvað eru stjörnumerkin mörg?• Hvenær, er tunglið sýnilegt á daginn?
Stjörnumerkin auðvelda staðsetningu stjarnanna
Notaðu Stóra
björninn á norðurhveli himins tio að finna
aðra hópa stjarnanna
Notaðu vetrar þríhyrningin til að finna
suðurhimins stjörnumerkin
á vetrar-kvöldm
Notaðu Sumar Þríhyrninginn til að finna suðræn stjörnumerki á sumarkvöldum
Hornið milli stjarna á himninum er notað til að áætla fjarlægðir
Hornfjarlægð milli stjarna á himninum eru mæld í gráðum
Ímyndað Himinhvolf
sem umlykur
Jörðina er notað til að
túlka himininn
Elements of the equatorial coordinate system on the celestial sphere
• Vernal Equinox: The position of the Sun on the first day of spring
• Right Ascension: How far east of the Vernal Equinox an object is located
• Celestial Equator: The line separating the celestial sphere into northern and southern halves.
• Declination: How far above or below the celestial equator an object is located.
Earth’s rotation
causes the Sun and stars to
appear to move
Motion of Stars at the North Pole
Motion of Stars at the Equator
What about the Sun? It seems to move across the celestial sphere on a path called the ecliptic.
Equinox positionSummer solstice
Winter solstice
Position of the “noon-time” Sun when photographed every two weeks over a year
The “altitude” of the Sun impacts how much energy is received on Earth resulting in seasons.
The seasons are caused by the tilt of the Earth’s axis of rotation
In other words ...
• The Earth’s rotation on its axis determines the length of the day
• The Earth’s orbit around the Sun (revolution) determines the length of the year
• The Earth’s tilt with respect to the ecliptic causes the seasons.
Precession is a slow, circular motion of the Earth’s axis of rotation
Precession causes the position of the
NCP to change over a period of 26,000 years.
The changing phases of the Moon originally inspired the concept of the month
Moon Phase Names
• New Moon• Waxing Crescent• First Quarter• Waxing Gibbous• Full Moon
• Full Moon• Waning Gibbous• Third Quarter• Waning Crescent• New Moon
Although the Moon is always lit from the Sun, we see
different amounts of the lit portion from
Earth depending on
where the Moon is
located in its month-long
orbit.
How long does it take to go from new moon to new moon?
27.3 days 29.5 days
How long does it take the Moon to
orbit Earth?lunar month synodic month
Eclipses occur only when the Moon crosses the ecliptic during the new or full phase
Types of Lunar Eclipses
• total eclipse
• penumbral eclipse
• partial eclipse
Solar Eclipse
Annular Eclipse
Partial Eclipse
Total Eclipse
What did you think?• How bright is the North Star, Polaris, compared to other stars?
Polaris is a star of medium brightness compared to other stars visible to the naked eye.
• Are constellations just mythic figures in the sky? A constellation is an entire region of the celestial sphere and all that stars
in it.
• What causes the seasons? The tilt of Earth’s rotational axis causes the seasons.
• How many zodiac constellations are there? There are 13 zodiac constellations, the “unknown one is Ophiuchus.
• When, if ever, is the Moon visible during the daytime? The Moon is visible during the day for half of the lunar cycle of phases.
Self-Check1. Describe the nature and value of constellations.
2. Define the elements of the equatorial coordinate system on the celestial sphere.
3. Define two solstices and two equinoxes; explain the orientation of the ecliptic on the celestial sphere and how it produces seasons on the Earth.
4. Describe what precession is, what effect it has on our observations of stars, and why it occurs.
5. Explain by drawing a diagram showing how lunar phases are controlled by the relative positions of the Sun and the Moon.
6. Explain when and why solar and lunar eclipses occur and why there are not such eclipses every month.