Locating Stars and Constellations

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Assignment 1 Locating Stars and Constellations: 1. Table 1. Constellation | Brightest Star | Declination | Right Ascension | Ursa major | Alioth | 55.38 degrees | 10.67 hours | Ursa Minor | Polaris | 74.36 degrees | 14.78 hours | Draco | Eltanin | 62.51 degrees | 17.75 hours | Cassiopeia | Schedar | 62.20 degrees | 1.01 hours | Lyra | Vega | 36.82 degrees | 18.84 hours | Leo | Regulus | 16.45 degrees | 10.66 hours | Canis Minor | Procyon | 5.90 degrees | 7.66 hours | Delphinus | Rotanev | 13.81 degrees | 20.70 hours | Canis Major | Sirius | -21.98 degrees | 6.86 hours | Taurus | Aldebaran | 18.87 degrees | 4.27 hours | Cygnus | Deneb | 42.03 degrees | 20.62 hours | Bootes | Arcturus | 30.72 degrees | 14.73 hours | Orion | Rigel | 4.58 degrees | 2.59 hours | 2. Four other names for Polaris are “The Pole Star”, “The Lodestar”, “Navigatoria” (The Navigator Star) and “The North Star.” 3. Table 2. Constellation | Season(s) the Constellation can be seen | Ursa major | Summer and winter | Ursa Minor | Summer and winter | Draco | Summer and winter | Cassiopeia | Summer and winter | Lyra | Only Summer | Leo | Summer and winter | Canis Minor | Only winter | Delphinus | Only summer | Canis Major | Only winter | Taurus | Only winter | Cygnus | Only summer | Bootes | Only summer | Orion | Only winter | 4. Using the sky map you can tell whether or not to look high in the sky or just over the horizon by knowing that the centre of the chart shows the stars directly overhead in the zenith, and the edge of the chart shows the stars all around the horizon. The S or South you are looking low in the Southern Horizon, E or East looking in the Eastern Horizon, N or North looking in the Northern Horizon, and W or West looking in the Western Horizon. 5. The constellations I picked to explain how you could use the Big

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