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    Notes from Astronomy C12: the planet 1/25 UC Berkeley Spring 2011

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    AstronomyC121/25

    BrighteststarintheskyiscalledSirius
    IntheSouth
    OriontheHunter
    3starsishisbelt
    TryingtoshootTaurus
    TaurustheBull
    TheVishishorns
    Brightstarinhorns
    ThePleiades
    7sisters
    JupiterisaboutasbrightasSirius
    OffSW
    Yellowishbrownishtint

    Thesunrisesintheeast,goesoverhead,andthensetsinthewest.
    Inthesummer,thesunriseshigherandstaysuplonger
    Moonandthestarsalsoriseintheeastandsetinthewest
    Seasonsoccurregularlyeveryyear
    Moongoesthroughphases(new,crescent,quarter,gibbous,full)
    Tidesaresometimeshigh,andsometimestheyarelow

    Constellations
    Apatternofgroupingofstars
    Arbitrarybecausetheydonotrepresentthedistancebetweenstars
    TheIAUsetstheofficialbordersofconstellations
    NamescomefromAncientArabsandGreeks
    Somenamedby17thand18thcenturyexplorers

    TheCelestialSphere
    Theskylookslikeadome(hemisphere)
    Thisisa2dimensionalrepresentationofthesky
    Lacksdistances
    Earthisthecenterofthecelestialsphere
    Celestialequatorisanextensionofearthsequator
    Celestialpolesareextensionsofearthspoles
    Eclipticisthesunspathagainstthestarbackground
    OrbitalplaneofEarth

    EarthsAnnualMotion
    Earthorbitsthesuncausingthesuntoappeartomoveeastwardwithrespecttothe
    backgroundstars.
    Thesunappearstocirclethecelestialsphereonceeveryyear
    TheMilkyWay
    Bandoflightacrossthenightsky
    Composedoftonsofstars

    ToSpecifyAnyLocationintheSky
    Zenithisdirectlyoverheadat90degrees
    Horizonis0degrees
    AltitudeandDirectionangleareneeded
    Alt.=degrees

    Rotation
    Becausetheearthspinsonacounterclockwiseaxis
    Objectsintheskygotheoppositeways
    Thingsdontriseorsetatthepoles.

    DailyMotion
    Starslocatedatananglelessthanyourlatitude
    Neverset=circumpolar

    Northcelestialpole/NorthStarisPolaris
    Southcelestialpoleisnotactuallyastar

    Seasons
    Seasonsareoppositebetweenthetwohemispheres
    Theyoccurbecausetheearthsaxisistilted
    SummersolsticeJune21st
    Firstdayofsummerandlongestdayoftheyear
    Earthsspinaxisistiltedtowardthesun
    Sunhitsmoredirectly
    TakestimeforthemoredirectsunlighttoheattheEarthup
    ThatswhyJulyhasthehottestdays
    Distancevariationdoesntmatter
    Itsonly3%
    Itdoesmatterforsomeotherplanets
    Ex.Mars

    PrecessionofEarthsAxis
    Wobbles/precessesevery26,000years
    PolariswontbetheNorthStaranymore

    PhasesoftheMoon
    29.5daycycle
    Newmoonwaxingcrescent1stquarterwaxinggibbousfullmoon
    Fullmoonwaninggibbous3rdquarterwaningcrescentnewmoon
    HalfthemoonisilluminatedbytheSunandhalfisdark
    Weseesomecomboofthebrightanddarkfaces
    Eclipses
    Solareclipse
    Moonblocksthesun
    Onlyatanewmoon
    LunarEclipse
    Earthblocksthesunlightfromgettingtothemoon
    Happensonlyatfullmoon

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