STARS PRESENTATION

Intro

Watch the video and complete the Daily Question.

Stars

Constellations

Stars

More than a billions stars in the milky way

Blue- Rigel (44,540 degrees fahrenheit) Blue & White- Sirius (17,540 degrees fahrenheit) Yellow- Sun (10,340 degrees fahrenheit) Orange- Aldebaran (6,740 degrees fahrenheit) (the second coolest star) (eye of the taurus) Red- Anteres (4,940 degrees fahrenheit)

Some stars may no longer exist, but their light still travels toward Earth. Stars are born, the live. and after some time they die, just like us. After they die, their light continues to travel throughout the universe. By the time a star's light reaches us, it might have been dead for thousands of years. Some stars include the Polaris or the North Star.

Constellations

Astronomers discovered that some stars formed picture in the sky. They called these picture constellations. When some of the brightest stars are connected, they form constellations. The Greeks and Romans created mythological beings named after the constellations. Constellations have helped sailors and they were used as a type of calander in the sky.

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The Polaris or the North Star

Zodiac Constellations

The signs of the Zodiac represent all the dates in a calendar year. Zodiac means the cycle of animal. There are 12 signs of the zodiac. They include the Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricoornus, Aquarius, and Pisces

Aries

Cancer

Gemini

Taurus

Scorpio

Leo

Libra

Virgo

Sagittarius

Pisces

Aquarius

Capricorn

Star Gazers use constellations to help keep track of specific stars in the sky. They are also used to locate other objects in the sky such as galaxies. Many constellations my be seen in the Northern Hemisphere, but not the Southern Hemisphere. Some may be easier to locate depending on the time of the year.

Star Gazers

A Short Clip

What does this have to do with Earth?

As Earth spins, the stars appear to move across our night sky from east to west

CONSTELLATIONS

A constellation is an officially recognized group of stars that are arranged into a shape (such as Leo) that generally have a myth or legend associated with them.

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STARS

A star is a large ball of hydrogen and other elements undergoing fusion, producing heat and light.

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