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graded_Assignment_7badgrade.docxAssignment 7, PSC 1210 Name: Oluwafunke I Gbadamosi
Grade 7/22, its clear you did not understand this assignment
Assignment 7: How do I find that Star? (22 points)
See Section 27.1 of the text and then use one of the following on-line star maps either at:
https://www.skymaponline.net/ or
https://www.stelvision.com/en/sky-map/
Make sure you have it set for Washington DC!
1. Set the star chart for October 18th, at 9 pm (note this is 2100 hours in universal time, the slides show what it should look like). Use this setting to answer the following questions. Might have to “zoom out” to see the entire horizon (the blue edge)
a. Find the constellation Taurus. In which direction in the sky would you look to find it?
The constellation Taurus is not visible in the sky at this time. -2, no, see the slides, its plainly there in the East. I took a screen shot and circled it on page 3
b. In which constellation is the star Vega?
The star Vega is on the Lyra constellation.
c. Give the name of a rising constellation (see slides for “rising” and “setting” discussion)
Cygnus No, Cygnus is high up and slightly to the West, -2
d. Give the name of a constellation which is setting
Pyxis, Not visible at all, -2
e. The zenith is the highest point in the zenith for you, the observer. Straight overhead. It is at the intersection of an imaginary line connecting east-to-west and north-to-south.
What constellation is close to the zenith? (Hint: if you say Ursa Minor, you are wrong- that is to the north)
Camelopardalis , no its low in the N, -2
2. Set the star chart to 9 pm, December 25 (8 pts)
a. What constellation is at the zenith?
Constellation Auriga, -1 Perseus is a better answer. Auriga is not quite in the middle
b. Locate one rising and one setting constellation. Are they the same as you identified in the fall?
The rising constellation in this case is Andromeda while the setting constellation is Corvus. They are not the same as those identified in the fall. No, Andromeda is high in the sky at this time and Corvus is not close to being visible, -2
c. Find the constellation Orion. Zoom in and name two bright stars in Orion (hint: one is reddish)?
The two bright stars of the Orion constellation are Betelgeuse and Rigel
d. Hit the plus button on the top under “time”. Or, depending on which map, just keep adding an hour to the time. Watch Orion move across the sky. When does Orion vanish beneath the western horizon? This is called the setting time.
Orion disappears across the horizon on the 26th of December at 1700hrs. ,
No its in the morning at like 6-7 AM, -2
3. Name 2 constellations which never rise or set (i.e. always visible all night long), regardless of the season. You might need to advance the star chart throughout the night and see which constellations remain above the horizon. These are circumpolar constellations.
The two stars which never rise or set regardless of the season are Draco and Cepheus,
-2, I didn’t ask for stars, I asked for constellations. However, those stars are in circumpolar constellations so ½ credit (4 pts)
Assignment
7
, PSC 1210
Name: Oluwafunke I Gbadamosi
Grade 7/22, its clear you did not understand this assignment
Assignment
7
: How do I find that Star?
(2
2
points)
See
Section 27.1 of the text
and then use one of the following on
-
line star maps
either at
:
https://www.skymaponline.net/
or
https://www.stelvision.com/en/sky
-
map/
Make sure you have it set for Washington DC!
1.
Set the star chart for
October 18th
, at
9
pm
(note this is 2
1
00 hours in universal time
,
the slides show what it
should look like
).
Use this setting to answer the following
questions
. Might have to “zoom out” to see the entire horizon (the blue edge)
a.
Find the constellation
Taurus
. In which direction in the sky would you look to find it?
The constellation Taurus is no
t visible in the sky at this time.
-
2, no, see the slides, its plainly there in
the East
. I took a screen shot and circled it on page 3
b.
In which constellation is the star
Vega
?
The star Vega is on the Lyra constellation.
c.
Give the name of a rising
constellation
(see slides for “rising” and “setting” discussion)
Cygnus
No, Cygnus is high up and slightly to the West,
-
2
d.
Give
the name of a constellation which is setting
Pyxis
,
Not visible at all
,
-
2
e.
The zenith is the
highest point in the zenith for you
, the observer. Straight overhead. It is at
the intersection of a
n imaginary
line connecting east
-
to
-
west and north
-
to
-
south.
What constellation is close to the zenith? (Hint: if you say Ursa Minor, you are wrong
-
that is
to the north)
Camelopardalis
, no its low in the N,
-
2
Assignment 7, PSC 1210 Name: Oluwafunke I Gbadamosi
Grade 7/22, its clear you did not understand this assignment
Assignment 7: How do I find that Star? (22 points)
See Section 27.1 of the text and then use one of the following on-line star maps
either at:
https://www.skymaponline.net/ or
https://www.stelvision.com/en/sky-map/
Make sure you have it set for Washington DC!
1. Set the star chart for October 18th, at 9 pm (note this is 2100 hours in universal time,
the slides show what it should look like). Use this setting to answer the following
questions. Might have to “zoom out” to see the entire horizon (the blue edge)
a. Find the constellation Taurus. In which direction in the sky would you look to find it?
The constellation Taurus is not visible in the sky at this time. -2, no, see the slides, its plainly there in
the East. I took a screen shot and circled it on page 3
b. In which constellation is the star Vega?
The star Vega is on the Lyra constellation.
c. Give the name of a rising constellation (see slides for “rising” and “setting” discussion)
Cygnus No, Cygnus is high up and slightly to the West, -2
d. Give the name of a constellation which is setting
Pyxis, Not visible at all, -2
e. The zenith is the highest point in the zenith for you, the observer. Straight overhead. It is at
the intersection of an imaginary line connecting east-to-west and north-to-south.
What constellation is close to the zenith? (Hint: if you say Ursa Minor, you are wrong- that is
to the north)
Camelopardalis , no its low in the N, -2
