Reach for the Stars B

[foreverphysics]

I think that we have to identify constellations in the night sky. At my school, my coach made me the Reach for the Stars leader.
I've had some questions about how to identify them. From past experience, can you please tell me how kids do that? How are you supposed to find the constellations when they are so many other stars there? Please advise, thanks.

Find one star that you know. Connect the constellations that originate from that star, and then go from there. If you know the position of the constellations in relation to one another, you should be able to identify all of them.

[drifter601]

^^
Oh! If you have a telescope, try looking at deep sky objects, like the Orion Nebula. They are SO COOL!

[sciencegeek999]

Thanks for all your help!

[Infinity Flat]

Thanks for all your help!

No problem. By chance, how is the viewing where you live? Some of the best practice you can do is just going outside and trying to identify what you can see.

[sciencegeek999]

Thanks for all your help!

No problem. By chance, how is the viewing where you live? Some of the best practice you can do is just going outside and trying to identify what you can see.

It's actually kind of bad, I live in a Urban area, there's lots of city lights, sadly. But I actually can see some of the stars from my school's football field.
My school holds SO practices after school up to 5 pm and it gets really dark after daylight savings. Right now, I'm identifying them by using these huge, and I mean huge, posters that my teacher/coach bought for us.

[Infinity Flat]

Thanks for all your help!

No problem. By chance, how is the viewing where you live? Some of the best practice you can do is just going outside and trying to identify what you can see.

It's actually kind of bad, I live in a Urban area, there's lots of city lights, sadly. But I actually can see some of the stars from my school's football field.
My school holds SO practices after school up to 5 pm and it gets really dark after daylight savings. Right now, I'm identifying them by using these huge, and I mean huge, posters that my teacher/coach bought for us.

Ah, that's too bad. I'd recommend Stellariumthen - it's a free planetarium program.

[Cheesy Pie]

Thanks for all your help!

No problem. By chance, how is the viewing where you live? Some of the best practice you can do is just going outside and trying to identify what you can see.

Bad. I live in Illinois suburbs, with a lot of light pollution and clouds. Good thing I have a light pollution filter on my telescope

[XJcwolfyX]

Same here, CheesyPie.

[drifter601]

I saw the Orion Nebula yesterday!! It is soooooo cooooool

[foreverphysics]

Who here watched the Quadrantids Meteor Shower the other night? Wasn't it awesome?