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Night Sky 101

This is a brand new show that contains a lot of details that used to be in some of our previous shows.

Getting Acquainted with the Night Sky

Cardinal Directions

Motions: Noon to Sunset (Move from East to West)

Light Polliution (Light Pollution stars and create some faint glows??)

Clear Dark Skies for Tonight

-- Clouds off Stars and Milky Way brighter

-- Meridian / Celestial Equator / Celestial Poles / RA and Dec (projections of Latitude and Longitude into space)

Bright Constellations:

-- How do I find what is up?

Daily Motion

-- Rise in East Set in West

-- Circumpolar Stars

-- North Pole Stationary

-- 40 Degrees and Polaris

-- Poles off Earth?

Annual Motion 10pm

-- Things Move (stars rise early everyday)

-- Planets / Ecliptic

-- Retrograde Motion

Path of Sun

-- Zodiac Constellations (13) Calendar - Path of the Sun

-- Sometimes high and sometimes low (at night) -- Meridian

-- Seasons (why do we have seasons)

-- Seasons off Earth?

-- Analemma (meridian)

-- TIME AM PM

What changes when we travel on the Earth???

Meteor Showers - TBD

-- Radiant Definition