DU 1 Lab
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Open Stellarium web version on your computer.
Make sure you have the night sky set to Boulder, MT City , Jefferson City or Clancy.
Answer the following questions.
1, What popular constellation will you see in the northern sky, low on the horizon tonight at 8 pm? (20:00)
2. Click on the stars in this constellation. Find Mizar. What is Mizar’s altitude and azimuth?
3. Is Mizar circumpolar?
4. Find the Constellation Cygnus. What is its approximate altitude- a) 0 degrees b) 90 degrees c) 45
degrees
5. FInd the star Deneb. Click on the time button ( lower right) and make the time go through noon
tomorrow. Is Deneb circumpolar? How do you know?
6. Find the star at an altitude of 263 °, and an azimuth of about 65 °. It is a very bright star. What is its
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7. What constellation is it in?
8.Is it circumpolar?
9. Open up Stellarium in a second tab, and open the location tab and zoom out so you see Asia. Drag the
location marker to the same latitude, but a different longitude. Ask if you need help with this. What do you
notice about the night sky when you compare it with your local location sky?
10. Now change the location of your marker to Hermosilla Mexico ( it is about the same longitude as
Helena, but further south). What do you notice about the night sky here ( at 98pm) as compared to our
area? Is Mizar still circumpolar?
11. What constellations can you see here, that you could not see from our latitude?
12. Can you see Polaris at this latitude? If so, what is its altitude? What would expect the latitude of this
location to be?
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Part 2.
You make up 4 questions similar to the ones I made, and give this to another group to answer your
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