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Thursday, February 4, 2021

Stellarium - The Night Sky

 


A free downloadable powerful planetarium astronomy program that shows the night sky anywhere in the world. The display moves with a timer to show the changing night sky or can be locked for a specific time. Great for teaching about space probes in current events and astronomy in general. Once the program is opened press the “h” key for command information including exiting. Click on the configuration box on the lower left task bar and click on location. On the map click on the location you want (latitude and longitude specifics will help). The lower right task bar controls the time. Thirty minutes of playing with this program and its task bars will make you an expert. This program is very impressive.  You can also use the web version and not do the download.  The main page can be found by clicking here and the web version of the program can be found by clicking here.



Tuesday, May 8, 2018

1.7 Billion Stars - Interactive Image


If you are teaching a unit on space science or astronomy you might want to look at the interactive image of 1.7 billion stars taken by European Space Agency  craft Gaia.  According to the article in VOX, "This database is not just for making pretty images. It also contains information on the distance, motion, and color (useful in determining temperature and age) of about 1.3 billion of the stars. It’s a 3D, moving atlas of the Milky Way."  To see the interactive map click here.