SCMA*1050 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Human Eye
Document Summary
Prediction question: all of these objects will appear to move toward the west as the day goes. Which of the objects in this image will not appear to move toward the west as the day goes on: the moon, constellations of stars, the sun, mars (a planet) Which of these stars will not set below the horizon as the day goes on: ab) bc) c, de) all of these stars will set before the horizon at some time during the day. Human eye can see about 3,000 stars on a dark night. Constellations: commonly recognized patterns of stars, usually smaller parts of a constellation. The big dipper is an asterisms, which is the most recognized part of the ursa major constellation: 88 regions into which the entire sky dome around earth has been divided. What we see: all objects appear to move east-to-west on the sky during one day.
